CURATED BY – BHAGWAN DAS BERAGI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shajapur, someone won everyone's heart by becoming Chandanbala, someone played the role of Trishala Mata and someone was happy by playing the role of Maina Sundari. Somebody got applause by becoming Karma Raja. The occasion was the children's fancy dress competition organized on the first day of Paryushan festival of Jain society, in which the little ones gave presentations by becoming live characters of various inspiring social characters. Media in-charge of the society Mangal Nahar told that the eight-day Paryushan festival of Jain society has started, under which social and cultural programs including regular discourses, worship, pratikraman and religious activities will be organized for eight days in the special presence of brave soldier Sushravaak Poojan Seth and Parth Parikh who have come from Surat, Gujarat. On the first day of the festival, after various religious programs, a fancy dress competition was organized by the Mandal at 8.30 pm, in which children gave their impressive presentations by assuming the form of Sanwalia Parshvanath, Sati Sita, Chandanbala, Girnar Mountain, Trishala Mata, Karma Raja, Maina Sundari, Shripal Maharaja, Bal Sadhvi, Pooja ki Thali, Jain symbols, on which the audience cheered by clapping. The children were also awarded on the basis of better presentations by the judges.

Children participated enthusiastically

To connect children with social values, children participated enthusiastically in the fancy dress competition organized by Parshva Bahu Mandal in Dadawadi after the evening Pratikraman and Aarti and Prabhu Bhakti. During this, children like Nivesh Narelia, Jeevika Chopra, Pranshi Mandlik, Jaini Golechha, Sankalp Mandlik, Anchal Khandelwal, Parshva Kothari, Vansh Khandelwal, Samyak Mandlik, Dheryya Kothari, Ravi Kothari, Hitanshi Kothari, Jainesh Kataria etc. dressed up in attractive costumes and portrayed the characters live, who were also rewarded by the organizers.

Dada Gurudev's Puja today

On the third day of Paryushan festival today, Monday at 2 pm, Dada Gurudev's Puja will be organized in Dadawadi by Kamesh Siddhant Bardiya family for the devotion of the soul of late Kailashchandji Bardiya. On the first day of the festival, on Saturday at 2 pm, Panch Kalyanak Puja was organized by Pulkit Nahar family in Chaubis Jinalaya Dham and on the second day, Sunday at 2 pm, Navpadji Puja was organized by Nikesh Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandlik family.