Yogi hands over clothes for Ram Lalla to temple trust — ‘12 lakh’ people behind weaving, stitching

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Lucknow | Updated: January 17, 2024 07:20 AM IST

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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath hands over special clothes to the trust, in Lucknow on Tuesday. Express

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday handed over special clothes made for Shri Ram Lalla to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. The special clothes were made under an “innovative effort” of the Pune-based Heritage Handweaving Revival Charitable Trust which claimed that it engaged over 12-lakh people to weave the fabric and stitch the clothes.

The Handweaving Trust claimed that the clothes were made by 12.36 lakh people from different walks of life under an initiative named ‘Do dhaage Shri Ram ke liye’ during a programme between December 10 and 22 last year. The Trust works for the upliftment of weavers from across India. The Trust held a programme where they gave an opportunity to people from different walks of life to weave and stitch clothes for Lord Ram.

Speaking to The Indian Express Tuesday, Anagha Ghaisas, secretary and founder of the Trust, said, “We had held a programme in Pune named ‘Do dhaage Shri Ram ke liye’ from December 10-22 last year. We had set up nine handlooms at our showroom and workshop. Everyday, we saw participation of around 80,000 common people. In 13 days, 12.36 lakh people took part and stitched the clothes for Lord Ram. We used pure silk threads and people who came had to stitch two threads on the handlooms. From Brahmins to Dalits, people from all castes contributed.”

Praising the Trust, Yogi said that the clothes are weaved in the fabric of devotion. The Chief Minister thanked them for this and handed over the clothes to Swami Govind Dev Giri Ji, Treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.

Suresh Joshi Bhaiya, senior patron of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, was also present at the programme held at the CM’s residence in Lucknow.

Asad Rehman

Asad Rehman is with the national bureau of The Indian Express and covers politics and policy focusing on religious minorities in India. A journalist for over eight years, Rehman moved to this role after covering Uttar Pradesh for five years for The Indian Express. During his time in Uttar Pradesh, he covered politics, crime, health, and human rights among other issues. He did extensive ground reports and covered the protests against the new citizenship law during which many were killed in the state. During the Covid pandemic, he did extensive ground reporting on the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages in Uttar Pradesh. He has also covered some landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, he worked on The Indian Express national desk for three years where he was a copy editor. Rehman studied at La Martiniere, Lucknow and then went on to do a bachelor's degree in History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He also has a Masters degree from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. ... Read More

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