EVENT:Umang Festival- Mera Bharat Kahan I Venue: ISKCON Ahmedabad I Date: 15th September, 2015 I Participants: 250
Event: Umang Festival- Mera Bharat Kahan
Venue: ISKCON Ahmedabad
Date: 15th September
Participants: 250
The festival was held on evening of 15th September at beautiful temple hall of ISKCON Ahmedabad. Around 250 undergraduate students various universities in and around the city participated. The theme of the festival was " Mera Bharat Kahan".
Youngsters are the hope of any nation. With a whopping 356 million people, of its citizens between 10-24 years of age, which is more than US population, there is a great hope that the nation has from them. But due to lack of spiritual knowledge, extreme academic pressure, they are unable to do much service to country.
Welcome Rangoli
Previous centuries have robbed India of the unparalleled spiritual, moral and material wealth it was once known all over world for. Today She is synonymous with unemployment, hunger, dust, corruption and outsourcing. One of the main reasons for this has been neglect of spiritual principles, that were adorned by its saints, and saintly Kings in past.
HG Asraya Krishna prabhu, delivering talk
A talk on 'Mera Bharat Mahan' was elivered by HG Asraya Krishna Prabhu, who is the coordinator of Iskcon Youth Forum for IIT Delhi, was delivered in the fest.
He explained in great detail how due to loss of spiritual principles, our leaders have become blind to the purpose of life. This he said, is cause of all problems which are faced by India, and any other country in world. Unless, we try to know what God wants from us, we'll never be happy.
HG Yashomati Nandan Prabhu
The talk was followed by a short address by HG Yashomati Nandan Prabhu, ISKCON Ahmedabad president and a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON's founder acarya.
The struggle between us and our mind, was represented through a drama, "Me and My Mind",performed by ISKCON Ahemdabad devotees. It also showed how one could win over wickd mind by chanting the Hare Krsna Mahamanta-
Mantra Rock Show
" Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare "
The program culminated with matra rock show and prasadam.
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