Prayagraj, Oct 26 (HS): The birth anniversary of Adi Kavi Bhagwan Maharishi Valmiki was celebrated with great pomp and show. Morning worship and Aarti were performed by the society at 7:00 am today in the Bhagwan Valmiki temple located in the Rishikul Higher Secondary School campus. The devotees saw and worshipped the new statue of Adi Kavi Valmiki Ji Maharaj. Two days ago the new statue of Maharishi Valmiki Ji was installed by National President Shri Mohan Ram Singh Kandare. The said program was organized under the aegis of The All India Shri Valmiki Young Man Association.

Under the leadership of Vishwa Hindu Parishad's former minister Pawan Srivastava, the workers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad offered garlands to Lord Valmiki and performed his worship and aarti with grandeur by offering sweets and fruits. Addressing the devotees in his speech, Pawan Srivastava said that Maharishi Valmiki was a scholar of high caliber and a prophet who, even before the birth of Lord Shri Ram, composed the Ramayana by describing the entire life events of Lord Ram in Sanskrit language, which paves the way for us even today in the role of guidance. There is no exaggeration in considering Maharishi Valmiki as the Guru of the Lord.

In the evening, the procession of Lord Maharishi Valmiki and Luv Kush was taken out with great pomp and show and while welcoming the guests, the children presented a colourful programme which was enjoyed by the people of the society during the programme. On the said occasion, National General Secretary Jagdish Prasad, Organising Committee Chairman Sandeep Chauhan, Kishan Anand, Punnulal, Arjun Lal, Suresh Kumar, Sushil Kumar Puran, Guru Prakash, Pradeep Chauhan, Savita Chauhan, Barkha Prakash, Nirmala Devi, Manju Chauhan, Pooja Chauhan, Rajiv Tandon, Gaurish Ahuja, Councillor Neeraj Gupta, Vinod Sonkar, Vishal Agrahari, Anup Kumar Kushagra Srivastava, Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal, Councillor Awadhesh Chand Gupta, Kashi Area Vice President BJP Sanjay Gupta, Metropolitan President BJP Praveen Bharti, Councillor Amit Singh, Councillor Bablu Raghuvanshi, Councillor Anand Sonkar, former Councillor Anupam Rawat, youth leader Tel Singh Sarpanch and a large number of people were present. Pradeep Chauhan, who came from Jabalpur, donated a computer to the school for the better education of the children and also rewarded students Anyaya Kushwaha and Riddhi.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi