To celebrate birth centenary of two great personalities - Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay and Nanaji Deshmukh - a Gramodya fair, exhibiton and dialogue programme would be organised by the Deendayal Research Institute of Chitrakoot from February 24 till 27.
The year 2016-17 marks birth centenary of two great personalities the father of Integral Humanism Pandit Deendayal Updhaya and the architect of Integral Humanism of Nanaji Deskmukh.
On the seventh anniversary of Nanaji programmed paying tribute would be organised from February 24 -27.
In the programme which will display the heritage of country, development and growth in the form of Gramodya fair. Rural Development Ministers of all the states would participate in the fair and discuss with the villagers.
Discussions, debates, seminars and competitions would be held in the four day event during the day and in the evening cultural programmes would be organised.
In the progamme Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for Development Narendra Singh Tomar, Rural Development Ministers of all the States, union ministers and experts would participate.
General Secretary of Pandit Deendayal Updhaya research institute Atul Jain said that the institute is working on all aspects of life with the initiative of people and for the development of nation at Chitrakoot and at several places in the country.
Tribute is paid by locals in Chirkoot and across the country on the anniversary of Saint of Nation Nanaji on February 27 after his sad demise on February 27, 2011.