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Friday, April 15, 2011

Hanuman Tok gears up for Hanuman Jayanti

 
source:Sikkim Now

GANGTOK: The annual general meeting of the Hanumantok Committee was held today and resolved to continue the tradition of a grand Hanuman Jayanti Puja at the Hanumantok Mandir Dham. The holy day fall on 18 April this year, next Monday, and this time, the prayers will be performed over two days, it is informed.

The Hanuman Tok  Maha-avishek will be performed on Sunday at 4 p.m. and the temple opened for public darshan the next day at 6 in the morning. Prasad and Langar will start at 7 a.m. and the AGM decided to invite the Governor and Chief Minister to perform the main Aarati.

The GOC, 17 Mountain Division, Maj. Gen. SL Narasimhan, who is also the chairman of the committee will perform the Havan, a press release informs.

The main daylong prayers will be performed on Monday, concluding with the evening Aarati scheduled for 6 p.m. An Army music group will be in performance at Hunuman Tok with a live bhajan programe.
The organising committee is expecting around 15,000 devotees to turn up for the prayers on Monday.

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