{"id":20446,"date":"2025-04-07T00:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=20446"},"modified":"2025-04-07T00:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:57:29","slug":"thousands-of-hirkani-ran-for-safety-empowerment-self-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=20446","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of &#8216;Hirkani&#8217; Ran for Safety, Empowerment &amp; Self-Reliance!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pune: To encourage women&#8217;s safety, self-confidence, empowerment, and self-reliance\u2014while also promoting fitness\u2014thousands of women participated in the &#8216;Hirakani Run&#8217; across Pune on Sunday. Alongside actress Sonalee Kulkarni, the team of the film &#8216;Sant Dnyaneshwaranchi Muktai&#8217; encouraged the women. The participants collectively sent out a strong message: &#8220;We are safe and empowered.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hirkani-6-1-1024x558.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hirkani-6-1-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hirkani-6-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hirkani-6-1-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hirkani-6-1-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hirkani-6-1.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sai Janseva Pratishthan organized the first-ever Hirakani Run, a women\u2019s half marathon. Over 1,200 women from Pune and various towns and cities across Maharashtra participated in the event. The marathon began at Baburao Sanas Ground near Sarasbaug and included 3 km, 5 km, 10 km, and 21 km races, receiving an overwhelming and enthusiastic response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Present at the event were actress Sonalee Kulkarni, Muktai director Digpal Lanjekar, actors Ajay Purkar, Tejas Barve, Neha Naik, Sai Janseva Pratishthan founder and president Suraj Lokhande, president Geeta Mohorkar, and other dignitaries including Nisha Pachange, Smita Bhise, and Vipul Sharma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonalee Kulkarni stated, \u201cThe enthusiasm of these \u2018Hirkanis\u2019 who have come from across the state is truly inspiring. Women should support and empower one another. It&#8217;s essential to maintain good health and fitness through exercise and a balanced diet. We must draw inspiration from Maharashtra\u2019s many accomplished women. Once we are physically, mentally, and financially strong, we can contribute effectively to society and the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suraj Lokhande added, \u201cThousands of women participating in the marathon proved that Pune\u2019s women are strong and self-reliant. The funds raised from this event will be donated to organizations working for orphans and differently-abled children. Sai Janseva Pratishthan always undertakes initiatives in the public interest. \u2018Hirakani Run\u2019 will now be organized every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ajay Purkar and Digpal Lanjekar also motivated the participants. A Zumba dance session energized the crowd, and all runners were given certificates, medals, T-shirts, and refreshments. Cash prizes were awarded to the winners. The marathon route covered Sanas Ground \u2013 Dandekar Bridge \u2013 Sinhagad Road \u2013 Rajaram Bridge \u2013 Santosh Hall \u2013 back to Sanas Ground.<br>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f3c1\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Winners of 21 km and 10 km Races:<br>21 km -(Age 18\u201335):&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f947\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Ravina Gaikwad,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f948\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Ashwini Jadhav,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f949\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Priyanka Oaksa, (Age 35\u201345):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f947\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Jyoti Gavte,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f948\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Swara Ahluwalia,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f949\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Jyoti Takwale,&nbsp;(Above 45):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f947\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Nikita Govind,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f948\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Neelam Bhadgavkar,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f949\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Lopamudra Kaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 km &#8211;&nbsp;(Age 18\u201335):&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f947\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Sapna Raghuvanshi,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f948\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Sakshi Jadhav,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f949\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Anjali Madavi,&nbsp;(Age 35\u201345):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f947\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Sayali Dalvi,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f948\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Himangi Godbole,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f949\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Ankita Prasad,&nbsp;(Above 45):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f947\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Pooja Oswal,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f948\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Pooja Maheshwari,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f949\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Ambika Nanda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune: To encourage women&#8217;s safety, self-confidence, empowerment, and self-reliance\u2014while also promoting fitness\u2014thousands of women participated in the &#8216;Hirakani Run&#8217; across Pune on Sunday. Alongside actress Sonalee Kulkarni, the team of the film &#8216;Sant Dnyaneshwaranchi Muktai&#8217; encouraged the women. The participants collectively sent out a strong message: &#8220;We are safe and empowered.&#8221; Sai Janseva Pratishthan organized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20449,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20446\/revisions\/20449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}