Vichar Mahakumbh, which will give universal message during Simhastha, to be held at Ninora near Ujjain from May 12 to 14. It will be inaugurated at 10 am on Thursday.
Sarsanghchalak of Rasthriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat, Swami Avdheshanand Giriji, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Sikiyong CTAD, Dharmshala's lobsang Sangay and Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya's chancellor Pranab Pandya will address the inaugural session from 10 am to 12 noon.
Parallel sessions will be held from 12.30 to 2 pm and 3 to 4.30 pm. From 5 to 7 am in 'Swachchhata Sarita Kumbh', lectures will be delivered by Chidanand Muniji, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, Prof. Jay Okeefe of South Africa and Prof. Nakamura of Japan. The session will be presided over by MP Anil Madhav Dave.
First session 'Krishi Evam Kuteer Kumbh' on May 13.
Vichar Kumbh's second day, the first session 'Krishi Evam Kuteer Kumbh' on May 13 from 9.30 to 11.30 am, lectures will be delivered by Yog Guru Swami Ramdevji, Suresh Joshi, Upakhya Bhaiyyaji Joshi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Vandana Shiva, Rebecca-New York, Manish Kumar and Subhash Palekar. Jaya Jaitley will preside over the session.
In the session 'Sustainable Development and Climate Change' from 12 noon to 1.15, Union Minister of State for Forests and Environment (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar, Dayanand Bhargava and David Frawley will deliver speeches. Subhash Kak will preside over the session. From 1.20 to 2 pm, Bhavdeep Kang will hold discussions with Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev.
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda-Thailand, Stephen Kuapp, Ramdass lamb, Michael Cremo and Yvette Rosser will address the session 'Right way of living' from 3 to 4.30 pm. Ven Banagala Upatissa Nayak Thero will preside over the session.
In the session 'Shakti Kumbh' from 5 to 7 pm, lectures will be delivered by Gita Gunde, Swamini Vimlanand and Nivedtia Bhide. Goa's Governor Mridula Sinha will preside over the session.
During special plenary session 'living the Right Way' from 9 to 11 am on the third day of Vichar Kumbh, speeches will be delivered by Sri lanka's leader of Opposition Sampathan, Bhutan's Minister DN Dhungyel, Kheel Raj Regmi-Nepal, Sadhan Chandra Majoomdar-Member of Parliament from Bangladesh, Dato SK Devmani-Malaysia, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Rajasthan's Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Jharkhand's Chief Minister Raghuvar Das, Haryana's Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar and Maharashtra's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will preside over the session.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest of concluding session from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm where universal message of Simhastha-2016 will be released. Sri lanka's President Matripala Sirisena will guest of honour. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh will also be present on the occasion.