PAHAR’s 25th Year Celebration - New Delhi
PAHAR (People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research) has recently completed 25 years. The second program to mark the Silver Jubilee Celebration of PAHAR, a felicitation function was organised at Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi to honor the Padma Award winners of 2008 - Shri Tom Alter (Mussorie), Dr. M C Pant (Almora), Dr. R K Jain (Chakrata) and Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri (Nainital). Just to add up, Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri has shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
The event commenced with the “Devi Stuti” sung by Shri Heera Singh Rana ji followed by a cultural show performed by Creative Uttarakhand group. The event was marked with the presence of several eminent personalities from different backgrounds including Shri Himanshu Joshi- eminent Hindi writer, Shri Heera Singh Rana- one of the very popular pahari singer, Shri Chandra Singh Rahi - famous Garhwali folk artist, Great poet Manglesh Dabral, many eminent journalists, historians, social workers/activists, civil servants of Uttarakhand origin and youth belonging to internet community.
After a warm welcome from Dr. Shekhar Pathak, all the four honorary guests Shri Tom Alter, Dr. M C Pant, Dr. R K Jain and Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri shared their thoughts with the audience. The event was concluded after the Uttarakhand Gaatha - a slide show presentation by Dr. Shekhar Pathak depicting the land and people, history, culture and lifestyle of Uttarakhand.
Delicious Pahari food was served after the function!
Browse through the pictures of the event below (click to enlarge)
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