Chitrakoot illuminated with two lakh lamps.
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On November 15, on Dev Diwali, the main festival of worship of gods on the banks of the crescent-shaped Ganga, crowds of people from India and abroad will gather to witness the supernatural spectacle of Ganga Aarti at the world famous Dashashwamedh Ghat. For the first time, people will be able to watch the unique and unforgettable Aarti of Mother Ganga on the ghat lit with lamps on the website and Prime Minister and Kashi MP Narendra Modi will also witness it from Delhi.
For the first time, Dev Diwali will be shown on the website of Ganga Seva Nidhi and the website will be launched on 15th November. Ganga Seva Nidhi President Sushant Mishra gave this information to journalists on Tuesday. Told that this will be the first time when people sitting in the country and abroad will be able to watch Dev Diwali through the website. The website gangasevanidhi.in will also be launched on the same day. This year Shaurya’s silver jubilee is being celebrated. During Ganga Aarti, under ‘Ek Sankalp Ganga Kinare’, lakhs of people will be given a pledge to make Mother Ganga clean and pure and to conserve environment and water.
Pro. Under the leadership of Chandramouli Upadhyay, Pt. Shridhar Pandey and chief Archak Acharya Randhir, 21 Brahmins will worship Mother Ganga in Vedic tradition. 42 girls will remain in the form of Riddhi-Siddhi. During this time, 10 volunteers of Shri Ram Janam Yogi’s conch shell and Srikashi Vishwanath Damru Dal will worship Mother Ganga with the sound of Damru. He told that sky lamps will be lit in the memory of the founder of the organization Pt. Satyendra Mishra. At the same time, Dashashwamedh Ghat will be decorated with decorative flowers from Kolkata and Guwahati apart from Banaras. Patron of the organization Indu Shekhar Sharma, Secretary Hanuman Yadav, Treasurer Ashish Tiwari, Shivam were present during the press conference.
He will be the chief guest in the program
On behalf of Ganga Seva Nidhi, the chief guests of the Dev Diwali Mahotsav will be NDRF Director General Piyush Anand, Indian Army Lieutenant General Anindya Sen Gupta, Sadhguru Riteshwar Maharaj of Sri Anandam Dham Trust Vrindavan, Mahant Shankarpuri of Annapurna Temple and state ministers.
They will attend the musical evening
Bhojpuri artist Mohan Rathore will perform with nine friends in the cultural evening. Apart from this, there will be performances by classical singer Professor Revati Sakalkar and other artists.
Soldiers will give guard of honor
39 GTC personnel will also give last post and guard of honour. At the same time, senior officers of Varanasi Police Commissionerate, Commanding RPF (NER), Commanding CISF, Air Officer Commanding, 4 Air Force Selection Board, 39 GTC, Varanasi Director General NDRF along with the soldiers will pay homage to Amar Jawan Jyoti by laying the wreath in front of them.
Bhagirath will give bravery honor to 7 martyrs
Bhagirath Shaurya Samman will be given to martyred Colonel MN Roy, Lieutenant Colonel JR Chitnis, Surendralal Srivastava, Vinod Kumar Yadav, Ramesh Yadav, Ravi Sharma, Sonu Yadav in the memory of the brave warriors of the country.
Surveillance will be done through 24 CCTV cameras
During the Aarti of Bhagwati Maa Ganga, lakhs of devotees from India and abroad will be screened by 24 CCTV cameras along with a large number of security forces. Hanuman Yadav and Surjit Singh said that 100 volunteers of Bharat Sevashram Sangh will be deployed with security equipment.