Patna, The historic Darbhanga Home, the newly-built advanced of the district collectorate and ‘Sabhyata Dwar’ are among the many a number of public buildings positioned alongside the banks of Ganga in Patna which have been illuminated in blue hue forward of the Chhath pageant.
Public buildings going through Ganga ghats in Patna lit up in blue for Chhath
The night-time illumination of those constructions, a few of which face common outdated ghats within the metropolis such because the Collectorate Ghat and Kali Ghat, have been accomplished as a part of a ‘Go Blue’ marketing campaign of the Patna district administration.
“Recently, we issued a public appeal to individuals and private entities who have properties located along the ghats of Ganga, to also illuminate those buildings with blue-colour lights, the theme for illumination during the Bihar Diwas celebrations here every year, to mark Chhath festivities,” a senior official advised PTI.
The four-day Chhath pageant, celebrated as a ‘Mahaparv’ in Bihar, can be held this yr from November 5-8. On the final two days, devotees provide ‘arghya’, first to the setting solar and the following day to the rising solar.
On Sunday, after darkish, the over 120-year-old Darbhanga Home, a palace constructed by the erstwhile Darbhanga Raj property that at present homes the PG division of the Patna College, stood out on town skyline.
The palatial constructing, recognized for its iconic structure and aesthetic grandeur, faces the Kali Ghat alongside the river, which pulls enormous variety of devotees in the course of the Chhath celebrations. The constructing additionally homes an outdated Kali temple.
Historically, folks collect alongside the banks of Ganga to look at this historic pageant, however resulting from impression of speedy urbanisation on the river and different constraints, many now choose to both do rituals in close by water our bodies or on rooftops utilizing makeshift preparations.
The Collectorate Ghat is one such instance the place the river water has receded, however solely to come back again in the course of the monsoon season.
The brand new high-rise advanced which is predicted to be inaugurated quickly after the Chhath Puja, has been embellished with blue lights and commuters utilizing the Ganga Drive constructed alongside the riverfront can catch a glimpse of the illumination. An enormous neon signage ‘Samharanalay Patna’ mounted on its rooftop, glows in vibrant crimson at evening, including to its aura.
“This illumination of the new Collectorate complex began around Diwali,” the official stated.
The outdated Collectorate was a cluster of heritage buildings from Dutch period and British interval, which had been demolished within the second half of 2022 to make manner for the brand new advanced, regardless of protests from a number of quarters.
Until current years, devotees from far-off locations within the state used to assemble within the outdated Collectorate campus and a few used to even camp there for 4 days to look at Chhath because the eponymous ghat is positioned proper subsequent to the location.
The buildings of the outdated Collectorate had been a part of the collective consciousness of the folks residing within the metropolis, as a number of generations have visited it for official work and the Collectorate Ghat in the course of the Chhat Puja, thus creating an emotional bond.
The demolition of its heritage buildings “severed that cultural link”, many heritage specialists had argued after the historic constructions had been razed as a part of the Patna Collectorate redevelopment challenge, thought-about a pet challenge of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The Patna district administration is at present working in full swing to make all preparations for the Chhath Puja when lakhs of individuals will throng the ghats from Digha to Deedarganj.
In its attraction discover, which was additionally shared on its social media platforms, the district administration has stated that the ‘Go Blue’ marketing campaign was launched in view of the hyperlink of ‘Chhath Mahaparv’ with historic legacy and cultural heritage of Bihar, and to have fun it with security and communal concord.
This yr, it has been determined to deck up ghats and pathways resulting in them with blue lights, as accomplished throughout Bihar Diwas celebrations, the discover in Hindi reads.
The riverside face of the ‘Sabhyata Dwar’, a contemporary ceremonial gateway inbuilt outdated type and positioned on the rear aspect of the Gyan Bhawan advanced close to Gandhi Maidan, has additionally been embellished with blue lights.
Among the high-rise under-construction buildings of the Patna Medical School and Hospital which can also be present process a drastic transformation as a part of a phase-wise redevelopment challenge positioned within the neighborhood of the Darbhanga Home, amongst different buildings, have additionally been dressed up with few strands of blue lights.
The constructing of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology, positioned subsequent to the PMCH, additionally wears a blue hue after darkish due to the illumination.
Moreover, buildings positioned alongside the ghats, among the buildings in the principle metropolis, equivalent to Biscomaun Bhawan going through Gandhi Maidan has additionally been thematically lit up.