3-day Shaheedi Jor Mela starts at Chamkaur Sahib

CHAMKAUR SAHIB: A large number of devotees paid obeisance at Gurdwara Katalgarh Sahib as the threeday Shaheedi Jor Mela started here on Friday

Updated At : 06:52 AM Dec 22, 2018 IST

Devotees pay obeisance at Gurdwara Katalgarh Sahib on the first day of the three-day Shaheedi Jor Mela at Chamkaur Sahib in Ropar district on Friday. Tribune photo

Tribune News Service

Chamkaur Sahib, December 21

A large number of devotees paid obeisance at Gurdwara Katalgarh Sahib as the three-day Shaheedi Jor Mela started here on Friday. The mela is organised every year in memory of two elder Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh and other Sikhs who had attained martyrdom while fighting the Mughal forces.

While nagar kirtans from various villages started arriving in the town, religious diwans were started in the gurdwaras.

Residents of various villages have set up community kitchens (langars) on roads leading to Chamkaur Sahib.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the district administration have made elaborate arrangements for Jor Mela.

Religious and political conferences would be held on December 22.

Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal and Anandpur Sahib MP Prem Singh Chandumajra would address the religious congregation at the Katalgarh Sahib gurdwara. The Shiromani Akali Dal (1920) and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) would also hold conferences on the occasion.