Early Times Report
Katra, Oct 5: Prabhat Pheri, a prominent constituent of Navratra Festival is witnessing huge participation of devotees and visitors on each day of annual religious and cultural event. Being organised by J&K Association of Prabhat Pheri with active support of SMVD Shrine Board, a large number of locals, pilgrims and civil administration and police functionaries took part in the congregation today. Additional SP Katra, Naresh Singh - today's the Chief Guest, along with Guest of Honour SHO Katra, Pardeep Gupta and retired Chief Engineer; Sita Ram inaugurated the day's prabhat pheri. Passing from Shiv Mandir, Ban Ganga Road, Yog Ashram, Hanuman Mandir, Sheetla Mata Mandir the pheri culminated at Bus Stand Katra. Artists of from Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam and J&K performed cultural dances under the banner of Regional Outreach Bureau and leadership of Durga Das. Members of Senior Citizen Forum including president Shiv Kumar Sharma, Mubarak Singh, RS Manhas, Babu Ram and others also participated in the prabhat pheri. Prominent among others present were Babu Ram Dubey, Ajay Sharma, Raj Kumar Dubey, Aman Mahajan, Vimal Sharma, Rakesh Dubey, Raj Kumar Mengi, Rattan Sharma, Vijay Kumar, Sardari Lal, Rattan Chand, PN Kaul, Ravi Dhar,Virender Matto, Arun Kotwal, Rajinder Singh. |