A government holiday has been declared in Punjab tomorrow i.e. on October 25. On this day, there will be a holiday in schools, colleges, educational institutions and other business units across the state. Actually, Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti and Navratri Sthapana is on Thursday. Due to which this decision has been taken.
Maharaja Agrasen
Maharaja Agrasen is said to be the patriarch of the Agrawal community and the founder of the Vaishya community. Every year, Maharaja Agrasen's birth anniversary is celebrated on Ashwin Shukla Pratipada. This day is also the first day of Navratri. On this day, people of the trade union worship Maharaj Agrasen.
Know who was Maharaja Agrasen
Maharaja Agrasen was born in the 34th generation of Shri Ram in the last period of Dwapar and the beginning of Kaliyug. He was the eldest son of King Vallabhsen of Pratapnagar and Mata Bhagwati Devi. Pratap Nagar is situated on the banks of the Saraswati river between Rajasthan and Haryana. Agrasen Jayanti is celebrated with great pomp in Haryana, UP.
Maharaja Agrasen founded the Agroha state. He is called the pioneer of ideal socialism, founder of the republic and a priest of non-violence. There were three ideals in the life of Agrasen ji, one is democratic governance, second is economic equality and third is social equality.