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Today, good triumphs over evil
Muzaffarnagar effigy maker has a similar story to tell
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Durga Puja being celebrated with gaiety
Effigies being erected for Dasehra in Roorkee. Photo: Navreet Milton
Border residents throng Navmi fair
Pilgrims at the Chaupakhiya mela in Pitthoragarh.
Big or small, Ramlilas continue to enchant
Schoolchildren in all readiness to enact Ramlila at Bachpan Play School in Jagjeetpur, Haridwar. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Alva, Nishank greet people
Ranjit section are overall champs
Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Harbans Kapoor gives away the overall trophy to Ranjit Section of the RIMC in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Rural u-16 meet concludes
A volleyball match in progress in the Panchayat Yuva Kreeda aur Khel under-16 district-level rural sports meet at Roshanabad. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
A match of the DFA Challenger Cup being played at the Pavilion Ground in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Doon Girls begin with win
A match in the third Tek Chand Memorial Basketball (under-12 girls) Tournament in progress in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Pestle Weed College boys do well
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Today, good triumphs over evil
Dehradun, October 16 The effigies of the three demons are being made by three brothers, Mohammad Shahjama, alias, Shalu, Shah Alam and Shah Nawaj of Muzafarnagar, where they work under the Janta Fireworks establishment. What is worth noticing about this family is that the name of every male starts from letter “S”. “Ours is the fourth generation that is into this business. Our great grandfather Samshudin, grandfather Samshad, father Sahdab and we five brothers Shahjama, Shah Alam, Shah Nawaj, Shadab and Shanu are into this business,” Shah Alam said. On being asked what’s so special about this letter, he said it suited them a lot. “We get benefit if we keep the name of boy starting with letter “S” but it is not considered with the women,” he added. Talking to The Tribune, 26-year-old Mohammad Shahajama said his family had been making the effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnad for the past 65-years in various parts of the country. “We are five brothers and everyone is into this business. As our forefathers use to make these effigies we too become interested. After completing 10th, I started helping out my parents in this art,” he affirmed. The trio is in the city for the past two months. “It takes around a month to make these three effigies. As we are making it for others as well in Dehradun it took two months for all effigies to complete,” Shah Nawaj said. On being asked what they do the whole year to earn livelihood, pat comes the reply: “We provide lighting, generation and decoration, etc, in functions like marriages or other parties and even jagrans.” “We also prepare kanwars in between,” Shah Alam affirmed. “Bamboo sticks, lamination paper and crackers are required to complete the structure,” Shallu said, adding: “We get bamboo and paper from Mujafarnagar and also prepare small portions back home while the largest parts are prepared here only.” “We either use lamination paper or colours for the face. It depends on the demand of the organiser,” Shallu explained.
Effigies grow in height
Vinay Kohli, president of the Dehradun Bannu Biradari Gopinath Temple Dasehra Committee, said: “The committee has decided to have 60, 50 and 45 feet tall effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnad, respectively, in comparison to last year when it was 50, 40 and 35 foot, respectively.” These effigies would cost around Rs 1.8 lakh. Kohli said the Bharat Milap programme would be organised on October 18. The procession would start from Gopinath Mandir Kalika Marg and pass through Chakrata Road, Ghantaghar, Rajpur Road and Auditorium Tokij before culminating at the Parade Ground. After performing Puja at the Parade Ground, it will return through Rajpur Road, Ghanta
Ghar, Paltan Bazar, Kotwali, Moti Bazar and conclude at Kalika Marg.
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Muzaffarnagar effigy maker has a similar story to tell
Haridwar, October 16 It isn’t a coincidence, but a long tradition that can be seen in the world renowned city of Haridwar where Hindus and Muslims share a unique bond not seen at many places in the country. During Kumbh, the chariots of Hindu gurus called Mahamandaleshwars were made by Muslims. Even their musical bands were played by Muslims. At the Kanwar Mela held during July-August, most ‘kanwars’ were made by Muslim families and now, Dasehra too has a Muslim hand in it. This time, the biggest effigy of Ravana in Haridwar is being made by a Muslim named Mohammed Nafeez for the Kankhal Ramleela at the Bade Akhada. Nafeez seems to be unfazed by the attention he is getting as he has been making such huge effigies for the past decade or so. Basically, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, he is the most sought-after artist at Haridwar-based Ramlilas. Nafeez said, “Ramlila committees nowadays press for huge effigies. My best moment is when thousands of people gather at the Ramlila venue and acknowledge my work. This is a noble work as it involves religious sentiments.” While last year, Nafeez bhai, as he is popularly called, made a 40-ft Ravana, this time, a 55-ft effigy at a cost of Rs 25,000 is being prepared. Ramlila committees at Rishikesh and other cities of Uttar Pradesh too have roped in Nafeez to prepare effigies. No wonder, he has the experience of three generations. “This is our family work. My grandfather and father always took pride in working during Hindu festivals,” said Nafeez.
