{"id":63729,"date":"2021-12-22T06:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T06:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=63729"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:16:05","slug":"punjab-cm-gave-tag-of-state-festival-to-jagannath-rath-yatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/punjab-cm-gave-tag-of-state-festival-to-jagannath-rath-yatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM gave tag of \u2018state festival\u2019 to Jagannath Rath Yatra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Chief Minister of Punjab,&nbsp;<strong>Charanjit Singh Channi<\/strong>&nbsp;has declared&nbsp;<strong>Lord Krishna Balram Jagannath Rath Yatra<\/strong>&nbsp;as an annual state festival. The announcement for the same was made during flagging off the&nbsp;<strong>25th Shri Lord Krishna Balram Jagannath Rath Yatra.<\/strong>&nbsp;He also announced a grant of Rs 2.51 crore for the Iskcon Temple in Ludhiana, Punjab. Notably, He also said that the Punjab government was developing Shri Bhagvad Gita and Ramayana Research Centre on a 20-acre land in Patiala.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was not the first time that the Rath Yatra of Ludhiana set the stage for the elections. Ahead of the 2017 Punjab elections, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia of AAP participated in the yatra. He also performed \u2018Maha Aarti\u2019 from the stage with party candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Minister of Punjab,&nbsp;Charanjit Singh Channi&nbsp;has declared&nbsp;Lord Krishna Balram Jagannath Rath Yatra&nbsp;as an annual state festival. The announcement for the same was made during flagging off the&nbsp;25th Shri Lord Krishna Balram Jagannath Rath Yatra.&nbsp;He also announced a grant of Rs 2.51 crore for the Iskcon Temple in Ludhiana, Punjab. 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