Maha Shivratri Celebrations: Ranvijay installs Nandi at Shri Ranbireshwar Temple
Flags off Shiv Barat amidst grandeur & devotion
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Maha Shivratri celebrations started with great fervour and devotion at the Shri Ranbireshwar Temple in Jammu.
On the occasion, Ranvijay Singh, Trustee of J&K Dharmarth Trust installed Lord Shiva’s sacred companion, Nandi ji amidst Vedic rituals, followed by a holy Hawan ceremony.
Brig R.S Langeh (Retd), President of J&K Dharmarth Trust, Ashok Kumar Sharma (SSP Retd), Secretary of J&K Dharmarth Trust, Varinder Singh Jamwal, Additional Secretary, as well as officials and staff members graced the occasion.
Ranvijay Singh paid his obeisance to Lord Shiva, performing a special Aarti after the installation of Nandi ji in the temple complex.
Speaking on the occasion, Ranvijay Singh informed that the marble Nandi installed temporarily in view of the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri, will soon be replaced with a magnificent 6-and-a-half-feet-long, 4-feet-high brass Nandi. The brass Nandi ji is being specially fabricated by a Chennai-based Handcrafts Development Corporation with an estimated cost of Rs 17 lakh.
The Trustee Ranvijay Singh further informed that the ancient Shri Ranbireshwar Temple is ready to welcome the devotees on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri. With meticulous preparations and fervent devotion, the Trust has ensured that every aspect of the sacred site is immaculately adorned and spiritually charged, ready to embrace worshippers from far and wide seeking divine blessings and communion with Lord Shiva, he added.
Later, Ranvijay Singh flagged off the Shiv Barat (Shobha Yatra) organized by the Shri Ranbireshwar Mandir Welfare Committee (SRMWC) in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Dharmarth Trust.
The Shobha Yatra started from the Shri Ranbireshwar Temple and passed through various main bazaars of the old city, including Indira Chowk, Hari Market, Raghunath Bazaar Chowk , Raghunath Bazar, City Chowk, Old Hospital Road, Purani Mandi, Link Road, Jain Bazaar, Mubarak Mandi, Upper Bazaar, Pacca Danga, Moti Bazaar, Parade Chowk and finally culminated at Shri Ranbireshwar Temple successfully. Mahant of the Temple, Rishi Ban, Onkar Sharma (Nandi Ji), and the President of SRMWC were among the dignitaries who joined the Shiv Barat, spreading joy and religious fervor throughout the city.
