Undeterred by the shortage of currency notes in wake of demonetisation, people showered newly introduced Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes on a folk singer during his performance in North Gujarat district Banaskantha during a function.
The function ‘Dayaro’ (a kind of Gujarati folk programme) was organised at Mukteshwar Mahadev temple situated near Palanpur town of the district. Such functions organised in rural parts of Gujarat, especially to collect funds for charity works and construction of religious places.
Folk singer Kirtidan Gadhavi was performing at the function late in the night. In order to appreciate his singing people from the audience came on the stage and showered Rs2,000 currency notes on him. In fact such tradition of showering currency notes is common in Gujarat during Dayaro programmes. Sometimes singers take money with them showered on them and in some cases the money collected used for charity work.
The incident of Mukteshwar Mahadev temple function came to light after someone shared a video on social media platform. Reacting on the incident, the singer Gadhavi said that people might have been standing in long queues to exchange old currency notes; there faith for religion is firm. Gadhavi claimed that the money showered on him in new pink currency notes would be used for charity work.