Aashirwaad Ka Diya
Under the Seva-Sankalp Abhiyan, the “Aashirwad Ka Diya” program was organized with great grandeur today on September 17. The main event was held at Pandit Ghat on the Seep River, where 21,000 earthen lamps (diyas) were lit to express gratitude for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years of public service. A grand Ganga Aarti was also performed on the occasion. Additionally, Sheopur district’s iconic cheetah was depicted using illuminated lamps.
The event witnessed the presence of key officials and public representatives, including Commissioner of Urban Development & Housing Sanket Bhondve, Collector Sheela Dahima, Superintendent of Police Moti Ur Rehman, CEO District Panchayat Kartikey Jaiswal, Additional Collector Rupesh Upadhyay, BJP District President Shashank Bhushan, Municipal Chairperson Renu Sujeet Garg, former MLAs Durgalal Vijay and Brijraj Singh Chauhan, BJP State Executive Members Mahavir Singh Sisodiya and Kailashnarayan Gupta, former BJP District President Ashok Garg, BJP District Vice Presidents Saroj Tomar, Raghavendra Singh Jat, and Lovely Meena, BJP District General Secretaries Sanjay Akodiya and Dinesh Duboliya, BJP Yuva Morcha District President Monu Soni, MP Representative Sujeet Garg, District Panchayat Members Girdhari Bairwa and Mithilesh Tomar, SDM Gagan Meena, Town Mandal President Sanjay Mangal, Deputy Collectors Vijay Shakya and Shivlal Shakya, and SDOP Rajiv Gupta, along with several other dignitaries and officials.
Major lamp-lighting ceremonies were also organized across other ghats of the Seep River, including Sohan Ghat, Jati Ghat, Girraj Ghat, and Sant Ravidas Chowk Ghat. Diyas were lit across key public landmarks, and historic as well as government buildings were beautifully illuminated. Similar celebrations took place at Shri Rameshwar Triveni Dham, the Tiktoli Gate of Kuno National Park, the forts of Sheopur and Vijaypur, the fortresses of Manpur and Dhodhar, Aavda Dam, Chandrasagar Pond in Baroda, Jaystambh, Gulambar, Banjara Dam, and the newly constructed Veerpur Railway Station. Furthermore, beneficiaries of various government schemes across urban bodies and gram panchayats lit lamps at their homes to express their appreciation.
