President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday inaugurated the International Gita Mahotsava-2017 at Kurukshetra in Haryana and said that the message of the Bhagavad Gita is relevant for all times to come.

“From an ancient society based on agriculture to a society based on commerce and industry, and now to a knowledge society — the message of the Gita has been everlasting. The Gita guides us in resolving the dilemmas and struggles between right and wrong that exist within every human being. “What is right and what is wrong?”, “What should we do and not do?” Answers to these questions emerge from the Gita,” he said.

Mr. Kovind said the eternal message of Gita transcends the barriers of age and time and the boundaries of countries.

“All people should celebrate Gita Mahotsav every day in their mind as well as at their homes,” he said, adding that the International Gita Mahotsav is a celebration of the moral, spiritual and cultural renaissance not only in Haryana and the country, but in the entire world.

Living standards

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while stressing the need for raising the standard of living of people to eradicate the menace of corruption from the society, pointed out that it could be made possible only with the help of Bhagavad Gita, which is more relevant in the 21st century.

“Though a tab could be kept on corruption with the help of law and justice but to eradicate it from all levels, the living standard of people would have to be raised. This can be made possible only if people imbibed in them the teachings of sacred Gita. In the fight between justice and injustice, justice would always prevail,” Mr. Khattarsaid.