Grand Shobha Yatra on Maharishi Dayanand Janmotsav

CHANDIGARH. Maharishi Dayanand Sarswati’s 200th birthday was celebrated by Kendriya Arya Sabha, Chandigarh, Panchkula & Mohali at Arya Samaj, Sector 7-B, Chandigarh. A grand Shobha Yatra was organised to mark the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand. Vice President of Arya Pradeshik Pratinidhi Up Sabha, H. R. Gandhar, Swami Sampurnanad ji, Ravinder Talwar and RC Jeevan flagged off the Shobha Yatra . It started from Arya Samaj, Sector 7 and passed through sectors 8, 18 and 19,  concluded at Arya Samaj, Sector 19 Chandigarh.  The D.A.V. educational institutions and Arya Samajs of Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Derabassi, Ropar,  and Surajpur participated in it with full zeal and zest. The soldiers of Swami Dayanand speciallly girls were riders on decorated horses showing women empowerment, led the Shobha Yatra.  The life of Swami Dayanand Sarswati, Vedas, yajna, patriotism, arya traditions, environmental purity, children with small flags bearing Aum, distribution of vedic literature and a large number of vehicles of different models made the Shobha Yatra more remarkable.  Shri Ravinder Talwar, president of Kendriya Arya Sabha thanked the participants at the conclusion of the Shobha Yatra. Prakash chander Sharma, Dr. Vinod Kumar, Vishal Khanduja, Dr. B.P.T. Malik Upender Arya, Raghunath Rai Arya, Dr Ajay Gupta,  Pawan Kumar Paul,  Colonel Dharmveer,  Madhu Behl, Jyotika, Jaskiran, Dr.Rosy sharma were among those who were present on the occasion. Representatives of Arya Samaj and DAV institutions of tricity also graced the occasion