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Kalash Yatra to highlight spirit of Op Sindoor
Varanasi: The colours of Operation Sindoor will be evident during the traditional Kalash Yatra of Nirjala Ekadashi here on Friday.
Amidst the waving of national tricolours, water from the Sindh, Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi rivers apart from Sangam will be offered to Lord Vishwanath.
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Providing details of the events to be organised on this auspicious occasion, representatives of Suprabhatam, Kashi Mokshadayini Seva Samiti and Shiv Barat Samiti said that Nirjala Ekadashi will be celebrated to honour Operation Sindoor and the valour of the armed forces.
Water from the Sindhu, Chenab, Jhelum and Ravi rivers has already reached reached Kashi, they added.
A total of 1,008 women will fill their urns with the Gangajal and the water received from these four rivers at Dashaswamedh Ghat at 6.30 am.
They will then march towards Kashi Vishwanath Dham via Godowlia and Bansphatak to offer Jalabhishek. To add grandeur to the Kalash Yatra, PAC bands, shehnai, Damru groups, a tableau of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati seated on a large Nandi, specially decorated chariots with distinguished saints and music vehicles will also be part of the religious procession.
Participants will keep waving the tricolour flag in the procession. They will also offer Sindoor and the Tricolour to the deity, said the representatives, including Umashankar Agarwal, Deepak Bajaj, Manish Tulsiyan, Dilip Singh, Nidhidev Agarwal, and Rajeev Gupta.
