Buildings, flowers, dhoti, safa, underwear, socks - all gerua. How saffron wave has swept over Lucknow
After the BJP government led by Yogi Adityanath came into power in Uttar Pradesh everyone has started considering saffron as the new colour of politics.
In Short
- Yogi Adityanath had asked only for saffron towels but the colour was splashed everywhere by bureaucrats
- For the Nath monastic order to which Yogi belongs saffron is the main colour
- Even flowers at the main gate of Lok Bhavan follows the saffron code
In Lucknow, the city of Nawabs, where the white kurta pyjama was dominant so far, a new colour trend is in vogue as 'Rang de tu mohe gerua' seems to be on everyone's mind these days.
After the BJP government led by Yogi Adityanath came into power in Uttar Pradesh everyone has started considering saffron as the new colour of politics. Saffron can now be seen at different places all over the state.
Since the CM comes from Gorakhnath Math every cloth he wears is of saffron colour - right from his dhoti to 'safa', socks and ever underwear.
Considering the importance of 'gerua', bureaucrats are trying to paint the environment with the trending colour.
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The CM had only instructed officers to keep a saffron-coloured towel on the chair but the officers extended the colour code to everywhere in Lok Bhavan where he does cabinet meetings.
During press conferences, saffron towel is seen on Yogi's chair kept in the middle of the row. If the CM doesn't come to the press conference then the chair is removed.
The lobby of Lok Bhavan is decorated with saffron-coloured cloth. At the main gate the flowers and the pot too follow the colour code.
It is learnt that initially bureaucrats were busy colouring things with saffron but gradually they realised that more than colour their work matters as Yogi keeps a close eye on everyone.
Gorakhnath temple's Dwarika Tiwari explained the importance of saffron in the Nath monastic order.
The way white-coloured clothes are important for the Vaishnavs similarly for the Naths saffron is the key colour. Tiwari said saffron is not a matter of choice but of tradition.
According to him, Yogi's clothes come from Gandhi Ashram and are coloured with saffron.
In the shops of Lucknow, saffron-coloured clothes now sell like hot cakes.
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