Gorakhpur,

01 July (HS): On Tuesday, President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the Mahayogi

Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University in Gorakhpur and attend a number of official

engagements as part of her two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, authorities said. Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath greeted the event, describing it as the start of a

new era in health and culture in the state. According to sources,

the President would open the Rs 268 crore AYUSH University at Pipri, Bhathat;

at around 11.30 a.m. Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath will welcome her at the event. Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, Uttar

Pradesh Minister of State for AYUSH and Food Safety (Independent Charge), as

well as local MP Ravi Kishan Shukla and other dignitaries, will attend the

event.

In

a post on X on Tuesday morning, Adityanath stated that a new age of health and

culture is beginning in Gorakhpur. The

opening of Uttar Pradesh's first AYUSH University in the august presence of

Honourable President Droupadi Murmu ji heralds the dawn of a new era in

healthcare services. He expressed optimism in the university's future, saying,

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji's leadership, this university will

emerge as a beacon of Indian knowledge traditions, yoga, Ayurveda, and holistic

health, in addition to being a center of medical education. Yogi

Adityanath, the Peethadhishwar (head) of Goraksha Peeth, a major Nath sect

seat, emphasized the region's spiritual and service-oriented tradition.

In

a separate tweet, the chief minister stated that education is the cornerstone

of a civilized, cultured, and powerful community. “I shall participate in the

inauguration and foundation stone laying event at Mahayogi Gorakhnath University

in Gorakhpur, with the blessings of Mahayogi Guru Shri Gorakhnath ji and the

gracious presence of President Droupadi Murmu ji and Governor Anandiben Patel

ji. He stated that the institution would become a vibrant hub of value-based

innovation, skill-based research, and character development. The blessed soil

of Gorakhpur is now working ceaselessly toward the ideal of a 'Developed India

-- Developed Uttar Pradesh' as a 'Aarogyadham-Gyanadham' (abode of health and

knowledge), he added.

Officials

said the President will also open the academic building, auditorium,

Panchakarma unit, and lay the groundwork for a ladies' hostel at the Mahayogi

Gorakhnath University Aarogyadham campus in Sonbarsa. President Murmu began her

tour on Monday in Bareilly, where she served as the principal guest at the

Indian Veterinary Research Institute's 11th convocation. Later that day, she

arrived in Gorakhpur to attend the first convocation of AIIMS Gorakhpur. She also went to the famed Gorakhnath temple,

where she offered prayers amidst Vedic chanting by pupils.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi