ProMASS News Bureau: Aug 24, 2016: Tripura, a confluence of 19 ethnic culture and Bengali tradition, is gearing up for ensuing festive season. Enthusiastic youth cutting across religious and linguistic barriers are busy with celebrating “Janmashtami” on Aug 25, 2016. Though festive season in Tripura begins with “VishaKarma Puja”, Celebration of Janmashtami celebration is being considered as launching pad for month-long puja season which normally starts during October. Various clubs, social organisations and religious places have started constructing makeshift Mandaps. Devotional songs, Bhagwad Gita readings etc are acting as preludes to a great and serene festive season. People of urban and rural areas including hilly areas participate in unison and enjoy of fervour of Puja Utsab.
Meanwhile, President Mr Pranab Mukherjee greets people of India on the eve of Janmashtami. In his message on the eve of Janmashtami President has said, “I convey warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow countrymen on the joyous occasion of Janmashtami. Lord Krishna’s life and teachings emphasize the importance of performing one’s duty without thought of reward, of different paths leading to the same goal and of the importance of ethical and moral values to society. On this auspicious day celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, let us commit ourselves to following the path of virtue and righteousness in thought, word and deed”.
The Vice President of India, Mr M. Hamid Ansari has greeted the people of our country on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami. In a message, he said that the eternal message of performing our duties with sincerity without attachment to the results bestowed by Lord Krishna in the ‘Bhagwad Geeta’ has been a source of inspiration for the entire humanity.
