Maharaja Padmanabh performs Shastra pujan
Jaipur, 11 October: On the occasion of Dussehra festival, HH Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur performed ‘Shashtra Pujan’ today at City Palace. Later at Sarvatobhadra Chowk, he performed pujan of Ashva, Palki baggie and elephant.
On the occasion Maharaja Padmanabh said that like every year, this year also the ‘Shastra pujan’ was celebrated with royal pomp and pageantry at the Palace. As per the traditions, worship of horses, elephants, palki and baggi were also done.
Procession of Sitaramji also started from City Palace towards the Vijay Bagh, Dussehra Kothi. Many erstwhile thakurs and jagirdars of Jaipur participated in their traditional dresses. A large number of tourists also witnessed the event.