Gajraula, Amrit Vichar: On the eve of Kartik Purnima, devotees will donate lamps in the memory of their ancestors at the Ganga ghats in the Tigri Ganga fair on Thursday. They will wish for peace of soul of their ancestors. You will also earn the benefits of virtue by taking a bath in the Ganges.
According to pundits, there is a tradition of donating lamps on the eve of the main bath on Kartik Purnima. There will be a lamp donation at sunset on Thursday evening. Devotees will reach Gangaghat and offer prayers to their ancestors. People take Judi in the morning before sunrise and install it under the Peepal tree to offer tarpan to the ancestors. After this, take plain water in a pot and add Ganga water, milk powder, barley and black sesame seeds to it. Then offer water on the Judi of Kusha 108 times and chant the mantra Om Pitri Devtaayai Namah. All preparations for this have been completed.
On the other hand, more than 20 lakh devotees have reached the fair. The main Ganga bath of Kartik Purnima will take place in the early hours of Friday. For this, people reached Tigridham on Thursday also. It was told that after taking bath at the Ganga ghat at sunset, offerings will be made to the ancestors by lighting a lamp in the Ganges. Pandit Gangasaran Sharma told that it is believed that Lord Shri Krishna had first donated lamps on Chaturdashi in the presence of Pandavas for the peace of the souls of thousands of soldiers and countless warriors who lost their lives in the Mahabharata war. This tradition has been going on since then.
Since then, people offer tarpan to their ancestors on Chaturdashi one day from the main bath during the historical fair held in Tigri Dham on Kartik Purnima. This lamp is donated only by those people whose relatives have left them within a year and gone to the shelter of God the Supreme. He told that after taking bath in Ganga, donate a lamp at sunset. Even after this, take a bath in the Ganga. Also donate food and Dakshina. Dead souls get peace by donating lamps in Ganga during Kartik fair.
Farmers spending time by gurgling hookah in the fair
In the Tigri Ganga fair, farmers are spending their time by smoking hookah at the farmer’s chaupal located at Jat Chowk. In the morning and evening, tea made from jaggery, khichdi, pakodas, peanuts and other dishes cooked on cakes have become the center of attraction among the devotees in traditional attire who are sipping hookah at Kisan Chaupal in the fair in the morning and evening at the Kisan Chaupal situated at the square of Sector 14. Are.
A glimpse of modified tractors from Punjab can be seen passing through Jat Chowk. During the discussion on urad dal and rice khichdi, dishes, pakodas, laddus and tea on behalf of BKU Joint Morcha at Kisan Chaupal, brainstorming was done in view of the political situation of the nation and the state, social aspects, the challenge of saving agriculture and maintaining traditional values. It is going on. During this, Devendra Singh, Girendra Singh, Chaudhary Kamal Singh, Nitin Chaudhary, Ravi Chaudhary, Mayank Chaudhary and Amit Chaudhary etc. were included.
Buses start operating from Amroha depot for Tigri
Amroha, Amrit Vichar: Buses on all routes have been deployed to transport devotees to the Tigri Ganga fair. If needed, buses will be run for Haridwar and Moradabad. On Wednesday, ARM Mohammad Shafi of Amroha Depot said that lakhs of devotees reach here to take bath on Kartik Purnima in Tigri Ganga fair.
Buses started operating from Amroha bus stand for Tigri from Thursday morning itself. Buses from Moradabad, Pitalnagar, Rampur, Chandpur, Dhampur depot have also started operating for Tigri. Buses for Haridwar and Moradabad will be operated only when needed. Transport Corporation officials have issued instructions to operate more and more buses in the Tigri fair.
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