63rd Birthday of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was celebrated in Jharkhand with traditional fanfare and devotional gaiety on Sunday. In the morning meditation session was carried out for the inmates of Birsa Munda Central Prison of Hotwar with melodious bhajans providing a respite to the trauma of inmates.
BB Singh and his team carried out Guru Puja and Prasad distribution. At 10:30 am the blood donation camp was inaugurated jointly by Nidhi Khare, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and NN Pandey, Chairman State Election Commission. Khare urged every one present to usher in a culture across the state of voluntary blood donation as state alone is not able to handle the great surge in demand.
NN Pandey himself donated blood exemplifying leading from the front. A total of 349 units of blood were collected today from Jharkhand with Chatra leading with 63 Units followed by Ranchi with 43, Dhanbad 42, latehar 38, Bokaro 32, Jamshedpur 28, lohardaga 24, Hazaribagh 16, Koderma 16, Palamu 13, Jamtara 13, Deoghar 11, Dumka 10, Giridih 10. Talking to the volunteers and stakeholders JSACS and lIFE SAVERS; Shri BK Sinha, Chairman of Jharkhand AOl APEX Body opined that this was the first time AOl had embarked on a PAN Jharkhand campaign and hoped that next time the turnouts shall be much bigger.
A soulful musical program followed at the Rajya Yoga Centre in the evening after the Gurupuja in which Rishi Ajatshatru and his team mesmerized the audience. later Prasad distribution was there. Around 500 people attended the evening program.