Delhi’s Sahapurjat Durga Puja Celebrates Silver Jubilee

New Delhi (Odisha Tazanews) :- Durga Puja was celebrated by Prabasi Odia Communities at several places in Delhi and National Capital Region with much Pomp and massive fanfare. The Silver Jubilee of the Puja was observed at Sahapurjat with festive spirit and spiritual fervour. The sights of the spectacular idol of Mother Durga on Lion placed on an elegantly decorated platform and the attractive gate tower built up in the style of Shri mandir of Puri were unique and unparalleled. The puja-path, homa-yajna, bhog and other religious rituals were performed by priests as per the tradition.

Starting from the holy Shashti tithi with Belbaran and Ghatsthapana, all programmes up to the immersion of the Mother’s idol on Vijaya Dashami were successfully completed under the active supervision of the Puja Committee. Being organised for the past twenty-five years by the Utkal Durga Puja Committee, this year’s Sharadiya Mahotsav witnessed congregation of thousands of Odia and non-Odia devotees along with their families.The attendees were overwhelmed and felt blessed by the divine darshan of Mother Mahishasura Mardini.

The Main attraction of the Silver Jubilee Celebration was Presentation of a colourful cultural extravaganza by several reputed artistes. The Founder of Surmallhar Musical Troupe and renowned Singer Santosh Rout and Co-Singers like Rajiv Ranjan, Anurag Bhattacharya, Abhipsa Rath and Suchitra Sahu enthralled the audiences by their varieties of soul-touching musical numbers. They were supported on instruments by Subodh Padhi, Suresh Bhatt, Debadatta Prusti, Sunil Kumar, Jitesh Srivastava, Manoj Kumar and Nilu Kumar. The cultural evenings were smoothly conducted by Ace Anchors like Suman Harichandan, Dharitri Panigrahi and Aditya Swain.

On different evenings, distinguished guests who graced the Mega Festival include Secretary of Sri Neelachal Seva Sangh Ravindra Nath Pradhan,President of Samudayik Vikas Samiti and senior Chartered Accountant Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, National President of Kalinga Bharati Foundation Er. Akshaya Kumar Samal, Councillor of Chirag Delhi and Sahapurjat Krishan Jakhar, Executive Director of Power Grid; Y.K. Dixit, Executive Director of SECIL A.K.Naik, Additional General Manager of NTPC Prashant Jena,

Deputy General Manager of SBI Jyotsna Maharana, Chairman and Managing Director of NSIC Dr. Shubhranshu Shekhar Acharya, Director General of IMD; Mrutyunjay Mahapatra and Chairman and Managing Director of IREDA, Bijay Mohanty. The invited guests highly praised the organisers for their remarkable contribution in promoting and spreading Odisha’s rich arts,vibrant culture and lofty heritage in Delhi.
The President of the Puja Committee, Rabi Ray; Vice-Presidents Gayadhar Nayak and Harihar Samal;

General Secretary Dilip Kumar Thatoi; Joint Secretaries Bidyadhar Rout and Krupasindhu Pradhan; Treasurer Abhay Kumar Das and Joint Treasurers Bijayananda Samal and Golekha Chandra Sahu played vital roles in managing the arrangements successfully. The Committee’s advisors Ravindra Nath Pradhan, Santosh Kumar Sadhangi, Ranjan Kumar Mahapatra, Tirthankar Das and Ranjit Kumar Rath were the main guides of the grand celebration.