Rahul Gandhi Joins Cultural Programme in Assam’s Majuli, Poses as ‘Bajrang Bali’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi participated in a cultural program during his visit to Sri Sri Auniati Satra in Majuli, Assam as part of the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra‘. At the request of the people, he donned a mask of ‘Bajrang Bali’ and held a mace in his hand.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bajrang Bali’ avatar emerged as the nation awaits the inauguration of the grand Ayodhya Ram temple on January 22. The incident took place during his second day in Assam as part of the yatra.

Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi sought blessings at the 300-year-old Sri Sri Auniati Satra, a Vaishnavite monastery, in the Majuli district. He dressed in a white ‘dhoti’ with an Assamese traditional scarf called ‘gamosa’ around his neck as he visited the Satra and interacted with Satradikar Pitambar Dev Goswami.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi mentioned that Goswami extended an invitation to Gandhi to witness ‘Bhaona’, a traditional form of entertainment created by Vaishnavite scholar Srimanta Sankardeva, which was being performed in the Satra in the evening as part of a special program.

During his visit, Rahul Gandhi also took photos with artists wearing traditional masks and even donned a mask of Hanuman, complete with a ‘gada’ (mace) in his hand. Majuli, the largest inhabited river island in the world, located amidst the Brahmaputra, is renowned as a site of Vaishnavite learning.