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Durga Puja being celebrated with gaiety
Haridwar, October 16 At Haridwar railway station where Durga Puja is being observed for the past 46 years was shifted to New Haridwar where too people in large numbers participated and offerred prayers. At BHEL-situated sector colonies under the BHEL Durga Puja Mahotsava Samiti, aarti was performed with the immersion of the idols today, while some will observe it tomorrow. Bengali pilgrims and tourists who come to Haridwar and also to see the scenic locales of Uttarakhand too participated in the Durga Puja festives adding to the Navratra and Dussehra festives in the pilgrim city. Notably Bengali pilgrims and tourists in large numbers visit the pilgrim city, and such is their presence here that a separate Bengali season is named here due to people of Bengali origin visiting the city during this festive season. ROORKEE: The Durga Puja, that began three days ago on the day of Bodhan on Mahashasthi, has been attracting people of the Bengali community as well as locals at Roorkee. There are many tourists from Bengal who come and offer prayers at the IIT-based temple. Like every year, this year too, the Sarbajanin Puja is being celebrated with much gaiety and fervour. This is the only Puja within the Roorkee city which is on a large scale. This year is the Puja’s 51st year of celebrations. This Puja is successful because of the untiring efforts of all as well as the generous monetary support by industrialist and business houses in Roorkee. On all four days of the Puja, there is morning and evening puja, aarti and pushpanjali. On three evenings, a cultural function is organised within the mandir premises. The cultural function on saptami is primarariliy in Bengali and has children doing dance and song numbers. It is followed by a play in Bengali, “Natak”, by members of the community within the premises. Ashtami generally has a larger gathering.Today Mahashtami Puju was followed by pushpanjali and sandhi puja in the evening which has 108 diyas and offering of lotus flower to the goddess. The Navmi cultural function is in Hindi where all patrons of the Puja Committee visit. This has the largest gathering of all three days. This year during the Navmi cultural function there was the Bengal Engineering Group performance considered one of the best bands in the Army, said Sengupta, Secretary.
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Carrying on the family tradition
Roorkee, October 16 Dilshad from Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar, has been making these effigies for Nehru Stadium and is into this business for the past 30 years. “I feel good and find when people appreciate the fact that I being a Muslim have been doing this for years. He also said he had been upholding the age-old tradition of secularism and brotherhood”. “I don’t make much money out of this. But, my intention is to serve others through my artistic skills which I learnt from my forefathers,” he said. Ajay Gupta, member of the Dasehra Organising Committee, said 75-feet tall effigies would be put up and would be lit electronically.
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Border residents throng Navmi fair
Pitthoragarh, October 16 The fair, known as Chaupakhiya, mainly organised to worship local deity Chamu, which is said to be a deity of prosperity of crops and pet animals. “This is a traditional fair which is organised every year on the ninth day of the Navratras to pay obeisance to the original inhabitant of the area which falls in two districts of Champawat and Pitthoragarh and two nations of India and Nepal,” said Hoshiyar Singh Kharayat, member of the mela organising committee. The one-day fair involves display of shops of various articles of worship at the temple. “In olden times the fair was an appropriate market for local artisans who used to come to the fair to sell agriculture equipment made by them to local farmers who thronged the fair in a large numbers from across the border area,” said Kharayat. The Pitthoragarh police took charge of maintaining order in the fair where it deputed more then 25 police personnel as well as fire service squads. “Moreover, the fair remained peaceful as the police has been deputed in the sensitive areas,” said TC Bhatt, Pittoragarh thana in charge.
