Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, stressed to follow the preaching of Sant Kabir Das and claimed that the country and society would only progress if one did not leave the work for tomorrow and started it immediately.
“We have to understand our responsibility. Kabir Das ji had warned about duty and said - 'Kal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab'. Do not make a habit of postponing work. Whatever you have to do tomorrow, do it today and what you have to do today, start now. Many people watch muhurta, it is a habit to avoid work. Avoidance does not solve the problem. Only by following the path of karma, we can progress our society, our country,” Yogi Adityanath said while stressing to follow the paths shown by Sant Kabir Das.
Addressing a gathering in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind, Yogi Adityanath said that Sant Kabir Das always opposed orthodoxy. “He had raised a voice against it and that is why he came to Maghar. At that time it was said that on coming to Maghar one gets hell. Kabir Das ji came here against it and made it heaven. Today many works of tourism development are being done here,” he said.
The chief minister said that the inauguration of three big projects was being completed in Maghar on Sunday with the arrival of President Kovind. These include the construction of Sant Kabir Academy and Research Institute at a cost of Rs 31.49 crore, through which research work will be done on Sant Kabir Das’ folk literature, his sakhi, bijak, shabad, his accomplishment. Besides, construction of Interpretation Centre at a cost of Rs 17.61 crore and beautification of Kabir Nirvana Sthali in Maghar at a cost of Rs 37.66 lakh is also included under Swadesh Darshan Yojana.
The chief minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked for setting goals for the next 25 years of the Amrit period to connect everyone in the year of Amrit Mahotsav. “When every citizen joins with this resolve, then we can achieve this goal,” he said.
The chief minister thanked the Tourism and Culture Department of UP and the Culture Ministry of the Government of India for taking forward this programme to make the vision of Sant Kabir Das alive in front of the coming generation according to the feelings and vision of the prime minister.
He said that this entire area would touch new heights of development and achieve success in attracting many devotees.
The chief minister said that the foundation stones of the projects inaugurated in Maghar on Sunday were laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said under the leadership of the prime minister, many programs were being run to beautify and recognise many places in the country. He said the Swadesh Darshan Yojana was an ambitious scheme of the Government of India to connect people ideologically, to provide a new direction to society and to develop tourism of the country’s traditional pilgrimage places.
The chief minister said that many programmes of Ramayana circuit, Krishna circuit, spiritual circuit, Buddhist circuit were being run at different places in the country. He said under this, work was being done to further the possibilities of tourism development, as well as to provide better basic facilities for devotees and citizens besides employment.
Kashi, where Sant Kabir Das was born, was inaugurated by the prime minister on December 13, 2021, at Kashi Vishwanath Dham. Today more than one lakh devotees are going there for darshan every day. Through this wide employment opportunities have been realised. Similarly, in Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Kedarnath Dham in the high Himalayas, similar work has been done to increase many possibilities of development.
The chief minister said that World Environment Day was being observed on Sunday and “our saints, sages, and great men have always inspired us to move forward with the environment”.
He expressed happiness that the Aami river of Maghar, which was highly polluted five years ago, had been made pollution free through a systematic action plan. He said that the prime minister had taken a pledge to make Amrit Sarovar in every village during the Amrit Mahotsav year of independence.
The chief minister stressed on planting more and more heritage trees like Peepal, Pakad, Banyan, Neem, Native Mango etc. to conserve the environment.