12-05-2025
H'bag labourer builds temple after son bags railway job
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Hazaribag: Jagdish Saw (60), a labourer by profession and resident of Manai village under Ichak block of Hazaribag, had vowed to build a temple if his son bags a govt job. The septuagenarian kept his promise after his son landed a job with the Indian railways a year pranpratistha of the temple was performed last week.
The villagers are gearing up for a grand 2022, Saw's youngest son Hari topped the state matriculation exam in the block. "I took a vow to build a temple if he gets a govt job. I started the works on the temple on Mahashivratri last year after Hari got the job as it was a pledge taken in the name of God," he said, "Shiv and Hanuman temples are ready. Preparations for the yagna are on. Our wish is that people should attend the yagna."Failing to give any estimation of the cost incurred, he said, "All the families of the village have worked together to construct the temple in 14 months." Locals said he has spent Rs 4 to Rs 5 lakh. "What he did is beyond expectations," said social worker Bateshwar Prasad has two daughters and three sons. The eldest son, Anil, works as a labourer in his maternal uncle's shop in Jamshedpur. The second one, Chintaman, is a motorcycle mechanic.
