Santokhgarh Una 19 August 2024:- The festival of Raksha Bandhan has been celebrated all over India. On the day of Raksha Bandhan, the glory of Guga Jahar Peer is praised by the troupes going from village to village and house to house in the name of Guga Jahar Peer. This tradition has been going on for thousands of years. In which the troupe of Nagar Parishad Santoshgarh is singing the tales of Guga Jahar Peer ji. This singing of the tales will continue for about 9 days. Which will end on 27 August on the day of Guga Navami. On this day, prasad is distributed all over India in the name of Guga ji. Disciple Rajkumar of Guga Mandali told that Guga Jahar Peer ji was born on Navami in Dadrewa Churu, Rajasthan. Guga Jahar Peer ji is also worshipped as the god of snakes. From Santokhgarh, they form a group of 8-10 people and roam from village to village barefoot from Rakshabandhan to Guga Navami with other local musical instruments like Doru, Dholki etc. and sing the glories of Guga Jahar Peer.
People happily donate grains, money and congratulations to the groups of Guga Jahar Peer Ji and people also serve tea to the groups of Guga Jahar Peer Ji and many people invite the groups of Guga Jahar Peer Ji to their homes in the evening to sing the glories of Guga Jahar Peer.
In this group of Guga Jahar Peer Ji, disciples Rajkumar, Mahadev, Pawan Kumar, Desh Raj, Rampal, Balveer Kumar, Harjinder Singh, Joginder Singh, Gurpreet, Arun etc were present.