Sant tukaram maharaj palkhi

• • • • Pune City prepares for Palkhi processions by setting up clinics, filling potholes Pune City prepares for Palkhi processions by setting up clinics, filling potholes Satish Mhaske, representative of the “Palkhi Swagat Kaksha” and Ajay Sawant, representative of theDatta Mandir on Alandi Road, where the Palkhi takes a halt, were also present for the meeting. Setting up mobile health clinics and 45 mobile toilets, filling of potholes — these are among the key arrangements to be made as part of the preparations for this year’s Sant Tukaram and Sant Dnyaneshwar Palkhi processions. The Palkhis or the processions of the palanquins carrying the “paduka” or revered symbolic footwear of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, will start on June 11 and June 12 respectively from temple towns of Dehu and Alandi. The three-week-long journeys are slated to reach Pandharpur on June 29. A meeting of senior Satish Mhaske, representative of the “Palkhi Swagat Kaksha” and Ajay Sawant, representative of theDatta Mandir on Alandi Road, where the Palkhi takes a halt, were also present for the meeting. As many as 16 spots were identified on the procession route between Bopkhel Phata and Sangamwadi for installation of 45 mobile toilets, a press release issued Wednesday said. Also, arrangements such as ambulances, watch towers. mobile health clinics, a team of doctors, fire tenders would be in place. Erection of arches on the palkhi route without seeking essential permissions will ...