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| Anupam Kher to inaugrate Youth Festival | | 30,000 Pandits to celebrate Navreh at Hari Parbat | | Jammu March 16
Kashmiri pandits are celebrating Navreh on March 18,at Hari Parbat, not in Kashmir but at Anangpur, Fardibad
According to Aditiya Raj Koul, President of Kashmiri youth organisation, Roots in Kashmit (RIK) said,"To mark the arrival of the Kashmiri Pandit New Year, NAVREH, our organisation is organizing the first ever "Kashmiri Pandit Youth Festival" on March18 at Hari Parbat, Anangpur, Faridabad.
He said,"Among other prominent artists from the valley who will be performing at the event will be vocalist Neerja Pandit (Mumbai), Dhananjay Kaul (Delhi), Deleep Langoo (Delhi) and Darshana Mehra (Delhi). Two well-known Kashmiri Pandit youth artists Abhay Rustum Sopori, son of legendry santoor player Bhajan Sopori and Raj Pandit, son of famous filmmaker Ashoke Pandit will also be performing on santoor and tabla respectively. Arjun Kaul, lead guitarist of the famous rock band Prithvi will as well mark his presence by playing a few lead numbers. Some skits and dance performances will as well be seen by community artists.
"The Chief Guest on the occasion is actor and director Anupam Kher. Other guests include filmmaker and activist Ashoke Pandit. Padmshree J.N. Kaul, head of SOS India will as well attend the said programe "Aditiya add.
According to him,"More than 30,000 Kashmiri Pandits and others are expected to attend the said event on the lap of Arravelis. "
Aditiya said,"'Navreh' signals the arrival of New Year for the exiled Kashmiri Pandits. The word 'Navreh' is derived from the Sanskrit word "Nav Varsha" that means New Year. They have been celebrating this festival for more than 3000 years". Navreh is the lunar New Year celebrated in Kashmir. The festival falls on the first day of the Chaitra Navratras, which is the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra. This day is also the first day of the Sapath Rishi Samvat. Navreh is a festival of gaiety and colors. It is celebrated with great enthusiasm by the Kashmiri Pandits., he further added.
He told, that Navreh is a day of rejoicing, not only because it is New Year, but also because it heralds the spring season after the long, hard winter. On the previous day of the festival, the Kashmiri Pandits used to visit the sacred spring of Vicharnag to take the holy dip to wash off all the impurities. In Kashmir, people on 'Navreh' look at a bowl full of rice early in the morning as it symbolizes riches and fertility and to have a plentiful future. |
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