Aditya, Aarav, Sukhjinder, Stanzin adjudged best singers in Devotional Song Contest
KATRA, Oct 20: The nine days long Navratra Festival’s All India Devotional Song Competition in the holy township of Katra came to musical conclusion last evening with Aditya Kumar from Jammu bagged the prestigious first prize in the Mega Final of All India Devotional Song Competition, whereas Second prize was shared by Aarav Wazir from Katra & Sukhjinder from Punjab jointly and the third prize went to Stanzin Edzes from Jammu out of eight candidates reached in the mega final which was jointly organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, J&K Tourism & PTC Network in association with SMVD Narayana Super Speciality Hospital, J&K Bank, Nice Gems, Nidheesh Builders Jammu Pvt. Ltd., Yog Ashram Complex,Hotel & Restaurant Association, Katra, PHDCCI Jammu Region with active support of District Administration and the local host Community.
The function concluded amidst chanting of Bhajans and beating of drums at Yog Ashram Complex last Night.
Member Parliament Jugal Kishore Sharma was Chief Guest on the occasion whereas noted Bollywood & media personalities including Managing Director, Venus World Wide Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, Ganesh Jain, Actor Deepak Prasher, Actress Preeti Sapru, Film Trade Analyst & Film Maker Vikas Mohan were the judges of the Mega final.
Jugal Kishore Sharma, MLA Baldev Raj Sharma alongwith Judges from Industry, Joint Director Tourism Aijaj Kesar, Chairman Devotional Song Committee & President Hotel Association Rakesh Wazir, gave prize worth Rs.3 lakh in the shape of gold to the first prize winner Aditya from Jammu, Gold worth 1 lakh to 2nd position holders Aditya Wazir from Katra & Sukhjinder from Punjab and Gold worth 50,000 to third position holder Stanzin Edzes from Jammu in presence of CEO Katra Development Gopal Singh, Famous Celebrity Singer Inderjit Nikku, Former winners of Competition Sonali Dogra, Laisel Rai, Ravi Kumar, Yog Acharya Swami Yoga Nand Maharaj, Guru Kirti Khajuria, Virender Kesar, Sardari Lal Dubay.
Celebrity Singer Inderjit Nikku, former winners of Competition Sonali Dogra, Laisel Rai, Ravi Kumar enthralled the audience with their performances and people were seen dancing on their songs.
Jugal Kishore Sharma said that the competition has attained good heights & complimented the organizers for the same and thanked all the people and organizations for extending their cooperation in making it a grand success and especially the people from film and media fraternity who make it a point in coming overhere and supporting it.
Baldev Raj Shrama praised Department of Tourism, SMVD Shrine board and organisors in particular for making this Navratra Festival and its major event this All India Devotional Song Competition a huge success.
Jt.Director Tourism Jammu Aijaj Kesar during his address said that leaving aside providing platform to the singers ,the live telecast of the event all over the world has given vast publicity to the event and Tourism of Union Territory and Jammu region in particular.