Foreign Ambassadors, film stars, crickets also watched procession

Nagpur, 11 Sept (HS): A huge crowd participated in the Marbat procession

on Friday. The unique festival is celebrated in Nagpur only since last 145

years. This year Nagpur Municipal Corporation wished to make it a special brand

of Nagpur and take the festival to international map. Besides Chief Minister

Devendra Fadnavis, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, MLAs, Mayor Nita

Thakre Ambassadors of France, Italy, Finland and Norway, prominent personalities

from Bollywood Jacky Shroff, Subhash Ghai, Ankush Chaudhari, Jay Mehta, cricket

Umesh Yadav and other also witnessed the procession.

The festival marks raising issues confronting the society, condemning the

anti-socials and anti-nationals and celebrating victory over social evils.

Over 4.000 police personnel were deployed to maintain security during

the procession, which moved through main streets of East Nagpur and the

effigies were burnt to end the festival.

Local television channels telecast live the procession for the benefit

of those who could not participate.

Badgyas of Field Marshal Asim Munir was depicted as ‘Failed Marshal’

Asim Munir, Cockroach also marked the procession.

The celebration of the festival is also unique as

it is not restricted to any religion and Nagpurians of region, caste, believers

and non-believers can participate in it

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar