Lucknow, 28 July (HS): To mark the 650th birth anniversary

of Sant Shiromani Ravidas, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will organize department-level

harmony marches across the country. VHP Central Minister and All India Social

Harmony Chief Devji Bhai Rawat said that Sant Ravidas's message of social

harmony, equality, and spirituality remains as relevant and inspiring for

society today.

Devji Bhai Rawat said, “VHP will organize various programs

across the country, including Harmony Yatras, to effectively convey the

thoughts of Saint Ravidas and his message of social harmony to every section of

society. He added that each state will decide the dates of the Harmony Yatras

as per its convenience. The Harmony Yatra will be held in Awadh province between

September 27 and October 4.

He said that from the birthplace of Ravidas ji to his

samadhisthan, wherever there are places and temples associated with him,

harmony marches will be organized. Saints will also participate in the

padyatras. Harmony feasts will be organized at the block level.

Apart from this, this year VHP will also run a membership

drive from 22 November to 13 December. This time the organisation has set a

target of making more than two crore members. VHP will also celebrate the birth

centenary year of Ashok Singhal. During this, various programmes including cow

conference, farmer conference, Veda Vidyalaya gathering, harmony seminars,

goodwill meetings and training classes for Archak-Purohit and Sarvajati Purohit

will be organised. Along with Sant Ravidas Jayanti, VHP will also organise

programmes for the birth centenary of Ashok Singhal. Ashok Singhal was born on

27 September 1926. He died on 17 November 2015.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi