Sat Guru Saant Shadharam’s anniversary: 33 Hindus cross the border for celebrations
To attend the celebrations at Shadhani Darbar in Hayat Pitafi village, 27 men, four women and two children reached Mirpur Mathelo railway station through Jaffer Express.
This year Yudister Lal, who is the disciple of Saant Shadharam, could not come so his brother, Satyavart Shadhani, led the delegation of Hindu pilgrims from Raipur, India. According to tradition, Satyavart inaugurated the celebrations at Shadhani Darbar.
The celebrations will include hawan agya [fire worship], path sahib [recitation of religious text], jariyan [putting a sacred thread around the necks of adolescent boys] and a mass wedding. The darbar’s caretaker, Bhai Jay Ram Das, told The Express Tribune that, the celebrations began with hawan agya, during which a fire is lit on the ground and everyone gathers around it to pray.
On the second day, boys who are between the ages of eight and 15 will have sacred threads tied around their necks. Ram Das explained that this is a growing up ritual for Hindu boys.
The mass wedding is also going to take place on the second day when more than a dozen couples will get married. The couples are from poor families so all expenses are borne by the well-to-do members of the community, he explained.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 13th, 2012.
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ET is using old picture. In the past same picture was used to tell us that Hindus are migrating to India. You can fool your reader once but not twice.