Gorakhpur:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Prayagraj Mahakumbh is an important opportunity for the people of the country and the world to know Uttar Pradesh and India. In this grand and divine event, one will also get a wonderful experience of knowing and seeing the spiritual heritage of India through the saints. This time the organization of Mahakumbh in Prayagraj is also special because its auspicious time has come after 144 years. Maha Kumbh is being organized with amazing enthusiasm.
CM Yogi addressed the formal closing ceremony of Gorakhpur Mahotsav 2025 on Sunday. He said that the grand event of 45 days from January 13 to February 26 is starting from Monday. 40 crore population will come to Mahakumbh. No other country in the world has a population of 40 crores except India and China. You will get the good fortune of taking bath in the confluence of Triveni of Mother Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.
CM said that for the first time, Akshayvat Corridor, Maa Saraswati, Bade Hanuman Temple, Maharishi Vyas and Lord Ram and Nishadraj Corridor have been built for Maha Kumbh. Here, devotees will be able to enjoy the journey of Nag Vasuki and Dwadash Jyotirlinga and Char Dham through Viprika.
He told that Mahakumbh is being organized in an area of ​​10 thousand acres. By Friday night, 35 lakh devotees had reached here. He appealed to the public to offer khichdi to Baba Gorakhnath on Makar Sankranti and then visit Mahakumbh to understand the cultural and spiritual heritage. After 144 years, a special coincidence is taking place on January 29, when Lord Sun will be in Capricorn. Jupiter will be in Taurus. Mauni Amavasya Snan will start in Prayagraj at a specific time.
CM Yogi said that it has to be remembered that in the absence of culture, no nation can move its life story forward for a long time. Folk tales and traditions are the lifeblood of the nation. Folk traditions, folk songs, folk singing, folk artists get a platform through such programs and festivals. The objective of the festival is to encourage the local youth, artists, artists, farmers and entrepreneurs who have made some contribution to the society, to provide them a platform and to inspire them to move forward and from this perspective the Gorakhpur Mahotsav is touching new heights. .
Appreciating the various aspects of the Gorakhpur Mahotsav, CM Yogi said that if you want to see terracotta and honey production then you must come to the Mahotsav. The National Book Fair has been organized for the first time on such a large scale. Do buy youth books and gift them to your friends.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Gorakhpur is rich in religious, spiritual, historical and literary heritage. From the name Gorakhpur itself one can know that it is the holy place of worship of Mahayogi Lord Gorakhnath. Gorakhpur is an important land of religious and spiritual tradition of India. It is also a major center of religious literature of India through Geeta Press. Near Gorakhpur, there is also Kushinagar, the place of Mahanirvana of Lord Buddha and Maghar, the place of Mahanirvana of Sufi saint Kabirdas. Munshi Premchand, known as Katha Samrat through his writings, had made Gorakhpur his workplace. Gorakhpur is the birthplace of Firaq Gorakhpur and Yogananda Paramahansa, who established India’s spiritual heritage on the global stage, was also born in this Gorakhpur.
He said that Gorakhpur is also the birthplace and birthplace of Shaheed Bandhu Singh, who shook the foundations of British rule in the first freedom struggle of 1857. In this Gorakhpur jail, immortal freedom fighter Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, the hero of Kakori Train Action, was given death sentence. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Gorakhpur, rich in heritage, is setting new paradigms of development today. The government is carrying out development, it is the responsibility of all of us to participate in the journey of that development.
CM Yogi honored five personalities with Gorakhpur Ratna from the main stage of Gorakhpur Mahotsav. In the field of art, senior theater artist KC Sen, in the field of agri-entrepreneurship, progressive farmer and honey producer Raju Singh, in the field of sports, international tennis player Shagun Kumari, in the field of medicine, senior orthopedic specialist Dr. BB Tripathi and in the field of science, Dr. Sahil Mahfouz received the Gorakhpur Ratna Award.
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