{"id":134518,"date":"2025-02-01T20:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=134518"},"modified":"2025-02-01T20:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T14:30:56","slug":"empowering-state-employees-with-special-leave-for-94th-sankardev-sangha-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=134518","title":{"rendered":"Empowering State Employees with Special Leave for 94th Sankardev Sangha Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

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T<\/span>he Assam government has approved Special Casual Leave for state employees attending the 94th Annual Session of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha. This major religious event will take place at Mohbondha Araltoli Field in Jorhat on February 6, 7, and 8, 2025. The General Administration Department specified that only Sankardev Sangha delegates are eligible, contingent on fulfilling their official duties. Employees involved in Panchayati Raj Institution elections and Flagship Programmes need their superiors\u2019 approval to avail of this leave.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Empowering State Employees with Special Leave for 94th Sankardev Sangha Session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Expecting a turnout of 3 to 3.5 million devotees, this session is poised to be one of the largest spiritual gatherings in the region. Preparations for the event are almost complete, covering 1,200 bighas of land. The construction includes expansive pavilions made with roughly 72,000 bamboo poles from Karbi Anglong and over 9,000 tin sheets. A dedicated team of more than 200 laborers has been working tirelessly for nearly two months to ready the venue.<\/span><\/p>\n

This assembly underscores the cultural and religious significance of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha\u2019s annual session, drawing devotees from across the region to partake in this spiritual congregation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Assam government has approved Special Casual Leave for state employees attending the 94th Annual Session of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha. This major religious event will take place at Mohbondha Araltoli Field in Jorhat on February 6, 7, and 8, 2025. The General Administration Department specified that only Sankardev Sangha delegates are eligible, contingent on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[40412,40408,40396,40419,540,35426,40414,40421,40409,40406,40413,40399,40405,40401,26748,44,40416,40398,40403,40404,40411,40400,40410,18376,40402,40420,40394,40418,40407,40397,40395,40415,40417],"class_list":["post-134518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-1200-bighas","tag-3-million-devotees","tag-94th-annual-session","tag-assam-events","tag-assam-government","tag-assam-tourism","tag-bamboo-poles","tag-community-gathering","tag-cultural-significance","tag-employee-leave-approval","tag-expansive-pavilions","tag-february-2025","tag-flagship-programmes","tag-general-administration-department","tag-jorhat","tag-karbi-anglong","tag-laborers","tag-mohbondha-araltoli-field","tag-official-duties","tag-panchayati-raj-institution-elections","tag-preparations","tag-religious-event","tag-religious-significance","tag-religious-tourism","tag-sangha-delegates","tag-sankardev-festival","tag-special-casual-leave","tag-spiritual-congregation","tag-spiritual-gathering","tag-srimanta-sankardev-sangha","tag-state-employees","tag-tin-sheets","tag-venue-preparation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157418,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=157418","url_meta":{"origin":134518,"position":0},"title":"Assam-Meghalaya Taxi Standoff Finally Resolved \u2014 Tourism Minister","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The prolonged standoff between tourist taxi associations of Meghalaya and Assam \u2014 triggered by road blockades after violence on August 19 \u2014 has been resolved following intervention at the chief ministerial level, Meghalaya Tourism Minister Timothy D. 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