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Author : Dr. Jaswant Singh Puri , Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) , Social Activist, Punjab Rattan, Member, Dewan Family, Erstwhile Princely State of Patiala.
- Patiala has the credit to enrichment of music, drama and acting.
- Patiala is well-known for its delicious delicacies like Rewri Gajjak, Halwa known as ‘Karah’
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Chandigarh, June 09, 2022:
Patiala being a royal city has the blood of charity to help its residents in need. A number of organizations are being run for the deserving and needy people. There is one ‘Aapki Apni Rasoi’ near Polo Ground being run by Maheshinder Bansal who serves lunch to the people prepared in Pure Desi Ghee just for Rupees five which includes chapatis, rice, one vegetable plus sweets without any distinction. About 500 to 700 people are served food daily. Vardhman Rasoi is also being run by Saurabh Jain who provides lunch for Rs. 10/- where more than 500 people get the food daily.
Anish Mangla, who is the Founder President of Shri Radha Krishan Jan Sewa Samiti is doing charitable service since 1996. More than 1000 widows at Barindavan are being provided clothes and medicines for the last more than 20 years. About 280 families at Patiala are being donated ration worth Rs. Two Lacs per month. In the field of education, top twenty students from Shakuntala School, Tudhial School, Arya Girls/Boys School, Kumar Sabha School get scholarships. Twenty-five students getting 85% or above marks get free education for higher studies. 9200 HIV patients are getting nutritious food. Dr. Khushdeva Singh Ashram is also getting donation. Hats off to the organization for serving fodder to 800 cows at Chaura Road, Gaushala. Gynae and Ortho doctors also diagnose the patients where 30/35 patients are examined daily.
Patiala has the credit to enrichment of music, drama and acting. Om Puri, an Indian actor appeared in Indian, British and American films. He was born in Ambala and spent the early part of his life in Sanaur, Punjab. He collaborated in many films with Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Samita Patil in art films as ‘Bhavani Bhavai’ (1980), ‘Sadgati’ 1981 and ‘Satya’ 1980.
He made two highly successful films called, ‘Chan Pardesi’ (1980) and ‘Long Da Lishkara’ (1986). But this great artist passed away at the age of 66 on January 6, 2017 leaving a void in film industry.
Patiala is well-known for its delicious delicacies like Rewri Gajjak, Halwa known as ‘Karah’, Shardai, Khoya Kulfi, Saffron Milk, Lassi of varied tastes, special Khoya burfi. There is one Karah Wala Chowk in Patiala where Karah with royal and rich taste was available. Kasora Lassi is also available. Above all indoor games like ludo, carrom, playing cards, chess were the famous attractions in every household. Moreover, it is very famous for its sophisticated fashion fields like Patiala Shahi Turban, Churidar Trousers, ‘Achkan’ for the gents. Patiala Shahi Salwar, Dupatta on the head is treated as signs of royalty and honour for ladies. Everybody had to wear a turban while entering the Court Hall of Maharajas of Patiala as a mark of respect to the Maharajas.
Another landmark in the field of Artificial Limb Expert is Dr. VJS Vohra who is a certified expert by Rehabilitation Council of India as Prosthetic Professional. He is honorary Prosthetic Adviser to Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.
Hard work for CA Prem Garg has created the best creation of his life called ‘Museum of Trees’ in 41 bighas of land where children will be able to appreciate the variety and diversity of trees. ‘Guava Festival’ was organized on 26 August, 2021 at Baradari Gardens and inaugurated by Additional D.C. (Development) Dr. Preeti Yadav for the developments of fruit plants and trees under the aegis of Horticultural Department.
It has to be confessed that visually impaired people are also a boon for society. Dr. Kiran Kumari, despite being visually impaired is Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Punjabi University, Patiala. The article coordinated by Dr. Jaswant Singh Puri exposes that visually impaired persons who received sufficient amount of family support were socially integrated and well-adjusted in life and less prone to psycho-social problems. Dr. Kiran Kumari in coordination with Dr. Jaswant Singh Puri in their Article: Psycho-Social Implications of Visual Impairment have endeavoured to put an impressive coverage of her dreams and struggling period and her motivation and achievement.
