Estimated 10,000 Gorkhas of the state Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) officers and jawans triggered a annual tradition of kalashsthapana and offered gun salute to goddess Durga on the second day of Navratri.
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| 10,000 Gorkha jawans of JAP offer gun salute to goddess Durga |
As Durga Puja celebrations of a Gorkha Battalion of JAP-1 entered a 134th year in a city, a Tikku Hall premises in Doranda reverberated with 30 rounds of gun salute, 10 before any ritual, reported Telegraph.
According to the Telegraph report, Commandant of a corps Kuldeep Dwivedi commissioned a kalash (traditional charity pot) and sowed jawa (seeds) as he hoisted a flag, that is dedicated to a Shakti avatar of enchantress Durga and symbolises feat in battle. Before any ritual, JAP constables non-stop 10 rounds from their self-loading rifles (SLR).
Chief clergyman Bheemlal Pathak pronounced a Gorkha village in a city had been celebrating Durga Puja given 1880 and adhered to traditions that were a tad opposite from a required rituals celebrated in pandals.
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