Overview

• Chief Minister Hemant Soren led Santhal “Jiling Dahar” rites at Rajrappa and personally immersed his father’s ashes in the Damodar river
• On August 16, an estimated three lakh people gathered in Nemra for the Sanskar Bhoj memorial feast to pay homage to the tribal leader
• Organizers installed four helipads, 200 generators, 4,000 streetlights and five large pandals to support the feast’s massive turnout, with over 2,500 police personnel and a dedicated control room overseeing security and crowd management
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and spiritual leader Baba Ramdev joined the tribute and met with the Soren family at Nemra
• Shibu Soren was honored as the architect of Jharkhand’s statehood and a lifelong advocate for tribal rights, with public rituals underscoring his enduring political and cultural influence