The Impressive TimesFaridabad: The Agrasen Samaj, Sector 8, organised a grand Shobha Yatra on Sunday to mark Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti. Starting from the Sector 8 Community Centre, the procession covered nearly five kilometres across Sectors 7, 8, 9 and 10, with residents welcoming it with flower showers from homes and markets.
Eighteen princes riding white horses and carrying swords were the main attraction. They symbolised the 18 sons of Maharaja Agrasen and the 18 gotras of the Agarwal community. Children and young people from community families played the roles, while Liladhar Aggarwal portrayed Maharaja Agrasen. Two bands and five tableaux added to the grandeur of the procession.
The yatra passed through Sector 8 Market, Surdas Park, the Hanuman Temple area, Jan Kalyan Mandir and Sector 7 Market before reaching the Sector 7–10 Market. At Surdas Park, BJP leader Karan Goyal honoured the 18 princes by presenting them with swords and applying tilak. Harish Gaura, President of Shakti Market Welfare Association, and its patron Avtar Mittal also welcomed the procession. Near Milan Sweets, BJP leader Tipperchand Sharma and Naveen Vashishth, son of former Minister and MLA Mool Chand Sharma, garlanded the person portraying Maharaja Agrasen. BJP leaders Wazir Dagar, Ajit Numberdar, Roma Numberdar, Goldy Bareja, son of councillor Neelam Bareja, and Jagmohan Gupta, President of the Sector 8 RWA, also welcomed the yatra with their teams.
More than 100 women dressed in traditional Garba attire performed Dandiya in groups, adding to the festive atmosphere. Sushma Gupta, former Vice-Chairperson of the Haryana Red Cross Society and Chairperson of the programme, attended in a vintage car along with special guests Neha Garg and Vandana Bansal. Agrasen Samaj Sector 8 president Sunit Garg and his team welcomed the guests. Jyoti Gupta, Shalini Garg, Poonam Goyal and Poonam Garg, along with Mamta Maheshwari, President of Maheshwari Mahila Mandal, Faridabad, welcomed Prerna Mangla, Hema Jain and their team from the women’s wing of Ballabgarh Agarwal Samaj.
The event concluded at the Neelkanth Mahadev Temple complex in Sector 8, where guests were honoured. A lucky draw was also held for coupons distributed to the first 100 participants who arrived at the start of the procession. Rakesh Bansal, Harish Mittal, Manmohan Gupta and Pankaj Garg presented trolley bags to five winners.
CA Satish Mittal, president of the Neelkanth Mahadev Temple Committee, thanked the entire Agrasen Samaj committee. Several community members, social workers and entrepreneurs attended the event, including Dinesh Aggarwal, Vivek Aggarwal, Dr Banwari Lal Gupta, Rakesh Garg, Rajesh Aggarwal, Bhagwandas Goyal, Lokesh Aggarwal, Jitendra Singla, Anshul Mangla, JP Aggarwal and Vishnu Gupta. Members of various Agarwal associations, including Dinesh Goyal, Kapil Garg, Rahul Goyal and Rajkumar Aggarwal, also participated.
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