Oct 30, 2024 09:59 PM IST
The event holds particular significance for the Vantangiyas this yr, marking their first Diwali celebration with the CM because the institution of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya’s temple.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath is ready to proceed his annual custom of celebrating Diwali with the marginalised Vantangiya group within the Vantangiya forest village, tikona quantity 3, Gorakhpur, on Thursday. This yr marks his fifteenth consecutive Diwali celebration with the group, a convention courting again to 2009.
Through the celebrations, CM Yogi will distribute sweets and crackers, mild 11,000 earthen lamps at Bheem Sarovar (PTI)
The event holds particular significance for the Vantangiyas this yr, marking their first Diwali celebration with the CM because the institution of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya’s temple. Arriving in Gorakhpur on Thursday after his Ayodhya go to, CM Yogi will deliver Diwali items value ₹185 crore for numerous gram panchayats within the district, based on the CM’s workplace.
Yogi’s relationship with the Vantangiyas started in 2009, when he first joined them for Diwali as a member of parliament (MP). The engagement continued even after he assumed the CM position in 2017. This ongoing engagement has helped combine 23 Vantangiya villages into the income village system, granting them entry to important authorities schemes.
Through the celebrations, the CM Yogi will distribute sweets and crackers, mild 11,000 earthen lamps at Bheem Sarovar, and honour martyrs with a ceremonial lamp at Gorakhnath temple’s cultural occasion.
The CM may also inaugurate Jal Nigam-funded ingesting water tasks for 42 villages and growth tasks for 32 gram panchayats value ₹34 crore.
The Vantangiyas’ heritage dates again to British-era labour camps created to assist forest cultivation following widespread deforestation for railway building. Lengthy remoted, their fortunes have remodeled lately, and the group, who fondly name the CM “Maharaj ji,” eagerly anticipate his arrival.