Medical Education Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang today prayed for the good health of the people of the state by offering prayers to the god of health, Lord Dhanvantari at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras. On the call of Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang, for the first time in Madhya Pradesh, Lord Dhanvantari is being worshipped on Dhanteras in medical colleges.
Minister Sarang said that during the churning of the ocean, on the day of Dhanteras, Lord Dhanvantari had appeared with Amrit Kalash and herbs. According to the scriptures, only by his blessings one gets the boon of a healthy body and health. Our medical college is also the project where we provide healthy body and health benefits to the public by making doctors. With this intention, Lord Dhanvantari has been worshipped with rituals in all the medical colleges of the state on Dhanteras for the making of a healthy Madhya Pradesh.
Minister Sarang informed that on the occasion of Dhanteras, Dhanwantri Dev Puja was performed in medical colleges all over Madhya Pradesh. Its sole purpose is that the doctors who live with the determination to serve the suffering humanity, they get the blessings of Lord Dhanvantri Ji and the patients taking health benefits in the hospitals affiliated to the medical colleges get the boon of a healthy body.
Minister Sarang said that this initiative of the Medical Education Department will continue uninterruptedly. Now every year on Dhanteras, the god of health, Lord Dhanvantari will be duly worshipped in all the medical colleges of the state. Today, on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras, the family members of the doctors, students and patients participated in Dhanvantri Puja in all the medical colleges of the state and prayed for the good health of all. Arogya Bharati National Organisation Secretary Dr Ashok Kumar Varshney, Gandhi Medical College Dean Dr. Arvind Rai, Hamidia Hospital Superintendent Dr Ashish Gohia along with physicians and students were present in the programme held in Bhopal.