Saturday, November 30, 2019

President Bhandari graces Bibaha Panchami


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.


Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 30 November 2019. 

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