Janakpurdham,
Nov. 29
President
Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday participated in the Sita Rama Bibaha Panchami
Festival in Janakpurdham. She welcomed and honoured the wedding procession that
came from Ayodhya – the capital of Kosala, the kingdom of Lord Rama.
In
the day of Bibaha Panchami, Janakpur celebrates the wedding of Lord Rama and
Goddess Sita with various programmes, worships and procession from Ayodhya to
Janakpurdham – ancient capital of Videha, the kingdom of Janak.
President
Bhandari felicitated priest of Digambar Akhada Baishnav Das, General Secretary
and Secretary of World Hindu Council Milendra Pandey and Rajendra Singh Pankaj,
Kanhaiya Dasji Maharaj, Bhaiya Dasji Maharaj, story teller Madhavi Bijaya Laxmi
and Rambhushan Das amidst a programme organised at the Barha Bigha Rangabhumi
ground in Janakpurdham.
She
also observed a ballet performed by Mithila Natyakala Parishad which depicted
the matrimonial activities of Rama and Janaki.
President
Bhandari worshipped at the Janaki Temple and accepted Prasad. Panchakanya, main
Priest of the Temple Ram Tapeshwor Das, Manantha Baishnav and Mayor of Janakpur
Lal Kishor Shah and other dignitaries had welcomed her at the temple.
Minister
for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Aryal said that
Sita had an important contribution to promote Nepal around the globe.
According
to her, characters of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita are an immense resource of
education for the people of modern age as well.
Maintaining
that the event like Bibaha Panchami would help to develop Janakpurdham as a
touristic attraction, Aryal said that the federal government was committed to
the development of Janakpur and entire Terai Madhesh region.
Minister
for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai said that the Bibaha
Panchami was the festival that exhibited the cordial cultural relations between
Nepal and India. He said that the relations between the two countries and
people should be spotless and cordial.
He
urged the Indian tourists to make a trip to Nepal during the Visit Nepal Year
2020. He informed that the Janakpur-Pokhara aviation service would start soon.
Chief
Minister of State 2 Lalbabu Raut said that his government had planned to create
connection between the two countries as it had been maintained since Treta Yuga
– the period of Lord Rama.
Indian
Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri said that the relationship between the
two countries was cordial since Treta Yuga.
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