Sangli : There was spontaneous response received for ‘Gudhis’ erected collectively at various places like Palus, Kundal, Miraj, Sangli, Ishwarpur and Jaisingpur etc. Everywhere, people were happy to know science of erecting ‘Gudhi’ and they said that in future, they would erect ‘Gudhi’ as per the science.
Miraj
‘Gudhi-pujan’ was performed at the house of Shiv Sena’s Shri. Anand Rajput. Devout Hindus attending ‘Dharmashikshan’ classes, readers and others were present. Oath was taken by all 18 participants to be committed to the mission of establishment of Hindu Rashtra.
Palus
‘Gudhi-pujan’ was performed by Shri. Ganesh Mohite in His Holiness Dhondiraj Maharaj Temple. Shri. Ajinkya Gurav, a priest of Maruti Mandir at Kaulage in Tasgaon taluka did ‘Gudhi-pujan’ when Sarpanch Babasaheb Patil and more than 30 people attending ‘Dharmashikshan’ class were present.
Shri. Vasant Dharmadhikari, a reader of ‘Dainik Sanatan Prabhat’ and a devout Hindu performed ‘Gudhi-pujan’ at Kundal in the presence of 25 devout Hindus including Shri Shivapratishthan’s Dharkaris and women. They raised slogans acclaiming ‘Sanatan Dharma’.
Ishwarpur
At Yellamma Chowk in Ishwarpur, Shri. Chandrakant Pethkar and Shri. Bhagavanrao Tulsankar, a Trustee of Shri. Renuka mata Mandir performed ‘Gudhi-pujan’. Shri. Shevale of Shiv Sena, Shri. Tanaji Ghorpade, temple’s priest, Sou. Rohini Pethkar, Sou. Seema Jayakar Patil, Sou. Shevale and Shri. Vishwajeet Jayakar Patil were present on the occasion. In this city, Shri. Yashawant Patil and Shri. Prakash Patil performed ‘puja’ at H.H. Dhondiram Maharaj Mandir. More than 15 devout Hindus and former Panchayat Samiti member, Shri. Subhash Patil was present on the occasion.
‘Gudhi-pujan’ was performed by Shri. Atmaram Nikam, the President of ‘Bhajani Mandal’ and devout Hindus from Tujarpur. Shri. Tanaji Babar was present with his wife Mrs. Alka Babar and other devout Hindus. Sarpanch Shri. Prakash Vategaonkar was present at Borgaon along with devout Hindus. Shri. Vilas Kulkarni Guruji performed ‘puja’ of ‘Gudhi’ at Shirala when Shri. Rajendra Khurda, Shri. Santosh Parit of ‘Shri Shivapratishthan’, Vandana Nalawade of ‘Prajapita Brahmakumari’, ‘Dainik Janapravas’ reporter Ravi Kadam, devout Hindus Shri. Ashok Maskar, Shri. Balasaheb Wagh, Shri. Sachin Sontakke, Shri. Prashant Hasabnis, Shri. Dinkar Gosavi and Shri. Partha Joshi were present on the occasion.
Devout Hindus attending ‘Dharmashikshan’ class made all preparations of ‘Gudhi-pujan’ and Shri. Ananda Bhosale, the Chief of Vadar community did the ‘puja’. Kum. Bhushan Sutar (6th standard student) went to nearby houses and told them about the prayer to be made to ‘Gudhi’.
Shri. Pradip Samant from Vishrambaug did ‘Gudhi-pujan’ at home when Shri. Sachin Pawar, the President of ‘Golla Samaj’ along with 10 devout Hindus were present.
‘Hindutvavadis’ took out New Year procession and erected ‘Gudhi’ at Kavathemahankal !
Kavathemahankal (Dist. Sangli) – ‘Hindutvavadis’ erected ‘Gudhi’ and New Year procession. Music band was presented by ‘Jagadamb Pratishthan’. Shri. Ambadas Gurav, the temple-priest did ‘Gudhi-pujan’. Later, ‘Shivapratishthan’ recited ‘Prerana-mantra’ after ‘Gudhi-pujan’.
More than 125 devout Hindus participated in the program including Shri. Amit Jagatap of ‘Jagadamb Pratishthan’, Shri. Deepak Gupta and Shri. Raju Gore of RSS, Shri. Anil Patil, city-Chief of Shiv Sena, Shri. Vaibhav Kulkarni, District Vice President of MNS Vidyarthi Sena, Shri. Prasad Kamalakar, Shri. Mahadev Koli etc.
Special
1. Shri. Abhijit Hazare made available a vehicle for the program at very low cost.
2. Many people said that the procession was taken out in a disciplined and effective manner.
