4 z Friday z March 12, 2021 DISTRICTS Mahashivratri celebrated with religious fervour across region blessings of Lord occasion. Local people had at the historic ancient temple the governmental schemes Kameshwar Swami at setup number of stalls where to seek blessings of Lord meant for their socio-econom- Kameshwar temple Akhnoor. Prasad was distributed . ic emancipation. Chief As per the Mahant of among the devotees and pub- Chief Planning Officer, Agriculture Officer, Subash Kameshwar temple lic in general. While by Rajeev Bhushan, was the Sharma and other senior offi- Mahamandaleshwar Mahant evening Jangam (Disciples) chief guest who formally inau- cers of different departments Rameshwar Dass this of Lord Shiva has presented gurated the awareness mela besides Sarpanchs, Panchs, Kameshwar temple is very attractive Shiv Leela and while Project Officer ICDS, prominent citizens and large historical temple since recited marriage of Lord Attar Chand, was the guest of number of devotees were also Dawapar Yug during battle Shiva and Mata at honour on the occasion. present on the occasion. of Kourav and Pandav which Aaap Shamboo temple which Lauding the enthusiasm Besides, Sarpanch Romesh is very interested and very enthrall the devotees much. among the participants in the Chander, Ved Prakash famous temple of Meanwhile, 18th annual annual feature, Chairman of Sharma, Main Sarpanch and Kashmir reason. Maha Shivratri-cum-Rural SSP Romesh Angral paying obeisance at cave in SAMBA: Mahashivratri People participating in annual Mahashivratri-cum-rural awareness Mela, organized at Poonch. Festival also celebrated in all awareness Mela at Udhampur. Khoon village of Tehsil the temples of Samba espe- Majalta in Udhampur „ STATE TIMES NEWS tive border district. cially in Historic and Ancient rush of the devotees from Udhampur and its outskirts received an overwhelming POONCH: Thousands of VIJAYPUR: Shiv Sena Aap Shamboo, Maheshwar early morning. A Shiv locality with great religious participation of thousands of devotees from different Bala Saheb Thackeray, Mandir Samba. Devotees Shobha Yatra was also taken fervor and gaiety. On this people with huge congrega- places of UT thronged his- Vijaypur unit Celebrated Paid obeisance at Natural out in which President, Maha occasion all temples of Lord tion assembling in the spiri- torical Shiv Khori cave in Mahashivratri with grace of Aap Samboo (Pindis). Shivratri Celebration Shiva including century old tual ambience of Poonch and paid obeisance Lord Shiva. Mahant Parshuram Giri Committee, Ramban, Kunal Rameshwar Temple in Khooneshwar Aap Shambu on Thursday on occasion of Party President Maharaj delivered the holy Magotra, and various reli- Devika were fully decorated Temple. The high profile Mahashivratri. Grand J&K , Manish Sahni was the sermons. gious and political leaders with luminaries and whole Mela is being organised by arrangements were made by chief guest at an event organ- RAMBAN: The festival of besides prominent citizens day devotees were seen per- Destitute and Handicapped Shiv Khori Mandir ized in the main market of Mahashivratri was celebrat- participated. forming obeisance at many Welfare Association An artist in the guise of Bhgawan SHiv during Committee in collaboration Vijaypur. On this occasion ed with religious fervour and Langer was also organised temples also. (DAHWA), a reputed NGO of Shiv Barat in Ramban. with administration to com- artists glorified god Shiva gaiety across the Ramban by the Snatan Dharm Sabha Large number of local the Jammu and Kashmir DAHWA and founder of Namrata Bali, Kewal Padha, memorate the occasion. and kept people engrossed in district. at Maitra and by the locals at adjoining outskirt took bath state, in collaboration with Mela, Surat Singh Sumbria, Ex Captain Gopal Singh, The celebrations started Shiva bhakti. Among all the On the occasion, all the Rampant. in holy Devika River District Administration said the holding of Mela aims Jagdev Singh and Swadesh with Hawan-Yagya at 8 AM twelve Shivratris that occur temples were specially deco- U D H A M P U R : Udhampur and took bless- Udhampur. The participants, at generating awareness Master supported the conduct amid chanting of Vedic in a calendar year, Maha rated and witnessed huge Mahashivratri celebrated in ings of Lord Shiva on this in thousands, paid obeisance among the rural masses about of the event.

Mahashivratri celebrations at Kameshwar temple Akhnoor. Mantras, which was attended Shivratri, the one that occurs by Commander 93 Inf in February-March is of the Brigade Punit Goyal, DC most spiritual significance Poonch Rahul Yadav, SSP Sahji said. Bhandara was Romesh Angral and other also organised on this occa- prominent persons including sion. President Vijaypur Sanatan Dharam Sabha Manish Sharma, General President Satish Sasan, Secretary Vikas Bakshi, Nishu Gupta, Rohit Sharma, President Jammu Youth

Mahashivratri being celebrated at Historic Maheshwar Temple Samba. Surjit Singh, Retired Senior Unit Binny Mahajan, Lecturer Pradeep Khanna Mahant Sita Ram and many and President Shiv Khori other party activists were Committee Lokesh Anand. present. Puran Ahuti was performed KATHUA: Hundreds of at 9:15 AM followed by dis- thousands of devotees and tribution of Prasad among followers from districts of devotees. Jammu, Samba and Kathua A Vishal Bhandara was including pilgrims from also organised on the occa- Himachal Pradesh and sion, which continued till late Punjab States visited Lord evening. President of Shiva's Mahanaal at Kathua Committee Lokesh Anand District of J&K State for cel- welcomed the guests and ebration of Mahashivratri thanked SSP Poonch festival. Romesh Angral for providing AKHNOOR: On the occa- proper security for smooth sion of Mahashivratri thou- conduct of the event in sensi- sands devotees takes the Seminar held on communal harmony & national integration

Organiser Lekh Raj Raina speaking during the programme. „ STATE TIMES NEWS Beri Pattan, Distt. Rajouri : 76th Seminar on Lekh Raina under the chair- communal harmony, national manship of Dwarka Nath, integration, non-violence & Sarpanch Panchayat Halqa truth was held in the premis- Laiter who presided over the es of Govt. Hr. Sec. School, function as Chief Guest while Laiter, Tehsil Pouni, Distt. Ravinder Khajuria, Reasi by the Social activist Principal of the Hr. Sec. of the area and organiser of School as Guest of honour. Peace & Harmony of Tehsil About 600 hun- dred students, staff of the school and social activists of the area were present in the DISCLAIMER seminar and highlighted the value of communal harmony “STATE TIMES” with their speeches, poems does not take responsibility for the for the integrity of the coun- try. Lekh Raj Raina organiz- contents of the advertisements er thanked school adminis- (Display/Classified) tration for arranging the seminar in their school and carried in this stressed that communal har- newspaper. The paper does not mony is the base of national endorse the same. Readers are integration. "It's the prime requested to verify the contents on duty as well as responsibility their own before acting there upon.” all to work for the promotion of communal harmony.