, Feb 14 (IANS) The Sant Ravidas Jayanti celebrations this year promise to be a mega affair since it comes in the midst of elections.The event had forced postponement of the Punjab elections to enable disciples from that state to visit the .
Ravidas Jayanti on February 16 will be celebrated on a much grander scale this year in Varanasi which is the birthplace of 15th century mystic poet-saint and Dalit icon Sant Ravidas.The importance of the event can be gauged from the fact that .
Kabir Mahotsav to be held in Varanasi
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In a major reprieve to thousands of boatmen here, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has started afresh the process of registration of boats in all categories. (Photo: IANS) Image Source: IANS News
Lucknow: Kaushal Raj Sharma takes charge as the Lucknow District Magistrate in Lucknow on April 29, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Image Source: IANS News
Varanasi, Feb 19 : A Kabir Mahotsav will be held in Varanasi at the end of February, showcasing the life of Sant Kabir, the 15th-century Indian mystic poet and seer, whose writings influenced the Bhakti movement.
Varanasi: Plans are afoot for organizing a Kabir festival showcasing the life of Saint Kabir Das, and also invoking other Bhakti cult mystics, including Guru Nanak, Gorakhnath and Rahim Das, who were contemporaries of the saint poet, in Varanasi.
However, the Ravidas Jayanti celebrations at his birthplace in Seer Gowardhanpur area here on February 27 will be a bit subdued and will lack the grandeur of past years as the organisers have decided to avoid big gathering in view of Covid-19 protocol.
The district administration has forwarded a proposal on holding Kabir Mahotsava between February 23 and 25.
District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma told TOI on Sunday, “On the state government’s directive, we prepared a proposal for holding a three-day Kabir Mahotsava and have forwarded it to the culture department to seek state government’s approval.”