GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Brahmaputra Pushkaram Festival by offering prayers on Tuesday, November 5.
‘Brahmaputra Pushkaram,’ is a 12-day mega river festival from November 5 until November 16, 2019.
The mela is being held on the ghats of Brahmaputra starting from Bharalumukh to the Fancy Bazar area.
50,000 sadhus and monks from out of the state are expected to participate in the mela and the government is expecting a footfall of 2-3 lakh people who will take part in the festivities.
This will be the second biggest river festival ever to be celebrated in the state of Assam after Namami Brahmaputra.
It is to be mentioned that embankments have been constructed at the ghats so that the polluted water of the River Bharalu do not hamper the festival.
Brahmaputra Pushkaram is a festival of rivers and it pertains to the 12 important rivers in India, namely Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Chambal, Kaveri, Beas, Tapti, Godavari, Chenab, Krishna and Saraswati.
This festival occurs once every 12 years for each river. Earlier, Brahmaputra Pushkaram was held in 2007.
