The seers who congregated in Haridwar from across the country to celebrate Ganga Dushehra festival on Thursday pledged to keep Ganga clean under all circumstances. To mark the occasion, a discourse on epic Ramayana was started by a seer from southern India Swami Ved Vidyananda. Among others , a cabinet minister of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh Suresh Khanna and a Cabinet Minister of Uttarakhand Subodh Uniyal were present on the occasion.
The head of Parmarth Niketan Swami Chidanand Saraswati exhorted everyone to keep the rivers flowing through the length and breadth of the land clean. Speaking on the importance of cleanliness, the seer said the sewage points must turn into places of exemplary cleanliness. He also stressed on a movement to keep the river Chandrabhaga clean and also urged for its beautification. Suresh Khanna invited the people for 2019 Kumbh slated in UP.
Havan and yajnas for purification of Ganga were performed by the seers present and several chapters of Ganga lehri were recited to mark the occasion.