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Big or small, Ramlilas continue to enchant
Haridwar, October 16 Be it the century-old Ramlilas that are being staged on a grand scale or let these be the cute ones enacted by junior school kids, there seems to be no difference in enthusiasm among participants as well as audiences. The Shri Ramlila Committee Krishna Nagar continued to stage Ramlila for the 10th day. Mahant Ashapuri, Gyanesh Aggarwal and Sushant Aggarwal performed aarti on the occasion. The twin Jwalapur-based Ramlilas are drawing huge audiences. Even Muslims are attending the enactment as Jwalapur has a sizeable
Kids are not lagging in any way than their senior counterparts at the Ramlilas being organised at various schools. At the Academic Height Public School and Bachpan Play School, tiny tots cast a spell on the audience. Their costumes and dialogue delivery was awesome and pointed to the hard work put in by the teachers and the children. Siddhartha, who essayed the role of Hanuman, and Rachit, the maverick Ravana, got a thunderous applause. School Principal Dr Ashok Kumar applauded the two directors - Sachin Ahluwalia and Nitin Ahluwalia - for their efforts. Meanwhile, kindergarten and junior class students of KidsZee play school also staged a Ramlila.
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Alva, Nishank greet people
Dehradun, October 16 In a message on the eve of the auspicious festival, the Governor has said, "Dasehra symbolises the victory of good over evil. Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, has extended greetings and good wishes to all residents of the state. In his message, Nishank said, "May this festival herald peace, happiness and prosperity for people while celebrating the triumph of good over evil”.
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Ranjit section are overall champs
Dehradun, October 16 The chief guest was Harbans Lal Kapoor, Speaker, Uttarakhand Assembly. He was impressed by the performance of the cadets and motivated them to aim higher and wished them luck for the future. Col Pankaj Kumaria, Commandant, RIMC, thanked the 400-odd parents for their presence and congratulated the participating cadets and winners for their performance. The other dignitaries present at the occasion were RC Singhal, Lt Col R Nathawat, KS Ahlawat, Wg Cdr Panghal, Lt Cdr S Chakrovorty, Maj SR Sahu and CS Vishwakarma. The coordinators were Wg Cdr Thapliyal, UP Dalvi and Brijesh Chauhan. A Division Results: 100m: 1st- Cadet Akshat, 2nd - Cadet Gaurav, 3rd - Cadet Shashi 4 X 100m relay: 1st - Pratap Section, 2nd - Shivaji Section, 3rd - Chandragupta Section B Division 200m: 1st - Cadet Nelson, 2nd - Cadet Vivek Bandral, 3rd - Cadet Aurobindo 400m: 1st - Cadet Nelson, 2nd - Cadet Chandrakant, 3rd - Cadet Ankit Shukla Shotput: 1st - Cadet High jump: 1st - Cadet Shivam Lakhera, 2nd - Cadet Mayank Dhama, 3rd - Cadet Vikram Dalal C Division 110m hurdles: 1st - Cadet Rahul Dev, 2nd - Cadet Amrit, 3rd - Cadet Sonu 100m: 1st - Cadet Abhinav, 2nd - Cadet Amrit, 3rd - Cadet Sonu 3000m: 1st - Cadet Rahul Mishra, 2nd - Cadet Abhishek Dhamu, 3rd - Cadet Hemant Poonia 4 X 100 relay: 1st - Ranjit Section, 2nd - Pratap Section, 3rd - Shivaji Section 4 X 400 relay: 1st - Ranjit Section, 2nd - Pratap Section, 3rd - Shivaji Section Discus throw: 1st - Cadet Sunandit, 2nd - Cadet Avinash, 3rd - Cadet Mohit Triple jump: 1st - Best athlete in respective divisions: A Division- Cadet Akshat Raj, B Division- Cadet Nelson Singh, C Division- Cadet Rahul Mishra Overall standings were: 1st - Ranjit Section-225 points, 2nd - Pratap Section-190 points, 3rd - Chandragupta Section-185 points, 4th - Shivaji Section-158 points.
