CM Sai on Karma Tihar: Preserving culture is our moral duty

Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai attended the Nature Festival Bhado Ekadashi Vrat – 2025 Karma Tihar program organized by Chhattisgarh Adivasi Kanwar Samaj Yuva Vibhag Raipur at the Chief Minister's residence, Nava Raipur yesterday. The Chief Minister started the program by worshiping with traditional rituals. Addressing the program, CM Sai said that our culture is the invaluable heritage of our ancestors. Keeping this culture and tradition alive is not only our responsibility but also a moral duty. Such festivals and traditions give the society an opportunity to unite, which develops a sense of affection, harmony and camaraderie.

Chief Minister Sai said that it is a matter of joy that Karma Tihar is being organized by the youth of Kanwar Samaj in the capital Raipur. Many types of Karma Tihar are celebrated in our tribal culture. Today is Karma Tihar of Ekadashi, which is the festival of our unmarried daughters. The purpose of this Karma festival is that our daughters get good husbands and good married life. By worshipping Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati, daughters wish for good husbands and good homes. After this comes the festival of Dussehra Karma, in which when the daughter comes to her parents' house for the first time after marriage, she observes a fast and celebrates the festival of Vijayadashmi. Similarly, Jiyut Putrika Karma is celebrated, in which mothers pray for the long life of their sons and daughters. This is a difficult fast, in which mothers fast for twenty-four hours without consuming food and water.

CM Sai said that the tribal society has played an important role in the freedom struggle of the country. If we talk about Chhattisgarh, then 12 tribal revolutions took place here against the British. Our government is carving the images of the great heroes of tribal culture in the Tribal Museum located in Naya Raipur as a model to display them for the awareness of the general public. The Prime Minister of the country Narendra Modi is being invited to the Silver Jubilee celebrations organized on the completion of 25 years of the formation of Chhattisgarh state. This museum will be inaugurated by his hands.

On this occasion, Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Women and Child Development Minister Laxmi Rajwada, School Education Minister Gajendra Yadav, Technical Education and Employment Minister Guru Khuswant Saheb, Tourism and Culture Minister Rajesh Agarwal, Raipur MP Brijmohan Agarwal, MLA Ram Kumar Toppo, MLA Asharam Netam, MLA Prabodh Minj, Chairman Chhattisgarh State Forest Development Corporation Ram Sevak Singh Paikra, Hairstyle Board Chairperson Mona Sen, Chairman District Panchayat Dhamtari Tikaram Kanwar, State President Kanwar Samaj Harvansh Singh Miri, President Kanwar Samaj Raipur Metropolitan Manohar Singh Paikra and people of Kanwar community were present in large numbers.