{"id":90424,"date":"2020-01-15T00:58:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=90424"},"modified":"2020-01-15T00:58:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:28:12","slug":"cm-gov-extend-festivals-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/01\/15\/cm-gov-extend-festivals-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"CM, Gov extend festivals&#8217; greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Jan 14:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Governor BD Mishra have in separate messages greeted the people of the state on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan, Pongal, and Magh Bihu.<br \/>\n&#8220;As Hindu pilgrims and devotees will throng the Parashuram Kund in Lohit district to take a holy dip in the Lohit river, Assamese and Tamil brethren will celebrate Magh Bihu and Pongal, respectively,&#8221; the CM said in his message.<br \/>\n&#8220;The presence of various communities from different parts of the country and their festivities add to the distinct and unique identity of Arunachal Pradesh. Let&#8217;s join together and revel in our celebrations,&#8221; he said, and urged the people to &#8220;resolve to stand against all odds and evils and start working for a brighter future.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe governor in his message expressed wish that &#8220;the festive season and the year that lies ahead would be filled with peace, amity, joy and prosperity for everyone.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe said that &#8220;in Lohit district, on Makar Sankranti and Magh Bihu, as it is known in Assam, a large number of devotees and pilgrims come to participate in the Makar Sankranti fair for a holy dip in the Parasuram Kund on the banks of the Lohit river.&#8221;<br \/>\nWishing everyone a joyous Makar Sankranti and Magh Bihu, the governor expressed hope that the festivities would bind the people in fraternal affection. (CM&#8217;s PR Cell &amp; Raj Bhavan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Jan 14: Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Governor BD Mishra have in separate messages greeted the people of the state on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan, Pongal, and Magh Bihu. &#8220;As Hindu pilgrims and devotees will throng the Parashuram Kund in Lohit district to take a holy dip in the Lohit river, Assamese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}