President MC Katra flags off Prabhat Pheri

STATE TIMES NEWS
KATRA: Katra town, the base of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine has been witnessing Prabhat Pheri daily during Navaratras and it has emerged a popular event during the current Navratras.
A spiritual environment was created by today’s Prabhat Feri which started from Bus Stand Katra to Darshan Deodi via Ban Ganga Road and procession was welcomed and joined hugely by the locals and pilgrims all along the route. All the precautionary measures of COVID 19 were in place.
Prabhat Pheri was inaugurated by Chief Guest Vimal Indu President Municipal Council Katra in presence of Guests of Honour Rajesh Gupta XEn R &B Katra, Kushal Sanmotra Former Joint Director BOSE, Bindu Sharma, Renu Bala and Renu Arora.
Chief Guest and other councilors were felicitated by the association members with Mata Ki Chunaris.
The locals as well as pilgrims danced to the tunes of Bhajans and Kirtan. Baldev and Santosh Pandey, Abantika and Rashmi Kanjaks blessed the people in the procession.
CRPF personnel received the procession at Yog Ashram and served the parshad to the participants under the supervision of crpf commandant of 6th battalion Sh. Jitender Gupta.
Raj Kumar Padha chairman j&k association of prabhat pheri informed that tomorrow a grand Prabhat Pheri will be taken out in view of Ramnavami and last Navratra. He appealed the locals and the visiting devotees to come in large numbers to Prabhat Pheri and take the blessings of Maa Vaishno Devi.
The members present on the occasion were Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Rattan Sharma, Manoj Sadhotra, R.S Manhas, Vimal Sharma, Rajinder Mengi, Aswini Katoch, Rattan Chand, Babu Ram, Pawan Kumar, Kasturi Kerni, Subash Chand, Renueji Dhar, Virender Mattoo, Ramesh Pandita, P.N Kaul, Rajesh Gupta, Mohan Lal and Tota Ram.