Dharmarth Trust celebrates Hanuman Janmotsav with religious fervour

Trust committed to provide state of art facilities to devotees: Brig Langeh

JAMMU, April 6: J&K Dharmarth Trust today celebrated Hanuman Janmotsav with religious fervor at Raghunath ji Temple in Jammu.

On the occasion, Priests of Raghunath ji Temple recited Hanuman Chalisa and Sunderkand Path in a traditional manner. Hundreds of devotees participated in the programme. Students of the Architecture Department, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, also participated in the Hanuman Janmotsav.

Brig (Retd) R.S Langeh, President of the Trust along with Ashok Kumar Sharma, Secretary, Varinder Singh Jamwal Additional Secretary and members of Dharmarth Trust Council Padma Shri, Vishwamurti Shastri, S.M Sawhney and Vishal Abrol and priests of Raghunath Temple participated in the programme.

In his address, Brig Langeh said that Hanuman Janmotsav is considered as one of the significant festivals and Dharmarth Trust has been celebrating the festival every year with great enthusiasm, religious fervour and sanctity amid a massive participation of devotees. He said that people should participate in the festivals with great zeal and zest because these are the quintessence of the culture of the land and to preserve the same, it is essential that more and more people remain connected. 

Claiming that the Dharmarth Trust is more than 100 years old institution working under the stewardship of Hon’ble Chairman Trustee, Dr Karan Singh, Brig Langeh said that steps will be taken to uplift the temples and shrines falling under the ambit of the Trust to provide state of art facilities to the devotees visiting these religious spots in the Union Territory.

“People should come forward and support endeavours of the Trust in preserving the temples and shrines, and the rich cultural identity of Jammu and Kashmir.  They should also inspire their offspring to be the part of religious affairs so that they remain connected with their roots”, he said.

Head Priest of Raghunath Temple briefed the visitors about the religious importance of Hanuman Janmotsav. He urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory to have undaunted faith in Lord Hanuman as ‘He’ is all powerful and will bail out humanity from all problems.

Later, Prasad was also served among the devotees and visiting pilgrims after the culmination of recitation of Hanuman Chalisa Path.

Pertinent to mention that two faculty members namely Prof Rajat Ray and Namita Singh along with 35 students of Architecture Department, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU), Dwarka were on ten-day visit to Jammu under the Urban Design Studio programme. They were invited by Convener INTACH Jammu Chapter for interaction session at Shree Raghunath ji Temple, one of the largest temples in North India, having various kinds of architectural designs, local raw materials and natural heritage with water bodies and traditional trees of Jammu.

The students also interacted with Brig R.S Langeh, S.M Sahni, Convener INTACH Jammu Chapter and members of Dharmarth Trust Council along with Vishal Abrol with regard to cultural heritage of Jammu.

Interacting with GGSIU students, Trust’s President Brig R.S Langeh briefed them about the history of Raghunathji Temple which was established by Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of erstwhile State of J&K. He also disseminated information about the functioning of Dharmarth Trust in looking after the affairs of temples and shrines of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. He also briefed them about the significance of Sanatan Dharma.

Padma Shri, Vishwamurti Shastri also addressed the students with regard to the celebrations of Hanuman Janmotsav and advised students to follow the path of Lord Hanuman ji.

Ashok Kumar Sharma, Secretary of the Trust, in his address, briefed students about the religious importance of more than 12,25,000 Saligramas enshrined in the Temple premises. He also threw light on the preservation of the water body and significance of Karneshwar (Natraj ji) Temple which was constructed by Dr Karan Singh ji in the Raghunath ji temple. He also informed that this temple complex also include a Raghunath Temple Sanskrit Manuscript Library that preserves over 6,000 manuscripts in many Indian languages, with a notable collection of Sharda Script Sanskrit manuscripts, which are considered by the Sanskrit scholars as the rare books found across the globe.

Later, the Secretary presented a vote of thanks.

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