HINDU SPIRITUAL SERVICE FAIR IN CITY IN DECEMBER

HINDUSPIRITUAL SERVICE FAIR at Bhubaneswar IN  DECEMBER

Bhubaneswar,16/10-Initiative for Moral and Cultural Training Foundation, Odisha, a newly launched organisation, will organise a four-day Hindu spiritual and service fair in the City  on December 15 to showcase the service activities of religious organisations and inculcate service motive among school students. 

Apart from showing various charitable works rendered by Hindu spiritual organisations, the other themes of the fair will educate the people about importance of preserving the ecology for sustainable environment, promoting patriotism and respecting parents, teachers and women.

A wrong perception has been created outside India that Hindu society does nothing to help under privileged and weak. This is the contrary to the fact that Hindu spiritual organisations have been contributing significantly to the society, said columnist and co-co-convener of the Hindu Spiritual and Service Foundation (HSSF) S. Gurumurthy told the media conference here.

“The objective of the proposed fair is to correct an unfair perception about a majority population of the country and build a proper image of India that tallies with the reality to enable the country, which is emerging as a global power, to play its rightful role in the world,” he said.

Citing few examples, Gurumurthy said Satya Sai Foundation provided drinking water to 700 drought-affected villages. For this, it laid2500 km long pipe line underground and constructed more than 200water tanks with own funds.

The society and Hindu organisations will get a better feeling about the good works done by such organisations and this fair will encourage them to do more work in future, he said.

“We want to release the Hindu phenomenon from the limitations of political definitions and make Hindu philosophy a comprehensive and non-conflicting culture and civilization phenomenon, “ Gurumurthy added.

The HSSF, which has been successfully organizing such a fair in Chennai since 2009, will hold similar fairs in nine States including Odisha.

Foundation president Murali Manohar Sharma said 250 to 300 religious and social organizations would participate in the fair. To create awareness on six issues, competitions on science, intellect, drawing, sports, debate and patriotic songs would be held among school students at different levels. A total of 40 competition programmes would be held, he said. About 50,000 students would gather at the Lower PMG to recite “Vande Mataram” to mark beginning of the fair. Similarly, spiritual and cultural discourses would be delivered by noted persons at the fair every day.

Among others, foundation secretary Anil Dhir, vice-president Jeetendra Gupta and national lever worker Sanjay Kumar were present.