India's first Rudraksh Yatra

Sarangarh development block of Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh province, which is situated on the banks of Mahanadi.  Rich in wealth and food, it is also rich in religious and spiritual terms.  There are many ancient temples.  But the discrimination of high and low is also prevalent in the Hindu society.  Due to which the society cannot be harmonious.  There is no cordial atmosphere amongst themselves.  Taking advantage of this, Christian missionary organizations are running a vicious cycle of conversion through superstition and temptation, creating a foothold in the society.  Even today, the feeling of untouchability and high and low was prevalent in the rural areas of Sarangarh and the religious forces were taking advantage of these and running the vicious cycle of conversion in the area, due to this there was a big distance between different castes of Hindu society.  The senior workers of the Sangh Parivar were very fond of this thing.  In the meeting of Dharma Jagran coordination, this topic was often raised by the workers. People of Satnami community are good loyal workers of Dharma Jagran. In these circumstances, the idea of ​​taking out "Rudraksh Yatra" came in the mind of Revaram Ji, the head of Dharma Jagran Coordination Area and in giving it a shape.  Got involved.  Traveled to Sarangarh, held meetings and the program was outlined by bringing forward local workers.  Gradually other workers also got involved in this campaign and the journey started.  In the scorching sun and scorching heat of the month of June, forgetting all distinctions, people went out to welcome Rudraksh God.  Mahamandaleshwar started worshiping with reverence, devotion and dedication by taking free anointed Rudraksha from the hands of Shri Sureshanand Saraswati ji.  If the yatra continued from 9 in the morning, the devotees continued to worship till 10 in the night.

Rudraksh Yatra is an experiment of awakening faith in society

1.  The journey covered 60 villages and 13 settlements of the city in 7 days.

 2.  To make the Rudraksh Yatra successful, 35 workers continued to work by forming an organizing committee.

 3.  The villagers welcomed by lighting a lamp by making a rangoli by decorating a vase at the main door of their house.

 4.  The presence of women and children in the journey was made on sight.

 5.  Political leaders were also not untouched by this journey which united the society by eradicating all the discrimination.

 6.  In the scorching heat of the month of June, in the scorching sun, people came barefoot to worship.

 7.  During the yatra, 51 thousand Rudraksh grains were distributed free of cost.

 8. 15 workers of the organizing committee stayed with the yatra for 7 days.

For the first time in the country, Rudraksh came from door to door

Dhanwantri Peethadheeshwar Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Shri Sureshanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj remained in the journey the whole time, Sannyasis of Arya Samaj, Revered Saint Shri Rakesh Acharya Ji Maharaj, Dharma Jagran Coordination Area Chief Respected Shri Revaram Bhai Ji, Dharma Jagran Coordination Chhattisgarh Province Chief Shri Rajkumar Chandra Ji  ,

 BJP State Organization General Secretary Shri Pawan Sai ji,

 BJP State Minister and Head of Homecoming Campaign Shri Prabal Pratap Singh Judev ji,

 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Raigad District Pracharak Bhaiya Ishwarilal Kumbhakar ji,

 Raigad BJP District President Shri Umesh Aggarwal ji, Yuvraj District Panchayat member of Raigad Raj family Shri Devendra Pratap Singh ji, Officer of Dharma Jagran Province Shri Anand Das Mahant ji, Dharma Raksha Vahini Provincial Head Smt.

 For the happiness, prosperity and progress of the Sarangarh region, this yatra came out to remove all the differences and to awaken the self pride of the society. On June 2, 2022, the Rudraksh Yatra came out from the Shiv temple, Temeralga, located in the middle of Mahanadi, and culminated on June 8, 2022 at Rajapara Sarangarh.  On the first day of the yatra, there was an influx of people in Teamarlaga, Gudeli, Godam and Reda. As the journey progressed, the convoy kept coming and people inspired themselves and started walking along with the yatra.  From place to place, the women decorated the urns in the doors of the houses worshiped Lord Rudraksh by performing aarti and Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Shri Sureshanand Saraswati Ji gave free Rudraksh to all.  In some places, there was only a tour program, but in view of the increasing crowd of people, it was converted into a meeting, for this work all the sections and groups of the society were connected.  There was a lot of support from religious, social, cultural and political organizations.

The organizing committee included Jitendra Gupta ji, Kishore Tiwari ji, #Dinanath Khunte ji, Jugal Kesharwani ji, Jyoti Patel ji, Satish Yadav ji, Durga Thakur ji, Bharat Bhushan Jolhe ji, Vishwanath Bahidar ji, Yadram Mahilane, Shyam Kumar Mahilane, Gangadhar Soni,  Devnath Soni, D. Roshan Khunte, Deepak Sharma, Dukhnashan ji, Lokesh Jatwar, Sona Yadav, Goradas Bairagi, Awadhesh Acharyawar ji were engaged in making the program successful the whole time.  Devendra Ratray, Chintaram Sahu, Bhushan Chandra, Ravindra Patel, Rinku Tiwari, Shivam Chandra, Ramesh Tiwari, Meera Jolhen, Ajay Pawan Devgan and other workers along with tireless efforts made the Yatra a historic success.