Tag: Hanuman Jayanti

Celebration of Hanuman Jayanti in Telangana

Hyderabad: Hanuman Jayanthi was held across Telangana State. The devotees of Hindu deity Hanuman performed special prayers with devotion at all the Hanuman temples of the State. The famous Hanuman temple at Kondagattu in Malyala Mandal of Jagityal district became the cynosure of all eyes.

Thousands of devotees turned up at the temple to perform prayers. The officials of the temple made elaborate arrangements for the convenience of the devotees at the temple. They perform Hanuman’s Tirunakshatra birth celebrations on Vaisaka Mooladashami every year. The celebrations will be held for three days. They also performed Trikundamantima Yagnam and Poornahuthi as part of the celebrations. The authorities of Bhadrachalam Seetharama Swami temple sent special silk clothes to the Kondagattu temple.

The vice-chairman of Telangana State Planning Board B Vinod Kumar and Rajya Sabha MP J Santosh Kumar handed over the silk clothes to Choppadandi assembly constituency Sunke Ravi Shankar. The Kondagattu temple authorities have prepared 3.6 lakh laddus and pulihora pockets. The authorities have also set up 14 counters for the convenience of the devotees. The police have put up 104 CC cameras around the temple as part of security arrangements.

May 15, 2023
Call for Bargarh bandh in protest against violence on Hanuman Jayanti in Sambalpur

Bargarh: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have called for a 12-hour Bargarh bandh on Wednesday in protest against the attack on a rally related to Hanuman Jayanti celebration in .

The call was later supported by local unit of Hindu Mahasabha.

The VHP, in a release, stated that the bandh will be observed peacefully in Bargarh town and its activists will take out a bike rally to garner people’s support.

As per the bandh call, markets, shops, business establishments, government and private offices and schools, colleges and educational institutions in the town will remain closed from 6 am to 6 pm. No vehicles will be allowed to move during the bandh period, the VHP stated.

However, emergency services like ambulances, Fire Brigade vehicles and others will be exempted. The VHP and Bajrang Dal have sought the cooperation of the people of Bargarh in observing the peaceful bandh.

In a related incident on the day, a high-level BJP delegation, including Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu, MPs Jual Oram and Suresh Pujari, MLAs Nauri Nayak, Shankar Oram and Kusum Tete, state BJP president Manmohan Samal and his predecessor Sameer Mohanty was not allowed to enter Sambalpur city.

The delegation was going to meet those injured in the violence, members of Hanuman Jayanti Samanwaya Samiti and the Revenue Divisional Commissioner.

The Sambalpur district administration suspended Internet services for another 24 hours till 10 am on Wednesday even as the curfew was further relaxed.

Itt may be noted that the administration had imposed curfew in the city after some miscreants pelted stones at a bike procession carried out a day before the Hanuman Jayanti in Sambalpur.

April 18, 2023
Hanuman Jayanti: Home Ministry asks states, UTs to ensure law and order, deploys central forces in Bengal

Central Armed Police Forces have been deployed in West Bengal to assist the state police during Hanuman Jayanti, announced the Union home ministry, which on Wednesday also asked all states to ensure law and order during the festival in the wake of communal violence in Bengal and Bihar. . during Ram Navami. Hanuman Jayanti will be observed on Thursday. In a late evening tweet, a home ministry spokesperson said: “Central Armed Police Forces deployed in West Bengal to assist state police in maintaining law and order during observance of Hanuman Jayanti”. Earlier, the ministry sent an advisory to states and union territories aimed at sensitizing law enforcement agencies following communal violence last week. “The MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) has issued an advisory to all states in preparation for Hanuman Jayanti. The governments are encouraged to ensure the maintenance of law and order, peaceful observance of the festival, and monitoring of any factors that could disturb communal harmony in society,” the Home Minister’s Office tweeted. Clashes and instances of fire-bombing were reported from Hooghly and Howrah districts of West Bengal over Ram Navami processions, including on Monday night. Several vehicles were also torched and shops ransacked in Howrah. Clashes were reported in West Bengal’s Rishra on Sunday during a Ram Navami procession in which BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh and party’s Pursurah MLA Biman Ghosh were present. The MLA was injured and hospitalised. Parts of nearby Serampore also witnessed incidents of vandalism following which prohibitory orders were imposed and Internet services suspended. The violence led West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose to visit some of the violence-hit areas after Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to him. On Tuesday, the Union home ministry also sought a detailed report from the West Bengal government on the communal violence. Communal violence took place in Bihar’s Sasaram and Biharsharif towns too on and after Ram Navami following which over 170 people were arrested. Vehicles, houses and shops were torched and several people were injured in communal flare-ups reported in both towns on March 30 and 31. Home Minister Shah expressed concern over the incidents and spoke to Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to take stock of the situation. The home ministry has also sent additional paramilitary forces to Bihar to assist the state administration in handling the situation. Shah had canceled his proposed tour of Sasaram on April 2 after prohibitory orders were put in place in the town.

April 5, 2023
Hanuman Jayanti: Calcutta High Court directs Mamata government to deploy central armed forces

Kolkata (IANS) | A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to deploy central armed forces on April 6, the auspicious occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, to avoid a repeat of the violence witnessed during Ram Navami processions.

The violence broke out in the three districts on March 30 and continued till the night of April 3.

Calcutta High Court Acting Chief Justice T.S. A bench of Justices Sivagnanam and Hiranmoy Bhattacharya directed the state government to identify sensitive areas in the state and take the help of central armed forces there.

Along with this, the division also directed the state police to conduct route marches in those pockets from Wednesday night only for the purpose of area domination. Justice Sivagnanam said, looking into the matter, it is clear that the state police alone cannot manage the cases.

The intelligence wing of the state police also faced criticism from the bench for having no prior information about a possible outbreak of violence on Ram Navami processions.

The court said that no procession would be allowed in the area where Section 144 has been imposed amid incidents of violence in the recent past.

The bench also suggested whether the procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti can be carried out through the same areas as is done in the case of Ganesh Chaturthi procession in Maharashtra.

The counsel for the State Government told the Court that though it would not be possible to put up barricades for all the processions in all corners of the State, the same would be done in case of sensitive areas.

The counsel for the state government also told the court that the police will take action against the organizers of the processions who flout the restrictions imposed. The organizers will also have to inform the police about the expected crowd in the concerned procession and the organizers will also have to be present at the time limit given for the same.

–IANS

April 5, 2023