Jamshedpur, March 15: The 74th Dharma Saastha Preeti celebrations began at Sri Dharma Saastha Temple, situated at Kharkai Link Road, Bistupur with Maha Ganapathi Havan on Tuesday, March 15.
Later on the Ved pandits who arrived from Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad performed Rudra Ekadasha Jap and havan under the guidance of Vijaya Bhanu, chief priest.
PN Sankaran, Chairman of the Temple performed Vasordhara and Purnahuti as per the traditions and rituals.
After installing Kalash for the three main deities, Sri Ganesh, Sri Karthik and Sri Dharma Saastha, kalash abhishek was performed.
The Temple priests performed Maha Deeparadhana and managing committee members of the Temple distributed prasad among the devotees.
In the evening, Bhagavati Sewa was conducted by Jamshedpur priest Raju Sastrigal and P Rajesh and the visiting Ved pandits performed Rudra Krama Archana and also chanted the four Vedas. Again, Maha Deeparadha was shown to all the presiding deities of the Temple and prasad was distributed to the devotees.