Simhastha 2016: Int'l symposium on religion to be held at Indore

The State will host an international symposium on 'Religion For Welfare of Humankind ' as a part of series of symposia to mark the occasion of Simhastha 2016.  It will be held at Indore from October 24 to 26, 2015. Over 150 philosophers, subject experts and scholars of repute from across the world will be participating in the symposium.

The CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan while chairing a high level meeting at Mantralaya here today reviewed the preparations.  The Minister for Tourism and culture Surendra Patwa, MP Anil Madhav Dave and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa attended the meeting.The CM informed that a symposium on the topic - Science and Spirituality will be held in February next at Ujjain. The last in the series of symposia will be held at Ujjain from May 12 to 14, 2016. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest. Similarly, Bhopal will be hosting a symposium focussing on Environment and Climate Change on November 21 and 22. Environmental experts from SAARC countries will participate in the symposium.

The meeting was informed that representatives of different religions, faiths and beliefs will be invited to participate in the symposium on Religion for Welfare of Humankind. They will speak on sub-topics like world Peace, nature and environment, human dignity, moral and spiritual values IJinherent in multi-religion and culturalism. Those present included Additional Chief Secretary Finance Ajay Nath, Principal Secretary Culture Manoj Shrivastava, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister SK Mishra, Commissioner of Archaeology Ajatshatru Shrivastava, Secretary to CM Hariranjan Rao, Sanchi University's CEO Rajesh Gupta.