 Early Times Report
KATRA, Oct 8: Jammu and Kashmir Association of Prabhat Pheri today took out 1st Prabhat Pheri in its fifth year on 2nd Navratra which is a part of Navratra Festival Katra and which is being organized jointly by J&K Tourism Department and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Katra in association with district administration.
The Prabhat Pheri was flagged off by Shiv Kumar Sharma, president of J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association by cutting the red ribbon and breaking the coconut in presence of Manik Singh Rathore, Under Secretary J&K Transport Deptt and Ranjeet Kaur, J&K Taxation Officer.
Prabhat Pheri started from Bus stand Katra and aafter passing through Ban Ganga Road reached at Darshani Deodi then came back via main bazaar to Bus Stand Katra where it got culminated.
The procession was comprised of artists from Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and J&K of Regional Outreach Bureau led by Ram Lal and Virender Kumar, NCC cadets with their mentor Karan Gupta, senior citizens, local people and a large numbers of Maa Vaishno Devi devotees.
The holy town got reverberated with the bhajans of artists. On the way at Darshani Deodi the procession was welcomed by CRPF personnel who served the participants tea and biscuits.
Raj Kumar Padha president of Jammu and Kashmir Association of Prabhat Pheri thanked all the people who participated in the Prabhat Pheri especially CRPF personnel for their kind gesture and appealed all the sections of society to join Prabhat Pheri in large numbers in order to get the blessings of Maa Vaishno Devi on the occasion of Holy Navratras. Patron of the Association Ajay Sharma supervised the overall management of the procession keeping all the covid guidelines intact like masks, social distancing and use of sanitizers.
It is pertinent to mention here that Prabhat Pheri shall be organized till 15th of October on daily basis at 5:30 am from Bus Stand Katra.
The members present on the occasion were Ramnik Nawvada, Aman Mahajan, Raj Kumar Dubey, Rattan Sharma, Ashwini Katoch, Babu Ram Sharma, Babu Ram Dubey, Rattan Chand, Rajesh Gupta, Sham Lal, Mangat Ram, Renu Dhar, Dharamveer, Sanjay Tickoo, PC Rana, Ramesh Pandita, Baldev Kumar and others. |
