Day 6 : Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar
<p>The 5th day of 1 month long celebration at Pramukh Swami maharaj Nagar was celebrated as the ‘International Human Solidarity Day’. Where Leaders of various faiths gathered for interfaith dialogue honouring Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s spiritually driven vision for human solidarity, world peace, and inter-faith harmony. The event was the held in the presence of tens of thousands at Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar in Ahmedabad in celebration of United Nations International Human Solidarity Day on Tuesday 20 December. The message of Pramukh Swami Maharaj encouraging interfaith harmony was the central theme of the programme titled ‘International Human Solidarity Day.’ Where other Religious leaders and representatives of various faiths solidified interfaith bonds at Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar. Pramukh Swami Maharaj has worked tirelessly to engage with people and leaders of all faiths, championing peace over conflict, dialogue over discord, love over hatred. He respected people of all</p>
01:30 PM Dec 21, 2022 IST
The 5th day of 1 month long celebration at Pramukh Swami maharaj Nagar was celebrated as the ‘International Human Solidarity Day’. Where Leaders of various faiths gathered for interfaith dialogue honouring Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s spiritually driven vision for human solidarity, world peace, and inter-faith harmony. The event was the held in the presence of tens of thousands at Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar in Ahmedabad in celebration of United Nations International Human Solidarity Day on Tuesday 20 December.
The message of Pramukh Swami Maharaj encouraging interfaith harmony was the central theme of the programme titled ‘International Human Solidarity Day.’ Where other Religious leaders and representatives of various faiths solidified interfaith bonds at Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar. Pramukh Swami Maharaj has worked tirelessly to engage with people and leaders of all faiths, championing peace over conflict, dialogue over discord, love over hatred. He respected people of all religions and faiths. His address at the Millennium World Peace Summit at The United Nations in 2000 is testament to this fact.
Talking about BAPS, Continuing Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s legacy, BAPS is an active participant in global inter-faith initiatives. Recently, BAPS participated in the G20 Religion Forum, also known as R20, hosted in Indonesia on 2-3 November 2022. Earlier this year, 1,000 representatives of different faiths gathered at a recent conference in the US, marking an important step in inter-faith dialogue within North America. The inter-faith program commemorates Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s lifelong efforts to create a harmonious world in which all faiths can peacefully coexist.
Also read: Day 3 : Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar.
Talking about the programm the programm started at 5.15pm, the evening assembly began with the chanting of God’s holy name, followed by the singing of prayers and devotional hymns. Youths performed a traditional dance to pay tribute to Pramukh Swami Maharaj. His global efforts to bring about world peace, On this special day, many religious leaders from different parts of the world came together to pay homage to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who was to them the epitome of saintliness. They reflected on his tireless efforts for inter-faith harmony and world peace.
On such auspicious occasion and while elaborating the message of Pramuk Swami Maharaj BAPS scholar said, “The most important need of the hour is harmony. As we celebrate this day of solidarity, the place of this gathering is apt since this place celebrating Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the greatest Saint of the century who bridged minds and hearts across the world, has been created by 80,000 volunteers working together.”
Shri Bawa Jain, Secretary General, World Council of Religious Leaders, USA, said, “In the three days I have been at Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar, half a million people have visited, but I have not seen a single incident of disharmony. All the big CEOs of the world should bring their teams to learn about harmonious management. This Nagar is a work of architectural genius. In my opinion, Pramukh Swami Maharaj is the modern-day Vishwakarma.”
At the end His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj said, “I bow at the feet of all the religious leaders who have come to the interfaith conference today. Everyone is doing tremendous work in their own respective fields. I again bow to everyone for coming here and gracing us with your divine speech. We were able to learn a lot through our dialogue, and everyone will leave with divine memories. In the United Nations World Peace Summit, Pramukh Swami Maharaj said that, “The greatest necessity of our age is for there to be harmony amongst all religions.” This must happen not superficially, but there must be a joyous meeting of hearts. Pramukh Swami Maharaj taught that “True religion is that which inspires love for all.”
Following are the names of all the leaders who all participated at the programm:
*Bawa Jain, Secretary General, World Council of Religious Leaders, USA
*Pujya Sri Satguru Uday Singh Ji Maharaj, Namdhari Sikh Head
*Saadiqual-eidiz-zahabi Bhaisaheb Jamaluddin, Dawoodi Bohra Community
*Professor Chirapat Prapandvidya, Representative of Rajguru (Royal Court Priest) of Thailand, Founder of Sanskrit Studies Centre at Silpakorn University, Bangkok
*Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni Ji, Jain Muni, Founder President, Ahimsa Vishwa Bharati
*Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Ladakh, Founder President, Mahabodhi International Meditation Center
*Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, Head, Jewish Community
*Archbishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan, of the Gandhinagar Archdiocese
*Padma Shri Agus Indra Udayana, Gandhi Puri Ashram, Indonesia
*Pujya Parmatmanandji, Founder Acharya, Arsha Vidya Mandir
*HE Abdul Rahman Bu Ali, Thought Leader of Bahrain
*Param Gurudev Pujya Namramuni Maharaj Saheb Ji, Jain Muni, Founder, Parasdham
*Mahamandaleshwar Pujya Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, Acharya Juna Peethadhishwar
The next day event includes :
1 Academic Conference: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Theme: International Conference on the Role of Saints in the Empowerment of Schedule Castes
Main Speakers:
Himanshu Pandya
Shri Shambhuprasad Tundiya
Shri Alok Kumar Chakrawal
Shri Milind Kamble
Shri Ramesh Chander
2 Evening Assembly: 5.00pm to 7.30pm
Theme: Equality Day: Celebrating Equality
Celebrating diversity, fraternity and equality. Remembering how Pramukh Swami Maharaj exemplified this virtue of equality by seeing each soul as divine
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