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Baba Seechewal walks the talk alongside Bein
WSN Bureau

Jalandhar: A 15-day long Nagar Kirtan (religious procession) focusing on environmental awareness in connection with the birth anniversary of first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak Dev ji, took off last Monday from village Dhanoa in district Hoshiarpur, the origin point and catchment area of the historic Kali Bein.

  Each day, the Nagar Kirtan is beginning at 3 in the morning but stops moving at 8. During the stopover, the stretches of the Bein are being cleaned by the volunteers thus exhibiting synergistic equation between sermons and action. A JCB machine is also moving alongside the Nagar Kirtan to clear the weeds, silt etc from the rivulet that had grown.

The Nagar kirtan has entered in the seventh year but this time its duration has been increased from five to fifteen days. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, who led the volunteer effort to clean the historic rivulet and has been organizing the religious procession, said that while earlier the Ngar Kirtan was moving along the banks of the Bein, this year it would be going in the villages near the Bein.

The Nagar Kirtan would reach Sultanpur Lodhi, where Guru Nanak got enlightenment while bathing in the Bein, on November 2, the gurpurab of Sikhism's founder.

The villagers were urged to plant trees and to keep the natural water resources clean. Baba Seechewal said that Gurbani had laid great emphasis on harmony with nature and respect for it. He urged the people that while they should not throw dirty water in the Kali Bein or other natural water resources they should also stop the factories and government bodies from doing so.

21 October 2009
 

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