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Ahead of Ram Temple inauguration, Hanuman Chalisa, Sundar Kand to be distributed among prisoners in UP
Special arrangements to be made in prisons for live streaming of Pran Pratistha ceremony of Ram Lalla by PM Narendra Modi in Ayodhya on January 22
Over 50,000 copies each of religious books Hanuman Chalisa and Sundar Kand will be distributed among prisoners in all 72 district jails, sub jails and central prisons across the state before the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, said UP prison minister Dharamveer Prajapati in Lucknow on Thursday.
Moreover, the live streaming of Pran Pratishtha event will be done at all jails for prisoners.
“Practice of providing devotional and religious books to prisoners is very old. Fifty thousand copies of Hanuman Chalisa and Sundar Kand were ordered from Gita Press, Gorakhpur after immense rise in demand for the books among prisoners recently,” the minister said in a statement to media.
He said the recitation of these hymns and books would help prisoners to improve themselves and live a better life after completing their jail terms.
The Hanuman Chalisa is a Hindu devotional hymn of 40 verses in praise of Lord Hanuman while Sundar Kand is the fifth chapter in the Hindu epic Ramayana by Mahrishi Valmiki, in which the principal protagonist is not Rama, but Hanuman.
“Jail administration has been asked to make special arrangements in jails so that prisoners could also see live streaming of the event. It is one of the rarest events that everybody in the country including prisoners should witness” he said.
“The recitation and listening of such religious and devotional books bring a positive change in behavior of prisoners,” he added.
The minister had been promoting such activities among prisoners across the state for the last some years. Earlier, he directed playing Gayatri Mantra and Mahamritunjaya Mantra in jail barracks.
