{"id":63122,"date":"2026-11-04T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/11000-devotees-participate-in-mass-bhagavad-gita-recitation-at-historic-mahesh-jagannath-temple\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:42:03","slug":"11000-devotees-participate-in-mass-bhagavad-gita-recitation-at-historic-mahesh-jagannath-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/11000-devotees-participate-in-mass-bhagavad-gita-recitation-at-historic-mahesh-jagannath-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"11,000 devotees participate in mass Bhagavad Gita recitation at historic Mahesh Jagannath Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around 2,000 sadhus and 500 women carrying kalash join grand spiritual procession in Serampore<\/em><\/p>\n

SERAMPORE, November 1:<\/strong> Around 11,000 devotees<\/strong> gathered at the historic Mahesh Jagannath Temple in Serampore<\/strong> on Sunday to participate in a mass recitation of the Bhagavad Gita<\/strong>. Organised by the Women Empowerment Foundation, Serampore<\/strong>, the event, titled \u201811,000 Kante Geeta Paath\u2019<\/strong>, brought together saints, women devotees and members of the public for a large-scale spiritual gathering celebrating devotion, cultural heritage and women’s empowerment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The programme began at 9 am<\/strong> with a grand Kalash Yatra from Lakkhi Ghat<\/strong>, near the Mahesh Jagannath Temple. Around 500 women<\/strong> carried ceremonial kalash after offering prayers to the Ganga. Accompanied by nearly 1,000 sadhus and Kartik Maharaj<\/strong>, the procession proceeded towards the main venue under the leadership of social worker and event organiser Namita Nayak<\/strong>. The larger gathering included nearly 2,000 sadhus and thousands of devotees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Following the procession, participants joined a collective recitation of the Hanuman Chalisa<\/strong>, followed by the main event \u2014 a mass recitation of the Bhagavad Gita involving approximately 11,000 devotees<\/strong>. The participating saints, along with Kartik Maharaj<\/strong>, also offered special prayers at the 630-year-old Mahesh Jagannath Temple<\/strong>, one of the region’s historic centres of Jagannath worship.<\/p>\n

The gathering also highlighted women’s participation in community development and economic self-reliance<\/strong>. Founded by Namita Nayak three years ago<\/strong>, the Women Empowerment Foundation<\/strong> has reportedly supported nearly 6,000 women<\/strong> by creating livelihood opportunities through khadi, cottage industries and handicrafts<\/strong>. Through its \u2018Nari Udyog\u2019 initiative<\/strong>, the foundation encourages women to produce and market handcrafted products, enabling them to earn a livelihood from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective is to bring devotion, cultural heritage and women’s empowerment together on a common platform. Alongside this spiritual initiative, we want to encourage women’s participation in society and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for them,\u201d<\/em> said Namita Nayak, Founder and Chairperson of the Women Empowerment Foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The event emerged as a major spiritual and cultural gathering in Serampore<\/strong>, demonstrating how community-led initiatives can bring together religious traditions, cultural heritage and social empowerment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Around 2,000 sadhus and 500 women carrying kalash join grand spiritual procession in Serampore SERAMPORE, November 1: Around 11,000 devotees gathered at the historic Mahesh Jagannath Temple in Serampore on Sunday to participate in a mass recitation of the Bhagavad Gita. Organised by the Women Empowerment Foundation, Serampore, the event, titled \u201811,000 Kante Geeta Paath\u2019,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}