Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that all the civilizations and cultures of the world have ended, but India still preserves thousands of years of civilization and culture.
He said that Indians have the ability to preserve their heritage even in the face of many storms.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the three-day Gorakhpur Mahotsav-2024 as the chief guest on Saturday, CM Yogi said, “Shri Ram was incarnated thousands of years ago, but every Indian is still connected with his thousands of years of tradition.”
He said, “It is the result of the tradition of handling the heritage and the struggle for it at every level that Lord Shri Ram is once again going to be seated in his grand temple in Ayodhya on 22 January.”
The Chief Minister said that cherishing its history, tradition and folk culture is the specialty of India and this feeling of preservation is keeping India alive.
The Chief Minister said that cherishing its history, tradition and folk culture is the specialty of India and this feeling of preservation is keeping India alive.
The Chief Minister said, “Indians have wiped out those who targeted Ayodhya and attacked culture and faith by defeating and suppressing them and today we are going to witness the consecration ceremony of Lord Shri Ram.”
Praising Indian culture, he said, “Our festivals and festivals are wonderful. Through these, Indian culture is communicated even to those people who due to some reasons were deprived of knowing it.”
He said, “Festivals like Diwali, Holi, Ramnavami, Mahashivratri, Rakshabandhan are examples of this. All these festivals have a special message.”
Yogi said, “35 lakh people should come to Ayodhya in the year 2023 on Ram Navami. At that time, there was neither good railway service nor airport in Ayodhya. Roads were also under construction. Today, Ayodhya has better road connectivity, railway lines and is connected to the airport.”
The Chief Minister said, “Gorakhpur and Eastern Uttar Pradesh have been extremely rich from cultural and spiritual point of view. Baba Gorakhnath had chosen Gorakhpur as the place of his meditation. Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, is at a distance of 90 kilometers from here. His final resting place is in Kushinagar, 60 km away from Gorakhpur. Sant Kabir was born in Kashi but eventually came to Maghar.”
Yogi honored two people with ‘Gorakhpur Ratna’ from the main stage of Gorakhpur Mahotsav. Dr. Anant Narayan Bhatt, senior scientist of DRDO, for his outstanding contribution in the field of science and Prof. former executive president of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Institute for his outstanding contribution in the field of literature. Sadanand Prasad Gupta was honored.
On this occasion, Yogi also watched the teaser of local MP and cine star Ravikishan’s film ‘Mahadev Ka Gorakhpur’ made in five languages. The entire shooting of this film has been done in Gorakhpur with the encouragement given by the film policy of the state government and a large number of local people have got a chance in it.
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