The Gita Jayanti Mahotsava would be organised on a large scale all over Haryana from December 17 to 21.
The State level Gita Jayanti Mahotsav will be organised for five days from December 17 to 21 at Kurukshetra, said an official spokesman.
Craft melas and exhibitions would be organised during the Gita Jayanti Mahotsava.
Additional Deputy Commissioners have been given special responsibilities for this Mahotsava. State-level functions would be held in Kurukshetra from December 17 to 21 and sculptors belonging to Self Help Groups of various states would exhibit their talents in the national-level ‘Saras Mela’ to add to the grandeur of the Kurukshetra Utsav Gita Jayanti function.
The spokesman added that last year also, Gita Jayanti function was organised according to tradition at the Red Fort in New Delhi on the completion of 5,151 years of Gita Jayanti. This year, Haryana Government has taken the decision to organise Gita Jayanti function in all districts of the state.
The spokesman said that district-level seminars on theme related with Bhagavad Gita would be organised in all districts on December 20, with the help of the Education Department. On December 21, ‘Nagar Shobha Yatra’ would be organised with the help of NGOs, social and religious bodies and other institutions.
District Education Officers would select 51 boys and 51 girls in their districts to chant ‘shlokas’ during the Shobha Yatra.
He said that various activities, including an essay competition on the topic ‘Gita Ka Mere Jeevan Par Parbhav’ and competitions of calligraphic writing, painting, slogan and recitation of shlokas from the Gita, would be organised from December 1 to 18.
Cash awards of `11,000, `5,100 and `2,100 would be given away to those who bag the first, second and third positions, respectively, during cultural evening and prize distribution functions in all districts on December 21.
The spokesman added that Kurukshetra has special significance in terms of culture and history not only in India, but also in the entire world, as it is renowned as the birthplace of Indian civilisation and culture, as well as the oldest centre of spiritual contemplation.