Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 2: While the festival of bond is being celebrated across the country, the inmates in Central Jail, Kot Bhalwal on city outskirts in this winter capital today celebrated the festival with a difference.
The jailbirds celebrated Raksha Bandhan with handmade ‘raakhis’ besides meditation classes.
Prepared inside the closed walls, beautiful ‘raakhis’ were put on display by the jail authorities within the premises.
A group of women from ‘Brahamkumari Ashram’ tied the sacred thread to the inmates on the occasion and also delivered lecture on meditation.
“Though they are not free to move outside but they should not feel lonely and depressed on such occasions,” Rajni Sehgal-Superintendent, Central Jail, Kot Bhalwal told reporters.
Ms Sehgal said that the event was organized inside the jail premises especially for the inmates so that they feel like home and despite living away from families, they do not miss their loved ones.
“It was festivity like atmosphere in the jail and sweets were also distributed among the prisoners,” the jailer added.
Meanwhile ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was also celebrated along the Indo-Pak international border on Wednesday.
The school girls under the banner of ‘Global Green Peace’ and Environmental Protection, a NGO visited the Suchetgarh border of Ranbir Singh Pura Sector to celebrate the festival with BSF jawans.
The girls tied sacred thread to the jawans and also presented sweets.
‘Raksha Bandhan’ falls on the full moon day of the Shravan month according to Hindu calendar. The Raksha Bandhan was also celebrated with zeal & zest by the inmates of Bal Ashram, Ved Mandir.
The volunteers of Mother India, an NGO which is working for the welfare of the needy and underprivileged section of the society, also celebrated Raksha Bandhan with the children of Bal Ashram, R.S.Pura. Tehsil Social Welfare Officer, R.S.Pura, Vidya Devi, was the chief guest on the occasion.
The volunteers of the NGO tied Raakhis on the hands of children of Bal Ashram. They also distributed sweets among the children.
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