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Chetri Chand to be celebrated with great fervour
The Sindhis in the State will be celebrating Chetri Chand on March 18 which will conincide with the Ugadi celebrations and other celebrations like Gudi Padva and other festivities in different parts of the country.
Hyderabad: The Sindhis in the State will be celebrating Chetri Chand on March 18 which will conincide with the Ugadi celebrations and other celebrations like Gudi Padva and other festivities in different parts of the country.
According to Ashok Vaswani President and Govind Bacchani Sree Sindhi Guru Sanghat Sabha Association the celebrations will begin at Hira Hall in the morning with pooja followed by Chej or (Dandiya ) by men and this will be followed by Langar (free community kitchen ) .
In the evening there will be pooja followed by Langar and carrying of the Jyoth (light ) to the Tank Bund.
Ashok Vaswani urged all People to participate in the celebrations also known as Jhulelal Jayanti after who the famous song Dama Dum Masth Kalandar was sung and has now become a song popular with every community .
The Jhulelal Jayanti or Cheti Chand festival commemorates the birth anniversary of the Sindhi saint Jhulelal or Lord Varun . The day is considered highly auspicious by the Sindhi community who celebrate the occasion with full fanfare as it is celebrated as a New year .
Moreover, the day of Cheti Chand festival is regarded as Sindhi “New Year”. Sindhis follow the “Vikram Sambat” Calendar, which has its origin linked with the Hindu king Vikramaditya. In this calendar “Chaitra” is regarded as the first month which the Sindhis call as “Chet”.
Also, every new month in this calendar begins with the new moon; hence, the name of the festival is referred to the Sindhi Community as “Cheti Chand”. Therefore, this special day is not only the birthday of deity Jhulelal but also marks the beginning of a new year.
