Hindu Community Celebrates Holi Festival With Fervour Across Northern Sindh
Umer Jamshaid Published March 25, 2024 | 08:13 PM
The Hindu community of Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Kashmore-Kandhkot, Shikarpur and Larkana celebrated the annual religious festival of Holi on second day (Monday)
SUKKUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Mar, 2024) The Hindu community of Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Kashmore-Kandhkot, Shikarpur and Larkana celebrated the annual religious festival of Holi on second day (Monday).
Community members sprayed colours on each other. Holi is regarded as the beginning of spring season. Colourful events were held in different localities of Sukkur region and temples of the Hindu community, where children and women also participated with warmth and religious devotion in the day-long proceedings.
Special ceremonies were held at Sadhu Bela Temple, situated on the Indus River, Liaquat Chowk Temple, Sukkur and Balmiki Sabha Temple of Saddar Mohallah Shikarpur, Station Road, Khairpur, Pakistan Chowk, Kashmore-Kandhkot, Mirpur Mathelo and other areas.
Students at the Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College (GMMC), Sukkur, and other educational institutions also celebrated Holi by spraying multiple colours. Muslim students and teachers also celebrated the event.
Sukkur's Mukhi Aishwarlal said the object of Holi is to celebrate the Spring season after winter.
He said on the mega event, they pray in the temples for prosperity of Sindh and Pakistan.
He said multiple colours like green, red, purple, yellow and others are signs of peace, love, prosperity, development. He said the community people send gifts of flowers, sweets to the Muslims, which is duly reciprocated.
There were tight security measures at temples and in the city for the occasion. Shaheed Zulifqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Larkana Campus, marked the spring festival of Holi.
Students throw colour powders at each other. A large number of students and faculty members participated in the event and celebrated and welcomed the spring season. Other features were music and dancing.
Organiser of the event. Principal Mr Soomro, told journalists that the objective of arranging such events was to promote interfaith harmony and extending social ties. SZABIST students had also celebrated Basant Mela to welcome the spring season on Monday in front of the Campus premises.
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