Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday offered Nepal to be the partner Country for the International Gita Jayanti Mahotsav scheduled to be held at Kurukshetra this year from December 3 to December 8.
He made this offer when Ambassador of Nepal to India Nilamber Acharya called on him here.
Khattar said that Haryana has been celebrating Gita Jayanti Mahotsav of International Level for the last three years and every year a country is invited to become a partner country for the event. This year, Nepal is invited to be a partner country. He said that an International Seminar on Shrimad Bhagwad Gita would also be organized as part of the celebrations on December 6 and the devotees and scholars from Nepal could participate in it.
He said as a result of efforts made by Haryana for the promotion of Shrimad Bhagwad Gita at a grand scale, many other countries have also started celebrating Gita Jayanti in their countries.
"Mauritius organized Gita Mahotsav in the month of February 2019 and now it is being organized in United Kingdom (UK) from August 7 to August 9, 2019. Canada has also proposed to organize similar Mahotsav in their country," he added
Ambassador of Nepal to India Nilamber Acharya said that India and Nepal has lot of similarities though Nepal is a small country. He said that both Haryana and Nepal could collaborate in the fields of agriculture, agro industry and industrialization and share their best practices thus contribute significantly in the development of India and Nepal, he added
