West Bengal Government Organization Ganga Aarti: Ganga Aarti will soon be organized in West Bengal on the lines of Varanasi. In this aarti, worship will be done in the same way as it is done at the ghats of Varanasi. Soon after getting training from Varanasi, Pandits will get a chance to perform Aarti here in the same way and the common man will get a chance to see Aarti, for this the state government will bear all the expenses.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that Ganga Aarti will soon be organized in Kolkata on the lines of Varanasi. Aarti will also be performed at Belur and Dakshineswar located on the banks of Hooghly river.
One of the country’s biggest religious events, the Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island, attracts lakhs of people who take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges River and the Bay of Bengal on Makar Sankranti and offer prayers at the Kapil Muni temple.
‘Ganga Aarti will begin’
CM Mamta Banerjee said, ‘We do not have stairs like Kashi. Planning is very important. We will give permission after seeing all aspects. From tomorrow we will start preparations for Ganga Aarti.” He said, “Work will start from Saturday (January 14) and after completion of the work, Ganga Aarti will start.” The Trinamool Congress chief further said that in Belur, Dakshineswar and Tarapith Work will start and Ganga Aarti will be held at the ghats in these areas as well.
TMC minister targets BJP leader
TMC minister Firhad Hakim lashed out at the BJP and said, “Will Mamta Banerjee take certification or certificate from Shubhendu Adhikari?” Shubhendu Adhikari has gone to BJP, so certification will have to be taken from him that who is a Hindu or not? And for so many days when Shubhendu Adhikari himself used to offer prayers sitting under Mamata Banerjee’s feet, was it true Hindutva? This is all wrong. You cannot say such a person.
We welcome
BJP leader Shishir Bajoria said that the idol of Durga cannot be immersed in West Bengal without a court order. This is the same administration which has ordered that if someone says ‘Jai Shri Ram’, he should be taken into custody. Now it is being heard here that our Honorable Chief Minister has said that she will perform Ganga Aarti. That’s a great thing. We welcome him. But there is an irony in this also that not everyone can perform Ganga Aarti, only the people of his own party (TMC) can do it. No one else can come and worship Ganga.”
BJP workers scuffle with police personnel
At the same time, BJP workers scuffled with police personnel after attending the Ganga Aarti program along with party’s West Bengal unit president Sukant Majumdar on Tuesday (January 10) in Babughat area of Kolkata. When BJP workers were stopped at Baje Kadamtala Ghat, Majumdar performed aarti at the nearby Ghat. When the police intervened, a scuffle broke out between them and party supporters.
A large number of police personnel were sent to the spot and several BJP workers and leaders, including Majumdar, were taken to Lalbazar in a van. However, now this initiative of the ruling party in the state has now become the new center of politics and this fight is going to be long.
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