n Durgashtami of Shardiya Navratri, a grand Kanya Puja “Shakti Vandan” ceremony was organized in Gonda on Sunday. In the programme, 11,888 girls were worshiped and fed. District Magistrate Neha Sharma said that in the grand “Shakti Vandan” ceremony organized by the district administration in the premises of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Inter College, to make this country’s biggest Kanya Puja program grand, 11 thousand daughters were organized for Kanya Puja. The target was set, but due to the efforts of the district administration, 11,888 girls were worshiped at the venue today. He told that 2550 from Jhanjhari block, 1100 from Pandari Kripal, 1300 from Haldharmau, 1120 from Katra Bazaar, 1650 from Muzehana, 590 from Mankapur, 580 from Wazirganj, 560 from Nawabganj, 592 from Paraspur, 570 from Colonelganj, 583 from Belsar, 575 daughters from Tarabganj, 565 from Rupaidih and 596 daughters from Itiyathok development block participated in the function.
