Speaking at the International Gita Discourse, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha said that the Bhagvad Gita espouses the ideological freedom and tolerance and motivates every person to have a viewpoint of his own. Sri Lanka’s minister for Buddhasasana religious and cultural affairs Vidura Wickremanayake added that cultural unity and diplomacy were at the centre of bringing the Gita Mahotsav to Sri Lanka. He added that Ramayana and Bhagvad Gita shaped his childhood.
Indian High Commissioner Mr. Jha, Swami Gurusharanandji Maharaj, Gita Manishi Swami Gyanandji, Sahitya Academy awardee Prof. Asanga Tillekaratne and Mr. Wickremanayake participated in the Gita discourse
02/03/24 | 8:08 pm
The International Gita Mahotsav continued on the second day today at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre at Colombo
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