4000 take part in 13th ‘Maat Pita Pujan Diwas'

Chandigarh, April 10, 2024: Over 4000 people including children participated in 13th ‘Maat Pita Pujan Diwas’ at under construction world first and only Maat Pita Mandir at Khallaur village on Banur-Ambala road in Mohali district on Wednesday.

During the occasion, keynote speaker and a renowned thinker Pushpendra Kulshrestha shared his valuable inspirational thoughts.

The chief guest on the occasion was eminent social worker Jagmohan Garg whereas Preneet Kaur, Patiala MP was special guest of honour.  Hirender Budhiraja, Karam Chand Goyal and Satya Bhagwan Singla were guests of honour.

The program started with havan yagya along with other religious rituals. All members of Mahatirtha including Gyan Chand Walia the founder of Gowdham Mahatirtha along with parents & children participated in it.
Bhajana Nandi Swami Devaki Nandan enthralled the audience with his bhajans. Bhandara was organized from morning till night.

The 10 prominent social workers of tricity were also felicitated with appreciation certificates by Pushpendra Kulshrestha.

Among others Mahatirtha members Bashesher Nath Sharma, Amarjeet Bansal, Suresh Bansal, Surnesh Singla, Kashmiri Lal Gupta, Jai Gopal Bansal, Subhash Singla, Kuldeep Thakur, Deepak Mittal, Lajpat Rai Garg, Subhash Aggarwal, KK Aggarwal, Suresh Sharma, Kapil Verma, Ekta Nagpal were present during the occasion.

Gyan Chand Walia said that Mata-Pita Godham Mahatirth is developing as a unique spiritual center.

He said,” In this sacred center where one is taught to love the mother cow, the message of respecting parents is also being sent to every home of society. The message given by this center is the greatest need of the hour, which can save our beautiful culture with love for cow,”

Interestingly Mata Pita Godham Mahatirth is the first & only temple in the world dedicated to the parents where instead of an idol of any god or goddess, one will feel the presence of god in one's own parent. World Book of Records based in London (U.K.) has bestowed Mahatirtha with honour in House of Lords London & registered as the world's first temple dedicated to parents.

The construction work of the temple is going on in full swing with the support of the devotees. It is likely to be completed by 2026.