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Devout Hindus Felicitated with ‘Hindu Shaurya’ Award  

  • Five persons including Advocate Virendra Ichalkaranjikar and historian Mr Pandurang Balkawade receive the award

  • Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) organises procession
Shriram Panchayatan Chariot

Pune, 27 March – ‘Shriram Navami Utsav Samiti, Pune’ organised a prize distribution ceremony to present ‘Hindu Shaurya Puraskar’ and a procession for brining ‘Rama-rajya’. This is the thirteenth year of this ceremony. The procession, with Shriram Panchayatan Rath and Shriram ‘Palakhi’, was taken out through different parts such as Rajarshi Shahu Bank Chowk, Gulab Nagar to Dhankawadi and the last bus stop. The ’Hindu Shaurya Puraskar’ was presented after the procession. The five dignitaries who received the award this year are advocate Virendra Ichalkaranjikar, the national president of ‘Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad’, Mr Pandurang Balkawade, a renowned historian, Mr Sanjay Bhosale, a member of ‘Maharashtra Gou-seva Ayog’ and director of ‘Annamrut Foundation, Pune’, Mr Samir Gaikwad, the Chairman of ‘Shanipar Mitra Mandal’, and Mr Nitin Mahajan, the founder president of ‘Keshav Shankhnad Pathak’. They were presented a shawl, coconut and a memento.

Advocate Virednra Ichalkaranjikar was felicitated by BJP’s MLA Mr Bhimrao Tapkir from Khadakvasala constituency.

Presenting the award (second from left) Mr Bhimrao Tapkir, Mr Pandurang Balkawade (centre), adv Virendra Ichalkaranjikar  
Mr Bhimrao Tapkir, Mr Sanjay Bhosale (awardee), Mr Pandurang Balkawade, advocate Virendra Ichalkaranjikar, Mr Nitin Mahajan and Mr Samir Gaikwad

We fight court battles for innocent Hindus to bring the concept of ‘Rama-Rajya’ into a reality – adv Virendra Ichalkaranjikar

Adv Virendra Ichalkaranjikar addressing the programme

I congratulate this ‘Mandal’ for undertaking this drive continuously for the past twelve years. We fight legal battles for innocent Hindus as a part of the mission of establishing ‘Rama-Rajya’. It is our duty to do them justice. We have not still forgotten the attacks on lady Police staff at Azad Maidan. They should also get justice. I sincerely feel that the Police Administration should make efforts for this.

Other awardees

Mr Pandurang Balkawade was felicitated with the award for his work about the history of ‘Hindavi Swarajya’ and social work. Mr Sanjay Bhosale, ISKCON’s vice president and the director of ‘Annamrut Foundation’ has been serving the society through different media. He too was felicitated with the award.

Main attraction of the procession

Music band with drums etc

A chariot of Shriram, ‘Rudra-Garjana Dhol-Tasha Pathak’, ‘Amar Brand Pathak’, and ‘Keshav Shankhnad’ joined the procession. The collective playing of 100 ‘dhol-tasha’, ‘Rangolis’ drawn on the route, attractive lighting, bursting of crackers and a ‘Cold Fire Show’ were the main attractions of the procession. Shriram-devotees and devout Hindu activists participated in large numbers in the procession.

Adv Virendra Ichalkaranjikar (performing aarti)

Highlights

Devotional songs were sung in the procession as well as in the programme creating an atmosphere full of piety. ‘Shankhanad Pathak’ and ‘Dhol-tasha Pathak’ paid obeisance to Prabhu Shriram in a traditional way. The ‘Palakhi’ of Prabhu Shriram was carried by bare-footed devotees. The whole atmosphere had become ‘saffronised’. The whole area was resonating with the slogans hailing Prabhu Shriram and ‘Bharatmata ki Jai’, ‘Vande Mataram’, etc. The programmes concluded with ‘Maha-aarti’ of Prabhu Shriram by advocate Virendra Ichalkaranjikar

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