Enthusiasm in Malwa -Nimar region over Kranti Surya Jannayak Tantya Bhil Gaurav Yatra
Friday - November 26, 2021 11:25 pm ,
Category : MADHYA PRADESH
Soil where he was born and he was hung will be brought to Patalpani
Bhopal 26 November 2021: There is much enthusiasm in the entire Malwa and Nimar region over Kranti Surya Jannayak Tantya Bhil Gaurav Yatra. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will reach Baroda Ahir village in Pandhana tehsil of Khandwa district on November 27 where the holy soil of Tantya Mama’a birthplace will be filled in the Kalash and worshipped. This Kalash will then pass through various tribal areas of Malwa and Nimar with respect and reverence in the form of a yatra. Similarly, on November 27, a Kalash Yatra will also start from Bajna in Ratlam district. These Yatras of faith and reverence will meet in Dhar on December 3. From here it will reach Indore. In Indore, this yatra will culminate at Patalpani via Rajbada on the morning of December 4, where Jannayak Tantya Mama had lost his life. A Kalash Yatra will come from Jabalpur in Mahakaushal zone with the holy soil of the land where the Britishers hanged Jannayak Tantya Mama.
Elaborate arrangements for success of Gaurav Yatra
Jannayak Tantya Bhil Gaurav Yatra while passing through different districts of Indore and Ujjain divisions will meet at Dhar on December 3. These yatras will reach Patalpani on December 4. Meetings and other programmes will be organized on the Yatra route. Various activities will be conducted regularly in the coming week to ensure public participation in this grand event. Divisional Commissioner Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma informed that food, lodging and all other basic arrangements would be ensured for the people attending the programme being organized to pay homage to Jannayak Tantya Mama. During the Kalash Yatra, full care will be taken of the traffic system and adequate teams will be appointed to maintain law and order. Collector Shri Manish Singh has told that adequate parking arrangement will also be ensured for the people coming to the venue of Patalpani by bus and other means.
Instructions have been given by the Divisional Commissioner Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma regarding the systematic organization of the yatra after holding discussion with the collectors of all the concerned districts. He has told that necessary arrangements are being ensured in coordination with the collectors of the districts and various organizations. Nodal officers have been appointed at the divisional level for the successful conduct of the yatra and for all necessary actions related to it. A divisional level control room has also been set up which will be effective from November 26 till the end of the work.
Gaurav Kalash Yatra will pass through different areas of Indore division
Tantya Mama Gaurav Yatra will start from two routes. The Yatra of the first route will start on November 27 from Baroda Ahir of Pandhana tehsil, the birth place of Tantya Mama. The Yatra of the second route will start from Bajna in Ratlam. In Alirajpur district of Indore division, the Yatra will enter Jhabua’s Ranapur road on December 1. On entering the district, the Yatra will be welcomed at Udaigarh, Kakanakad, Ambua. On the Yatra’s arrival at Alirajpur, the statue of Tantya Mama at Dahod Naka will be garlanded. This yatra will leave from Alirajpur on Tanda route for Dhar district on December 2. Events including songs of the saga of Jannayak Tantya Mama, cultural presentation at the meeting venue, dance, folk singing and patriotic sons etc. will be organized on the Yatra route.
The Yatra will enter Khargone district from Bhatalpura on November 28. On November 29, the Yatra will reach Jhirnya from Bhikangaon via Goradia, Shivna and Abhapuri. From Jhirnya it will reach Bistan via Samarpat. The Yatra will reach Khargone at 6 pm and will leave for Barwani the next day on November 30. This yatra will reach Segaon, Nagalwadi, Sendhwa and Niwali on November 30, Palsud, Silawad, Barwani and Kukshi on December 1, Gandhwani, Manavar and Dharampuri on December 2 to reach Dhar via Nalchha on December 3 and will finally reach Patalpani on December 4 for the main programme.
Similarly, the second yatra will start from Bajna in Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district on November 29 and reach Sailana and Ratlam, Petlawad, Thandla, Meghnagar and Jhabua on November 30, Ranapur and Alirajpur on December 1, Jobat, Tanda and Rajgarh on December 2 Dhar via Badnavar on December 3 and will reach Patalpani on December 4.
Various cultural activities will be held on Gaurav Yatra route
Songs of the saga of Jannayak Tantya Mama will be sung by nomadic singers and they will also perform as Behrupiyas (Impressionist). Under cultural presentation, dance, folk singing and freedom based songs will be presented at the meeting places. Films and photo exhibitions focusing on the Jannayak will be put up on the Yatra route. Developmental exhibitions and films will also be shown to the people in the Yatra. An exhibition of films and pictures focusing on Tribal heroes prepared by the Department of Culture, will be displayed through specially designed LEDs installed on mobile vehicles. A vehicle with stage facility is being prepared for cultural performance, in which arrangement of sound and light equipments will be made. 12-member teams are being associated with the Yatra to sing songs centered on the heroes sung by the nomadic communities (Harbola, Powada, Gondhal, Dhandar and Bhopa). The mentioned arrangements have been made for both the routes proposed for the yatras. Construction of a temporary stage for cultural functions and arrangement of LED screen will also be ensured. Regional public representatives will also play their part in all these activities.
Extensive preparations in Indore for main programme of December 4
Extensive preparations have been made by the district administration for the Tantya Mama Memorial function at Patalpani in Indore district on December 4. Indore Collector Manish Singh has been appointed as the nodal officer for the main programme to be organized by the Tribal Affairs Department on the Balidan Diwas. All arrangements have been made for stage lighting and sound, temporary electricity connection and seating arrangement for the audience. Similarly, drinking water, toilets and other basic arrangements have been made for all the citizens attending the function. Buses have also been arranged to take the local people to the venue. In the ceremony, a picture exhibition centered on the life and contribution of Jannayak Tantya Mama will be organized and a dance drama ‘Tantya Mama’ will also be presented by tribal artists.
Collector Singh informed that a bronze statue of Jannayak Tantya Mama will be installed in Patalpani. On December 3, the Rath Yatra will reach Rajwada via Dhar Road. Here the Yatra will be welcomed by the residents of Indore city. From herethe Rath Yatra will reach the stadium where cultural programmes will be organized. Cultural programmes will be organized in Indore district from December 1 to familiarize the masses with the personality and works of immortal revolutionary Tantya Mama – Window to News
