A big function was organised at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham on the occasion of 73rd birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his parliamentary constituency here on Sunday. According to temple administration, 1,00,008 people offered belpatras at Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) and prayed for long life of the PM. Besides, a 73 kg laddu was offered as ‘prasad’ and 73 Brahmins poured water from 73 pots apart from performing the ritual worship with 73 lotuses. The function was also attended by all the three local UP Ministers Anil Rajbhar, Ravindra Jaiswal and Dayashankar Mishra ‘Dayalu’ apart from MLAs and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who also participated in a special abhishek, havan and other religious rituals.
Besides, former UP Minister and MLA Dr Neelkanth Tiwari performed Dugdhabhishek and prayed to Maa Ganga for the long life and good health of the PM. The BJP leaders said that the PM was the initiator of the most successful event of G20, in accordance with the basic mantra of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and emerged as a global leader, who gave a call ‘Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas-Sabka Vishwas-Sabka Prayas’ for the country and ‘One World-One Family-One Future’ for the world. They also said that the local parliamentarian and the PM Narendra Modi was the inspiration behind Mission Chandrayaan-3.0 and the architect of ‘Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat’ and prayed to the Almighty for his long life and good health.
During the special puja, Swasti Vachan and invocation were recited by 101 Batuks (Sanskrit students). The entire complex was in devotion due to the playing of shankhnaad and damru band. After the puja, blessings were received from all the Brahmins including president and trustees Pandit Chandramouli Upadhyay, Pandit Deepak Malviya, Brijbhushan Ojha and Venkat Raman. After this, all the priests present in the programme, Archak Batuk Shastri and Vedic Brahmins were also honoured with angavastram. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sunil Kumar Verma distributed laddu prasad to all the visitors present in the temple. Temple Officer Nikhilesh Mishra, Officer on Special Duty Umesh Kumar Singh, regional BJP chief Dilip Singh Patel, district president Hansraj Vishwakarma and city chief Vidya Sagar Rai were also present.
Meanwhile, under the leadership of Nazneen Ansari, chief of Muslim Mahila Foundation (MMF), 10,000 Muslim women will send their support to Modi by sending letters. Nazneen said that due to the efforts of the PM, Muslim women of India are now free and now no Maulana can interfere in their lives and evict them from their homes. “Narendra Modi not only freed Muslim women from socially disgusting practices like Triple Talaq and Halala but also gave them legal rights. Today Muslim women all over the world are looking towards Modi. After freedom from social evils, Muslim daughters moved rapidly towards education. Today, after getting educated, they are reaching high positions without any fear,” she said.
On the birthday of Modi, the women of MMF expressed their gratitude by performing aarti on the picture of Narendra Modi, the most trusted leader of the era, under the programme titled ‘’Modi, Patron of Muslim Daughters’ at Subhash Bhawan in Indresh Nagar, Lamhi. Muslim women made rangoli and sang sohar to the beat of dhol, fed laddus to Modi’s picture and raised slogans in favour of the PM. The function was also attended by Dr Archana Bharatvanshi, National General Secretary of Vishal Bharat Sansthan (VBS), Shabnam, Maroon, Zarina, Vajbunnisha, Shamsunnisha, Nagina and Najma.
Earlier, in the morning under the leadership of regional BJP chief DS Patel, a cleanliness drive was launched at Ambedkar Park, Kutchery and then fruits were distributed among the poor in Nagwa area and puri-katchudi in Chowk area.