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| Div Com inaugurates Navratra fest at Katra | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
KATRA, SEPTEMBER 28- The 8-day Navrata Festival-2011 took to a colorful start with Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Pawan Kotwal inaugurating the mega event at Katra, the base camp of the holy cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji, by lighting the sacred Jyoti here on Wednesday. The Navratra festival, 16th in the series, is being organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) and Tourism Department in collaboration with the District Administration, Reasi and local organizations.
As a part of the inaugural ceremony, a colourful Shobha Yatra depicting rich cultural heritage of the state was taken out from Asia Crossing to bus stand. The procession comprised of a large number of pilgrims from across the country and abroad, school children, cultural troupes and tableau.
Extending greetings to the people in general and pilgrims in particular on holy Navratras, the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu who is also the Chairman of Navratra Festival Celebration Committee, said that the Navratra festival Katra is gaining new heights after every passing year. The Festival provides an opportunity to the visiting yatris from various corners of the country and abroad to have a glimpse of our rich cultural heritage and peaceful co-existence of people of different faiths who live here like brothers.
Additional Chief Executive Officer, SMVDSB, Katra, Dr. M.K. Bhandari while speaking on the occasion, lauded the vigorous efforts of local people in extending every help for making the annual event a grand success. He hoped that the number of devotees would cross last year’s record mark and expected to reach one crore this year, adding that the yatra has shown an increase of 11 lakh till date from the corresponding period of last year.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Udhampur-Reasi Range, Mr. Jagjit Kumar, Director Tourism, Jammu, Mr. R.S. Mehta, SSP Reasi, K. R. Chourisa, Additional SP Katra, Mohan Lal, Joint Director Information, Jammu, Soujanya Sharma, Dy. CEO SMVDSB Katra, Mr. Rash Paul Singh, Deputy Director Tourism, Mr. Arvind Kotwal.
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