Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Saturday that pupils in schools across the state will be taught to recite’shlokas’ from the Bhagavad Gita beginning in the next academic session. The Chief Minister made the news at the ongoing International Gita Mahotsav in Kurukshetra, according to an official press release. Om Birla, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, was also present.
In a seminar held as part of the festival by Gita Gyan Sansthanam and Kurukshetra University, Khattar stated that books about Gita will be included in the curriculum for classes V and VII. The Chief Minister stated that the youth should internalise the essence of the Gita in their life since the message contained in this sacred book is meant for all of us, not only Arjuna.
लोकसभा अध्यक्ष श्री @ombirlakota व सीएम श्री @mlkhattar ने कुरुक्षेत्र विश्वविद्यालय में आयोजित श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता के परिप्रेक्ष्य में 'विश्व गुरु भारत' विषय पर छठी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय विचार गोष्ठी व प्रदेश के 75 स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों के सम्मान समारोह का दीप प्रज्वलित कर शुभारंभ किया। pic.twitter.com/czEv4OanK1
— CMO Haryana (@cmohry) December 11, 2021
He stated that the Gita Jayanti Samiti would be founded the next year in order to organise the annual International Gita Mahotsav on a larger scale. He said that a Mahabharata-themed museum is being developed on two acres of land at ‘Geetasthali’ in Jyotisar for Rs 205 crore. According to Khattar, Krishna Utsav will be held during the International Gita Mahotsav starting next year, similar to Ramlila.
