SAMBA, JUNE 22: The annual Baba Chamliyal Mela was organized with remarkable amicability and hospitality today at Chamliyal in Ramgarh tehsil on the Indo-Pak border
Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga, Minister
for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary, Members of
Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma and Shamsheer Singh Manhas visited the shrine
to pay obeisance to pay homage to Baba Dalip Singh Manhas, popularly revered as
Baba Chamliyal.
DIG BSF Jammu sector, Purshotam Singh Bhiman, Deputy Commissioner,
Sheetal Nanda, SSP, Anil Magotra, CO 62 Battalion, L M Sharma, Additional
Deputy Commissioner, TR Sharma, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Waseem Raja and
other officers from different departments and eminent personalities of the
district were present on the occasion.
The Industries Minister greeted the people on the auspicious occasion
and sought blessings of the spiritual leader for everlasting peace, harmony and
brotherhood in the state. “The annual mela brings together not
only people from the two communities but also from the two countries as well”, he added.
Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, said that various steps
are being taken by the present government to promote heritage and cultural
tourism of the state to give due respect to the local traditions.
Jugal Kishore Sharma extended greetings to the people and assured of
concerted efforts towards accelerated pace of development and growth.
Early in the morning, the district administration along with BSF
officers held a meeting with Pakistani rangers to celebrate spiritual leader’s teachings
of cultural and communal harmony, marking commemoration of the common thread of
ethos running through the communities residing on both sides of international
border.
On the occasion, benefactions were exchanged as tokens of remembrance
between the delegations of India and Pakistan.
On behalf of the Indian delegation, young girls as ambassadors of ‘Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao’ campaign received the gifts and showcased Indian resolve of gender
parity.
Religiously zealous followers in large numbers gathered at the shrine of
Baba Chamliyal to seek blessings for healing spiritual and physical ailments.
There was spectacular gathering of thousands of pilgrims standing on either
sides of the border to witness the exchange of a Chaddar by the rangers of
Pakistan to be laid at the Dargah of Baba Chamliyal, with the oblations of
sharbat and shakkar from Chamliyal for subsequent distribution on other side of
the border.
The district administration made detailed arrangements for the Mela
including medical facilities, traffic regulation, drinking water facility,
additional buses and security arrangements to facilitate the movement of
devotees.
Various departments under the district administration on the occasion
showcased several programmes and schemes being undertaken for welfare and
development of the citizens.
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