Hisar: The home outreach campaign for the grand Hindu New Year festival, to be organized on 22 March in Hisar under the aegis of Vishva Hindu Parishad by Shri Prabhubhakt Sankirtan Mandal, is continuing in full swing. The women’s committee has so far directly contacted more than 5000 families. Shri Prabhubhakt Sankirtan Mandal team, Samrasta Mahila Samiti and Hindu New Year Organizing Committee are collectively engaged in promoting the Hindu New Year festival with full coordination. Contacts are also being made for the flag procession that will start at 7 am on 22 March. In fact, the enthusiasm of women power for this festival is worth witnessing.
Coordinator of the Hindu New Year festival, Mamta Soni, stated that the campaign which was initiated in Hisar 8 years ago by Prof. Deepak Kumar, today the entire city is eager to connect with that cultural awakening. By contacting kirtan mandals and other organizations across the city, more than 2500 flags have already been booked. She informed that flag distribution will take place at 6 am on 22 March. From 7 am to 10 am, a consecrated flag procession with Vishnu tilak will be taken out from Shri Satyanarayan Shiv Temple located in New Anaj Mandi. In New Rishi Nagar, Rishi Nagar and Satya Nagar, co-incharge Kusum Goyal; in Housing Board and Sundar Nagar, women incharge Umesh Rajpal; in Vijay Nagar, Rampura Mohalla and Dogran Mohalla, Anju Singal and Rinku Sahni; in Sector-14 and Sector 33, Anita Bindal, Deepika Kaushik and Neeta Garg along with other women workers are diligently working and establishing contact.
Mamta Soni further stated that this time the festival to be held in a grand pandal in front of Shri Satyanarayan Shiv Temple located in New Anaj Mandi of Hisar will be historic. Thousands of devotees from Hisar and nearby areas will participate in this festival. She informed that a grand religious assembly will be organized at 11 am on 22 March. Devotees will also witness the divine form of Bharat Mata. Several renowned singers will glorify Shri Shyam Baba and Lord Shri Ram through devotional songs. At 1 pm, a satvik community feast will be organized through Shri Shyam Rasoi. Churma, fruits and Karamabai’s khichda will be distributed as prasad among devotees. She informed that Ambareesh Ji, central minister of VHP, and Surendrapal Ji, provincial pracharak of Haryana RSS, will specially attend the festival. Along with them, many renowned personalities from the country and the state will also participate in the event. Chhatrapati Shivaji Smarak Samiti and Hindu New Year Organizing Committee will play a special role in this event.