PM Modi To Address 'Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022'

PM Modi will address mela virtually

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to attend and address a virtual meet of  'Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022' organized at Shreedham Thakurnagar in West Bengal's Thakurbari on the occasion of the 211th birth anniversary of Shree Shree Harichand Thakur today.

According to the officials, Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022 is being organized by All India Matua Mahasangha beginning on Tuesday. The event will culminate on April 5.

While announcing the Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022 through his tweet, he wrote on Monday, "I am honored to be addressing the Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022 at 4:30 PM tomorrow, 29th March. We shall also mark the Jayanti of the great Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Ji, who devoted his entire life to social justice and public welfare."

Taking notes from the great life of Saint Harichand Thakur, he devoted his life to the cause of betterment of the oppressed, downtrodden, and deprived persons in undivided Bengal during the pre-independence era.

The social and religious movement started by him originated in Orakandi (now in Bangladesh) in 1860 and led to the formation of the Matua Dharma, said a release by the Prime Minister's Office.

Yesterday, Bhartiya Janata Party has planned a range of activities, starting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to party workers, to commemorate the party's Foundational Day on April 6.

The various events planned by BJP will take place for the entire week starting from April 6 and will conclude with the commemoration of Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14.