Smt. Alka Puri, wife of Dr. Ajit Singh Puri well attended Dewan K.S. Puri after passing away of Satwant Singh Puri, the youngest son of Dewan Sahib who was residing with him. Only brother of Alka Puri, Dr. Ravinder Kapoor M.B.B.S. is a well-known consulting Physician. He is the owner of Multi-specialty Kapoor Hospital, Mangalore. The family owns petrol pumps, orchards and temples at the same place. The family is connected with Patiala having ancestral property and the temples with shopping complexes.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was incorporated in 1966 in New York by his founder Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada. The Rath Yatra starts from Kali Devi Temple and passes through different markets of Patiala. Devotees sing kirtan, distribute Parsad and dance in ecstasy. Students are taught about the importance of taking up the teachings of ‘Bhagwat Gita’ in a very scientific manner.
Patiala is not only known for its Patiala Shahi Pagg (turban), Patiala Salwar, Punjabi Juttis Patiala Peg, Patiala Pranda but even for gifting us a number of famous singers who have brought name and fame and raised the level of Pollywood. Parmish Verma is one of the well named singer, actor, director. He has directed several movies and videos. He is the son of Satish Verma, theatre artist and writer and Paramjit Verma, a Professor in Patiala.
Another upcoming singer is Harrdy Sandhu. (Hardavinder Singh Sandhu) – a Punjabi singer and actor, he also played for the U-19 Cricket Team.
Moreover, Mrs. Puja (Gurinder Kaur Kainth) sings Punjabi Songs in Bhangra, Pop and Folk genres. Satwinder Bitti is a known name in singing and acting who was a national hockey player before being turned to singing.
Romy Yadav is a well-known singer from Patiala who rose to the fame and entered Bollywood industry. The Indian Musician, Bhupinder Singh mainly a ghazal singer and a Bollywood Play Singer was born in Patiala in 1940 and wedded to Mitali Mukherjee in 1983. He was honoured with Mirchi Music Awards for lifetime achievement.
There is a long list of singers and actors and achievers from Patiala like Jimmy Shergill, Fawad Khan, Gulzar, Inder Chahal, Gavie Chahal, Rakesh Sharma (First Indian Astronaut), Dalip Kaur Tiwana (Punjabi Writer), Harpal Tiwana (Actor, Writer, Director), Samiksha, Mahendra Sandhu, Dev Kharoud, Aman Hundal, Harbhajan Mann, Mika Singh, Dilshad Khan (Member of Patiala Gharana, Singer), Jagdish Prashad (Member of Patiala Gharana, Singer), Kaushiki Chakraborty, Daughter of Ajoy Chakraborty and member of Patiala Gharana, Singer. Munawar Ali Khan, son of Bade Gulam Ali Khan, member of Patiala Gharana (singer), Nirmala Devi, Parveen Sultana, Sanjukta Ghosh, Shafqa at Amanat Ali are all members of Patiala Gharana and reputed singers. Above all Pammi Bai, Vicky Dhaliwal, Tochi Raina, Malkit Singh, Gurdas Mann are singers of repute.
‘The Patiala Foundation’ – an NGO working to create awareness to save ancient monuments through heritage works, have now raised the issue of thousands of residents. Another laurel is Shruti Gupta, three times world record holder, including two times Limca Book of World Record is much associated to Patiala who did Master’s Degree in Classical Dance (Kathak) from Punjabi University, Patiala.
She is very well versed and adept in the art of making snow-covered mountains as her dancing stage. She bears immense love for nature and peace, and Patiala is her second home town which breathes with natural environ and peace.
Punjabi University’s research scholar Arvinder Singh at the faculty of Computer Science has developed software that is capable of creating sentences in Punjabi. He is working on development of Punjabi and integrating it with technological advancement of Punjabi with the help of artificial intelligence.
Above all Patiala has the unique distinction of street culture and houses and buildings made of Chhoti Bricks. Khus Khus chinks were added to increase the cooling and disperse the light fragrance of Khus which added to the serenity of the surroundings.
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