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Rural u-16 meet concludes
Haridwar, October 16 Held under the youth programme of the Union Sports Ministry, the meet saw hundreds of participants showing their talent despite a lack of resources and exposure. In the 100m dash, Aparna, Nishu, Puja shared the podium while in the 1500m event, Madhu Rana, Puja Tengwal, Nisha Dabre were the top three. In shot put, Jyoti Sharan clinched the gold medal while Shiva and Rachna Kumari were the first and second runner-up. Bahadrabad girls won the volleyball event outplaying the Khanpur block team comprehensively. In the boys category, Bahadrabad won the boys volleyball event beating Narsain block. In the 1,500m, Ashish won gold, Sunil and Mayur Pawar bagged silver and bronze respectively. Rajkumar stamped his authority with a gold in 400m while Mansih Kumar and Rahul Babu followed in the next two spots. In discus throw, Pankaj Baliyan, Saurabh Kumar, Shivam Kumar won the three medals at stake. Gaurav Kumar bagged the high jump gold and Boni did so in long jump. Fitness trainer HS Bhandari said that the built and stamina of these youths aided by their determination makes them way ahead of their urban compatriots, but lack of exposure, fitness regimen, equipment and right guidance makes them fall behind. JS Arya, Deepak Rathi, SK Dobhal, Ramesh Sharma, Amit Sharma, Chandrashekhar Sharma, Bharat Bhushan were present at the conclusion of the event.
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Sarvodaya drub Western Boys
Dehradun, October 16 The first goal came for the winning team in 18th minute when a self-goal by Vijay Singh of BC Milan opened their account. In the next two minutes, BC Milan suffered the next jolt when Ankit Negi (20th) of Gypsy Young struck. BC Milan’s Satya Prakash (27th) retaliated to make the score 2-1. However in the second half, Yoel (65th, 68th) broke the backbone of Milan. The match ended on 4-1 in Gypsy’s favour. The match between Sarvodaya and Western Boys was an one-sided affair. The former handed out 7-0 drubbing to the Westerners. Western Boys could hardly make any attack throughout the match while their rivals struck goals at regular intervals.
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Doon Girls begin with win
Dehradun, October 16 Sara Khanna fashioned the win of the hosts scoring maximum 14 points. The rival team had no answer to the attacking game of the Doon Girls. In another match, Welham Girls School got the better of Carman School, Dalanwala, 27-14. Rinchin was the top scorer with seven points for Welham. The Aryan School defeated Carman School, Dalanwala, 28-15. Radhika was the principal scorer with 19 points. Jaswant Model School beat Doon International School 26-12. Jessica was the main scorer for the winning team with six points.
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Pestle Weed College boys do well
Dehradun, October 16 In the -30kg event, Shreyansh, Wasi-ur-Rahman and Prince, all of Pestle Weed College, got first, second and third place, respectively. Players of Pestle Weed College also clinched the first three positions in the -35kg event. Suhbham, Dolly, and Naveen Yadav stood first, second and third respectively. In the -40kg category, Vikrant of KV Upper Camp bagged the first position. Shaurya Bhandari and Rohit Singh, both of Pestle Weed College, settled for second and third place. Abhishek of Gautam International School claimed the first place in the -45kg event. Abhay of Drona International School and Sanchit of Pestle Weed College were placed second and third, respectively. In the -50kg event, Vishank Chaudhary of Asian School, Saurav Mehta of Pestle Weed College and Uttkarsh of Pestle Weed College took first, second and third place, respectively. Players of Pestle Weed College retained the first three places in the -55kg. Pankaj Rawat, Shakier and Abdul Hamid got first, second and third place. In the -60kg event, Anurag Rai of Drona International School emerged winner. Nilesh Negi of the same school stood second and Mahender of DAV PG College got third place. In the +60kg event, Vikrant Bhardwaj, Shubham Sharma and Sumit took first, second and third position, respectively. Matches of boys sub-junior section will be played on Monday.
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Dehradun, October 16
Pitthoragarh,
October 16
With
just a day left for Vijaydashmi, the whole city seems to be dipped in Ramlila
fervour.
Ranjit
section won the overall trophy on the final day of the Inter-Section Athletics
Competition 2010 at the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) here today.
Today, finals of 13 events were held.
Pooja
bagged the gold medal in the 400m at the Panchayat Yuva Kreeda aur Khel under-16
district-level rural sports meet. She was way ahead of her competitors - Jyoti
Sharan and Nishan Dabre - who had to content with silver and bronze medals.
Dehradun,
October 16
