Monday, June 23, 2014

The 2014 Pandharpur Wari Under Progress

The Pandharpur Wari or Yatra which is a pilgrimage on foot is currently in progress. Local and national newspapers are covering this evening in their own ways. This pilgrimage is a hundreds of years old tradition and it is wonderful to see it still going strong. This morning I witnessed the yatra and what a spectacular scene it was. Last night our neighborhood housing society had invited a group of Warkari pilgrims to stay in their premises and the pilgrims were given food and shelter. For the whole night the pilgrims sang religious songs and prayed to God. They had a truck with them carrying essentials like drinking water. This morning they joined the other Warkaris to form an ocean of devotees – it was a scene of all individual egos getting lost and spirit of oneness rising above everything else…

Posting some of the newspaper articles on this subject to know more:

Why every Gen X must check out the Palkhi in Pune





All the wari's a stage for these NSS students










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