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Nagpur, January 17: After exhorting the whole country in 108 days the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra today concluded at Reshim Bagh Ground of Nagpur. Addressing the grand valedictory function noted Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev called upon the people to contribute in cow protection as per their capacity. He warned if we fail to protect the cow today the existence of the whole world would be at stake.
Describing the cow as the foundation of atmaupachar (self treatment) and atmasakshatkar (self realization) the leading Yoga Guru said the cow is the symbol of rashtrodaya (national uplift) through gramodaya (village uplift). “The cow is not a communal creature rather she looks after all without any discrimination,” he said adding that the consumption of cow urine everyday keeps many diseases away and the chances of constipation are too no more. He said a cow can provide sufficient money through her urine and dung only even if she does not give milk. He assured to purchase the cow urine in any quantity at Rs seven per litre.
RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat appealed to the countrymen to accord the cow a place in their daily life. He said the cow would not be protected only by shouting slogans and she would have to be made a partner in the practical life by all of us. He said there was a time when the talk of cow and the village used to be termed outdated but today the picture has reversed and both the cow and the village have become integral part of any agenda for sustainable development even in this modern age. He said the more the cities would expand the more they would become news less. “Everyone in the village recognizes each other and it is a disciplined life even without any controlling system,” he said describing the cow-based life as the best life.
Gokarna Peethadhishwar Shankaracharya Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji described the event as the beginning of a worldwide movement. He said there are people who have strength but do not have compassion to the cow and there are also some people who have compassion to the cow but do not have strength. But the RSS is the organisation which not only has strength but also has compassion to the goumata,” he said describing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as the incarnation of God in the form of an organisation. He said since the birth of RSS took place in Nagpur therefore the second birth of the cow would also take place in Nagpur itself.
Pramukh Sanchalika of Rashtriya Sevika Samiti Pramilatai Medhe said the protection of the cow is the matter of people and not the law. “The cow protection depends upon the treatment we accord to her at our home,” she said.
Sardar Harpal Singh said there would be peace in the world only when Bharat would lead it. He said we would celebrate the next Diwali only when the cow slaughter is banned in the country.
Shri Sahdev Das appealed to the gathering to use only the products made of the cow provided materials.
The massive gathering assembled at Reshim Bagh Ground indicated as if the whole city turned to extend its support to the cause of cow protection. The entire ground was packed to its capacity. Besides Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat and Gokarna Peethadhishwar Shankaracharya Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji, the Karvir Peeth Shankaracharya Shri Narsingh Bharati Saraswati, president of Acharya Mahasabha Swami Dayananda Saraswati,Jain saint Shri Pavitra Sagar Maharaj, Buddhist saint Shri Bhante Jnan Jagat Maharaj and Shri Bhadant Rahul Baudhi, Maulana Bashir Qdari and many other distinguished leaders also expressed their resolve for cow protection.
It is to be noted that the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra had started from Kurukshetra on September 30 and it traversed the distance of over 22000 km in 108 days.
Prior to the concluding ceremony, the Gou Gram Yatra Samiti leaders including national working president Dr HR Nagendra, national secretary Shri Shankar Lal, Dr Dinesh, etc. visited Deeksha Bhumi and paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar.
National secretary Dr Shankarlal said the main Yatra as well as more than 10,000 upyatras exhorted each and every village, city and street of the country during the last 108 days. He said not only the Hindus but the Christians and Muslims too extended their support to the cause of cow protection. He said thousands of social organisations of the country participated in various functions of the Yatra.
He pointed out that the signature campaign conducted during the Yatra proved the biggest signature campaign ever conducted in the world. He said crores of people extended their support to the cause of cow protection through this campaign.
He said the Shankaracharyas, Ramanujacharyas, Madhvacharyas, Ramanandacharyas, Mahamandaleshwars, Akharas, Jain saints, Buddhist saints, Namdhari saints, Valmiki saints, Ramsnehi sect, Gayatri Parivar, Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya, Patanjali Yogapeetha, Art of Living, Chinmaya Mission and many other social, religious organisations of the country extended full support to the Yatra.
The Yatra had reached Nagpur yesterday and it was accorded grand welcome in the city.
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