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AmarnathYatra

Amarnathji Yatra concludes as Mahant Deependra Giri performs 'Samapan Pooja'

| @indiablooms | Aug 24, 2021, at 03:52 am

Srinagar: The 'Samapan Pooja' to mark the closing of the annual pilgrimage to the Shri Amarnathji cave shrine on Shravan Poornima was performed Sunday amid chanting of religious hymns and mantras.

 Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, Nitishwar Kumar and Additional CEO SASB Anup Kumar Soni prayed for sustained peace, harmony, progress, and prosperity in  J&K, an official spokesperson said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board facilitated the carriage of Holy Mace (Pavitra Chhari) to the Shri Amarnathji cave shrine.

Mahant Chhari Mubarak Amarnathji, Deependra Giri led the Chhari Yatra accompanied by saints of Dashnami Akhada and held the Chhari Poojan to mark the conclusion of this year's yatra.

Earlier this year, the annual Amarnath yatra was cancelled due to the Covid-19  pandemic, but Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board carried out all traditional religious rituals at the Amarnath cave shrine.

SASB had made arrangements for the live telecast of morning and evening Aarti on television channels and social media in addition to facilitating virtual pooja,  hawan and online prasad booking were around seven to eight million devotees performed the free virtual darshan on the Jio TV platform that broadcasts the Shri Amarnathji Channel. 

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