Virasat-e-Duggar: Our Jhanki at the Dogra Heritage Procession, Jammu

A student dressed as a king in white with a saffron turban, walking through a Jammu market with a long orange robe of handmade Dogra symbols and Dogri placards held out on both sides by students in traditional dress — Virasat-e-Duggar: the king and his robe, carrying the legacy of the Dogras, made entirely by our students.

On Saturday, 24 October 2026, students of Oriental Academy Senior Secondary School, Jammu, took part in Dogra Dharohar Di Jhanki, a cultural procession celebrating the heritage and traditions of the Dogras.

Students from different schools of Jammu walked through the markets and main roads of the city with tableaux, cultural presentations and traditional Dogra attire, and large crowds came out to watch. The organisers said the aim was to make the younger generation aware of the rich Dogra heritage and to keep the Dogra culture alive.

Our jhanki, Virasat-e-Duggar (the heritage of Duggar), showed a traditional Dogra wedding. A bride sat in a decorated doli, the groom danced through the streets with his baraat, sword raised, and a sign in Dogri invited everyone along:

तुस्सें सारें गी डोगरी ब्याह दा न्योता

You are all invited to a Dogri wedding.

A student dressed as a Dogra bride in red, seated in a decorated doli with the wedding party around her — The bride in her doli, with the wedding party.

Oriental Academy students holding the school banner in a Jammu market street, with a temple behind them — Our banner on the way through the city.

Behind the doli, our students walked in Dogra dress: the girls in bright suits and dupattas, and the boys in white kurta pyjamas and saffron turbans. They danced along the route around a king in a long orange robe that carried the legacy of the Dogras: its painted symbols and Dogri placards were all made by hand by our students.

The wedding tableau on a decorated cart, with a red Dogri sign and the Oriental Academy banner across the front — Our wedding tableau, with the Dogri invitation.

Girls in yellow and green Dogra suits dancing along the road — Dancing along the route.

A student in a yellow suit and green dupatta waving as the procession moves through the city — Students in traditional Dogra dress.

The student king and the girls holding his long orange robe walking through a Jammu market, with flower petals on the road — The king’s robe on its way through the market.

The student playing the groom, in a golden sherwani and red turban with a garland, raising a sword as he dances with girls in Dogra dress — The groom, sword raised, dancing with his baraat.

A young student in a maroon velvet suit and green and gold dupatta dancing in the procession — Dancing all the way through the city.

The baraat dancing in front of Shri Raghunath Ji Mandir, with the groom at the centre and onlookers filming — Past Shri Raghunath Ji Mandir.

A student in an orange turban and white kurta carrying a decorated thaal on his head — Carrying a decorated thaal in the wedding procession.

Each of our participants received a certificate. We are proud of every student who took part, and thankful to the teachers who prepared the jhanki with them.

A large group of Oriental Academy students in traditional Dogra dress holding their certificates in front of the school banner — Our participants with their certificates.

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