Lohardaga: There was a festive atmosphere in the entire block regarding the life consecration program of Lord Shri Ram to be held in Ayodhya. The Pran Pratishtha program was telecast live and shown to the devotees on big screens at half a dozen places in the block. As soon as the first glimpse of Lord Shri Ram appeared in front of the devotees, the atmosphere echoed with chants of Jai Shri Ram. Lord Shri Ram was greeted by blowing conch shell. Sunderkand, Hanuman Chalisa, Ramcharit Manas ki Chaupai and Maha Aarti were organized in many temples.
silence spread on the streets
In view of the Pran Pratistha program, shopkeepers from urban areas to rural areas voluntarily kept their shops closed, resulting in silence on the streets. Passengers faced some problems due to shops being closed at the bus stand. Compared to normal days, much less number of passenger vehicles were plying and there were hardly any goods vehicles plying. Regarding the Pran Pratishtha program, a big screen was installed in other temples including Shiv Mandir located in the block complex of the urban area, Devi Mandap Bazartand, projector in Shiv Mandir located in Indira Gandhi Chowk, Satbahini Sukurhutu, where live telecast was being done from 10 am. . Apart from this, LCD TV was installed in about a dozen temples of the block. Saffron banners and flags were put up on both sides of the roads. Worship had started in various temples from seven in the morning.
Expressed happiness by setting off fireworks
Queues of devotees were seen for worship in half a dozen temples of the block, Tiko Shiv Temple, Mahadev Manda Salgi, Satbahini Sukurhutu, Shiv Dham at Tan Pahari, Shiv Temple at Indira Gandhi Chowk, Block Complex Shiv Temple. After 12 noon, as soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the puja for the Pran Pratishtha program, devotees gathered in front of the big screens installed in the temples. As soon as the first glimpse of Lord Shri Ram was seen at 12.28 pm, chants of Jai Shri Ram, Jai-Jai Siya Ram echoed in the temples amid the sound of conch shells. Devotees expressed their happiness by bursting fireworks.
Maha Aarti organized after completion of Pran Pratistha program
After the completion of the Pran Pratishtha program, Maha Aarti was organized. After this Bhandara was inaugurated. Bhandara was organized at four places in the urban area, Indira Gandhi Chowk Shiv Mandir, Block Complex Shiv Mandir, Ramnagar Hanuman Mandir and Devi Mandap Bazartand. Apart from this, Bhandara was organized in temples at various places in the block. Strict security arrangements were made in the entire block area regarding the Pran Pratistha program. Police Inspector Mantu Kumar, BDO Pravesh Kumar Sao, CO Praveen Kumar Singh and Police Station Incharge Vishwajeet Kumar Singh kept taking stock of the security arrangements in different areas of the block.
Festive atmosphere in the block area regarding Pran Pratistha program
Overall, there was a festive atmosphere in the block area regarding the consecration program of Lord Shri Ram in Ramlala temple. Ravi Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Rinku, Ajay Sharma, Gayan Prasad, Rohit Kumar Madhur, Jaidhan Baitha, Raju, Sanjay Kumar, Vinay Kumar Bittu, Kailash Prasad, Ajay Verma, Santosh Manjhi Manglu, Amit Kumar Bantu and others were instrumental in making the program successful. Was the main contribution.