The festival of nature, Sarhul was celebrated with enthusiasm in and around Hazaribagh. At Hazaribagh the main rituals of Sarhul were observed by the Pahan in the ground near New Bus Stand.
From every area of the town youths in traditional dresses arrived with the members of their society with dhol, nagada and DJ sounds. After the rituals a procession came out from the ground which travelled through almost all the important areas of the town. The participant boys and girls kept dancing all through the way. Thought the traffic got disrupted due to this procession but the citizens of the town enjoyed the traditional dance and songs going on in the procession. From 10 am onwards the arrival of people started in the Sarna ground and the procession went on till the sunset. In the participants majority was of tribal youths but this year the number of youths of other society and community were also seen enjoying the color, dance and songs of the famous festival of Jharkhand ‘Sarhul’.