BHOPAL: India and the world observes the death anniversary of father of the nation
Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, but a remote village in
Sheopur
district observes his ‘teerhavi’ (13th day rites after death) on February 12. This has been a tradition that has been kept alive for the last seven decades.
The tribal-dominated Manpur village which falls in a confluence of three rivers - Chambal, Banas and Seep was one of the 12 places where the mortal remains of
Mahatma
Gandhi were immersed on February 12, thirteen days after his murder on January 30, 1948.
The royal family of Jaipur had immersed the mortal remains, said Jai Singh Jadon of
Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram
in Sheopur.
Like the past 73 years, on February 12, people assembled at Manpur on the banks of the triveni sangam again to observe the trayodashi of Gandhiji.
The father of the nation was remembered and bhajans liked by him were rendered by the locals, said Kailash Parashar.
Satya Bhanu Singh Chouhan
, former Congress MLA’s family has been instrumental in keeping the tradition alive. “People in this region wait for this occasion to remember the Mahatma. We pay tributes to Gandhiji. We also hold an all-religion prayer meeting,” he said.
The gathering is held on the banks of the river which divides Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. On one side is Sheopur while on the other side is located Sawaimadhopur district of Rajasthan. People from Sawaimadhopur district also take part in the prayer meeting.
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