Over six thousand tribal public representatives along with Union Ministers Jual Oram, Vishnu Deo Sai, Sudarshan Bhagat, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Arjun Munda would take Shabri holy bath at Ramghat in the ongoing Simhatha Mahakumbh at Ujjain on May 12.
In-charge of the Shabri Bath Gajendra Singh Patel informed in a statement here on Thursday that elaborate arrangements have been made at Pundit Deendayal Vichar Prakashan (Pundit Deendayal Ideas Publications) and Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad (Forest Dwellers Welfare Council)for those guests who would reach on May 12 to take Shabri Bath. All the participating guests would move in procession towards Ramghat one of the banks of Kshipra. Forest Dwellers Welfare Council’s national president Jagdev Urav would welcome all the guests, he added.
Patel further said that the tribal leaders are reaching Ujjain from various tribal regions of the state. These leaders would participate in the procession doing tribal dance while wearing their traditional tribal dresses. Tribal dance troops from neighboring Chhattisgarh state have also reached Ujjain. After taking Shabri bath at Ramghat all the guests would move to Cherevati pavilion to take lunch, he added.
Patel who is also the state president of the Tribal Cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) told that after taking lunch all the guests would reach at the Ideological Kumbh at 3 pm that would be addressed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. In the evening the guests would meet Saints and sages and visit Mahakal Temple and after that would return to their respective places.