The Jagriti Yatra, flagged off by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, from Patna Sahib, reached Hazaribagh late on Thursday night. The denizens of Hazaribagh gave a warm welcome to this yatra and its participants. On Friday morning the specially made chariot displaying the precious hand written Guru Granth Saheb and arms and equipments of ancient age roamed in almost all the important roads of Hazaribagh town and finally left for Ramgarh.
The Sikh community is going to celebrate the 350th birth anniversary of their 10th guru Guru Govind Singh Ji on January 5 in 2017 at very large scale and this yatra has been started to make the people aware about their guru, his sacrifices and his contribution. The community has decided to observe the 350th birth anniversary at international level.
last night after 12 pm the Jagriti Yatra reached Hazaribagh. The members of Sikh community were present in large numbers along with denizens of other communities on this occasion to welcome the Yatra and its members. In the morning in a brief ceremony the Hazaribagh Gurudwara committee felicitated vice president Shailendra Singh and his team members by presenting them Siropa.
After lungar the team members along with their chariot came out from the Gurudwara to take part in the procession. The main feature of this procession was continuous presentation of aardas and devotional songs presented by Jolly Chabra of Dhanbad.
On Friday night the Yatra will stop at Bokaro from where it will enter in West Bengal and then to other states. It will conclude at Patna Sahib before 5th January where the programs of 350th birth anniversary are scheduled to be held. Avtaar Singh, president of Hazaribagh Gurudwara committee said that we have also arranged special program on 14-15th January 2017 here at Hazaribagh after returning from Patna which will be a divisional level celebration programme.