On the occasion of 154th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Culture Department organized 'Bharat Jaago' marathon at Gandhi Udyan in Raipur on Thursday.
Chhattisgarh legislative Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal inaugurated the programmes organized at Mahant Ghasidas Memorial Museum in the city.
In his address , Agrawal called on youth to make India clean, beautiful . On the occasion, the Speaker and other guests visited the art gallery of Mahant Ghasidas Museum, where photo and digital rangoli exhibition based on life of Swami Vivekananda was held.
In the programme, winners of inter-school quiz competition on Swami Vivekananda were distributed prizes at hands of the guests.
He asked the youngsters to take inspiration from thoughts and principles of Swami Vivekananda to determine the direction of their future.
Agarwal motivated the youngsters by reciting Swami Vivekananda's quote "arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached!".
He commemorated the contribution of Swami Vivekananda to Indian society, saying that he had fought against the social evils and had glorified India's culture, civilization and superiority across the world.
Swami Vivekananda had travelled to many countries and gave logical explanation of Indian Spiritual Philosophy. later, he toured across India to awaken the dormant eternal consciousness among people, inspiring them towards the ideology of nationalism, Agarwal said.
Chairman of Apex Bank Ashok Bajaj said that Swami Vivekananda enlightened the world by spreading the knowledge of Indian culture and spirituality.
Bajaj flagged of the 'Bharat Jaago' marathon from Gandhi Udyan. This marathon ended at Mahant Ghasidas Museum, after crossing Gaurav Path and Ambedkar Chowk.