Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai welcomed the farming season by sowing seeds in his fields in Bagiya village on Monday. In preparation for the onset of the monsoon, the Chief Minister carried out customary rituals, praying for a superb harvest. The rituals, a conventional apply within the Jashpur and Surguja areas, contain the top of the household sowing paddy seeds with their very own palms, adopted by different members of the family.
This apply signifies a communal prayer for a affluent crop.
“Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, whereas managing the tasks of Chhattisgarh state, can also be adeptly dealing with his familial duties,” the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) stated in a press assertion.
CM Sai was seen in conventional farming apparel, sporting a turban and carrying a basket of paddy seeds. He scattered the seeds throughout the fields. “This ritual is an age-old custom in our area, carried out earlier than sowing seeds to hope for a bountiful harvest,” he stated in the course of the occasion.
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