Shiv Navratri 2025: 115 year old tradition… Hari Katha will be heard to Lord Mahakal

Newdunia Representative, Ujjain: From Tuesday, Dr. Ajay Apamarj, the Kirtanakar of Pune at the world famous Jyotirlinga Mahakal Temple, will narrate Hari Katha to Lord Mahakal with Naradiya Sankirtan. The tradition of story from Naradiya Sankirtan during Shivanavaratri has been going on for 115 years.

This time, due to the unhealthy of Pt. Ramesh Kanadkar, the new Kirtanakar has got an opportunity to narrate the story to Lord Mahakal. The Jyotirlinga Mahakal Temple has a tradition of narrating Hari Katha from Naradiya Sankirtan during the Shivnavaratri and Uma Sanjhi festival. Till now, at the Uma Sanjhi festival, Sant Dholi Bua of Gwalior and members of the family of Indore in Shivanavaratri have been doing Katha, Kirtan with dynasty tradition.

Contact after two days of hard work

• This time too, the temple committee invited Ramesh Kanadkar, a descendant of the family, for the story. His health deteriorated at the time. In such a situation, the temple committee had to contact the new Kirtanakar.
• After two days of hard work, Kirtanakar Dr. Ajay Apamarj, Pune, was approached and he approved to come. In such a situation, the story could not be organized on the first day of Shiva Navratri, now it will be organized from Wednesday.

Father-grandfather was a resident of Ujjain

In the discussion with Nai Duniya, Dr. Apamarjne said that he has been doing story from Naradiya Sankirtan for eight generations. His father and grandfather were residents of Ujjain, but they have settled in Pune.

New Kirtanakars will narrate the story from tomorrow

Kirtanakar Ramesh Kanadkar has sent information about being unhealthy. After this, Dr. Ajay Apamarjan of Pune has been called for the story, he will narrate the story from Naradiya Sankirtan from Wednesday. , Moolchand Junwal, Assistant Administrator Mahakal Temple

Treatment and medicines will remain in the temple on Mahashivaratri

Meanwhile, preparations for Mahashivaratri are in the final stages in the Mahakal temple. On Mahashivaratri festival, the arrangement of contingency treatment centers and medicines will be available by the department department. There will also be an ambulance system. Along with this, bee hives will be removed from the temple route and the ghats of Shipra from the Karkraj temple.

The above instructions were given by Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh to the officials during the review meeting of the time period letters in the hall of the administrative Sankul Bhavan. The Collector also instructed to impose uninterrupted arrangements of electricity at the Abhishek site in Mahakal temple, painting the Shakti Path, barricading, arrangement of entry of disabled at the Neelkanth gate, putting on duty of additional officers in Kaal Bhairav ​​temple. \ \