Varanasi: In order to show its growing strength the RSS for the first time organised a mega event -‘Shakha Kumbh’, a gathering of the volunteers from all Shakas in Kashi Mahanagar on Sunday.
Braving the shivering cold the volunteers from 215 ‘shakhas’ of Kashi Mahanagar unit took part in gatherings held at two places in Seer Gowardhan area for south city and Sampurnand Sanskrit University for north city.
Never before gathering on such a scale was organized in the city, said the zila prachar pramukh Rajesh Ranjan.
The two-hour event from 8:30 am to 10:30 am was divided into two parts. The first hour witnessed routine shakha activities like yoga and exercise, while the second half was devoted to baudhik (lecture) by the prant pracharak Ramesh Ji at Seer Govardhan and kshetra pracharak Anil Ji at Sampurnanad Sanskrit University ground.
