Shiv Jayanti 2023: BJP to celebrate the festival in Mumbai in big way

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP would be celebrating the 393rd birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj across Mumbai its city unit president Ashish Shelar said on ThursdayThe party will celebrate the iconic 17th century rulers birth anniversary at 346 places across 227 wards on February 19 he saidNotably political parties are gearing up for elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC the countrys richest civic body which are due since last year The BJPs main rival would be the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena factionDuring the celebrations an aarti prayer penned by freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar will be recited Shelar told reportersOpposition parties were welcome to join the celebrations he addedCultural programs exhibitions and discourses on Shivaji Maharajs life would be organised he saidAlso we will inform people about the Indian Navys new ensign which is in the shape of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs royal seal and which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Shelar saidAlso Read Mahashivratri 2023 BEST to run special bus services in parts of MumbaiHe also congratulated the Modi government for granting permission to carry out Shiv Jayanti celebrations at the Agra fortThe Agra fort holds immense significance in the history of the Maratha empire Shivaji Maharaj had exhibited his bravery in front of Aurangzeb in the DiwaneAam of this fort This year for the first time Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will be hailed in this DiwaneAam Shelar saidIt would be a moment of pride for all Marathi people he addedUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the first phase of Shiv Srishti conceived by late history writer B M Purandare featuring scenes from Shivaji Maharajs life in various art forms in Pune Shelar informedElsewhere Maharashtra tourism minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha announced that the tourism department and Pune district administration will celebrate the birth anniversary at Fort Shivneri where Shivaji Maharaj was born from February 18 to 20This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever