GANGTOK, 05 Apr: The Marwari womenfolk of the capital celebrated Gangaur here at the Deorali Shiv Mandir on 02 April, last Saturday.
Gangaur is one of the most important festivals of Marwari community and marks the worship of Gauri, Lord Shiva’s consort. It is the celebration of Spring. Gana is a synonym for Lord Shiva and Gaur stands for Gauri [also, Parvati] who symbolizes “Saubhagya” [marital bliss]. The unmarried women worship her to pray for a good husband, while married women do so for the welfare, health and long life of their husbands and a happy married life.
The Gangaur festival here was organised by the Sikkim Maheshwari Mahila Mandal, which had, on 26 March formed an executive committee for the year 2010-11 with Shobha Sarda as president.
The other members of the executive committee are Kavita Lakhotia [vice-president], Archana Thirani [secretary], Priyanka Somani [joint-secretary], Priti Somani [treasurer], Alka Marda [sangathan mantri], Rama Somani [cultural secretary], and Anju Rathi [editor].
The celebrations at the Deorali Shiv mandir commenced with “Mahesh Vanadana”, a press release informs.
Following the welcome address by Ms. Sarda, a talk was delivered on the significance of Ganguar by Babita Periwal.
The programme featured music and dance performances and concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Ms. Marda.
Kamla Mundhra was the Master of Ceremony.
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