Performance of child artists captivated hearts at 47th Shri Govardhan Pujan Mahotsav
Prayagraj: Various events were held in to mark the Govardhan Puja festival. The 47th Shri Govardhan Puja festival was celebrated with great pomp and show at Shyama Sadan Radhe Krishna Enclave in Lukerganj under the aegis of the Shri Braj Ras Rasik Bhajan Mandal. Prior to this, a grand procession of Lord Krishna and Balram was taken out with great fanfare. The tableau of Lord Krishna (Rabya Patel) and Balram (Pari) riding on a chariot was a major attraction. Hundreds of Krishna devotees participated in the procession, including women dressed in yellow. During the procession, Lord Krishna and Balram were welcomed with aarti and puja at various points along the route. The procession departed from Radhe Krishna Enclave and reached Shyama Sadan via Lukerganj, Himmatganj, and Khuldabad. They were given a grand welcome with aarti and puja. Devotees danced to devotional songs. Afterward, Lord Krishna and Balram worshipped the idol of Lord Govardhan made from cow dung at Shyama Sadan. Thereafter, the devotees also duly worshipped Giriraj Ji. In the programme decorated with child artists, aspects of preserving the cultural heritage along with religiousness were enacted.
Various cultural programmes were presented by the artists of Bhajan Mandal. Beautiful bhajans were presented by Nandan Bhatt, Amit Yadav, Akshat Ruiya, Ojas Gautam, Bhuvan Chandra Joshi, Kamlesh Joshi, Sangeeta Bhatt, Sonika Agarwal, Rama Dwivedi, Asha Srivastava in the programme. The devotees presented songs and music. The child artists made the atmosphere musical with their cultural presentations. The main attraction of the programme was the stage presentation of Shri Krishna’s Yogini Leela by the child artists. The child artists included Rabya Patel (Krishna), Pari (Balram), Aaradhya, Chahat, Riya Sonkar, Vaishnavi, Aadya Agarwal, Miska Madhvani, Noor Chhabra, Jharna Dwivedi (friends), Kunj Nigam, Kanika Patel, Shivangi, Ayan Patel, Rudra Tripathi, Priyanshu, Ansh Srivastava (friends), Preeti Sonkar (Yashoda).
The cultural programs were directed by Nisha Patel. The decorations were done by Ujjwal Nigam and Chhavi Nigam. Krishna Nigam played the organ and Honey Bhatt accompanied on the dholak. Shri Radha Madhav Das Ji, Mahant of Nimbarka Ashram Rambagh, highlighted the significance of Govardhan Puja. Inspector-in-Charge of Khuldabad Kotwali, Keshav Verma, presented incentive awards to the child artists. Atul Nigam, director of the Bhajan Mandal, expressed his gratitude to all the devotees. Finally, a grand aarti of Govardhan Ji was performed and Annakut prasad was distributed. The coordinator of the program, Dr. Akhil Nigam, former councilor Natwar Lal Bharatiya, Dr. S.K. Pandey, advocate Manish Dwivedi, Umesh Shankar Srivastava, Rajan Bhardwaj, Nandlal Prajapati, Punyakant Prabhu, Parmeshwar Bhatnagar, Dulichand Seth, Sharad Agarwal, Avneesh Dubey, Gaurang Nigam, Annu, Anoop, Usha Nigam, Akanksha Nigam, Vidhi Madhwani, Poonam Agarwal, Shalu Srivastava, Sudha Nigam, Meera Nigam, Bharti Chauhan, Chhaya Nigam, Saroj Agarwal, etc. were present. This information was given by coordinator Dr. Akhil Nigam.
