Spirit of oneness stressed on Gum Puja day
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, May 22 2017:
The 4-day long silver jubilee ceremony of all communities Guru Puja 2017 organized by Suryabara Sana Kala Kendra kicked off at Malem Ima Community Hall, Thangmei-band Y umnam Leikai today.
Governor Dr Najma Heptullah, Chairman (MA-NIDCO) Dr Radheshyam Yumnam, Sqdn Ldr TS Singh, Under Secretary Ng Noren, State general secretary, BJP Manipur
Pradesh, N Nimbus, Principal SCM English School, Singjamei, Sh Ibohal Singh, Padmashree awardee & Ex-Principal JN Manipur Dance Academy Ksh Thouranishabi Devi and member of ISKCON Manipur, Banamali Das attended the function as chief guest, president, guest of honour and resource persons respectively.
People from all the communities of Manipur took part in the auspicious ceremony.
Governor Dr Najma Hep-tullah and Dr Radhe-shyam Yumnam initiated the candle-lighting phase of the function.
The dignitaries present in the function paid floral tributes to the photos of the Gurus.
They were also presented a badge and a shawl each.
Maulana Zakir Hussain presented a beautiful Muslim religious prayer Qirat while Surbala and her party performed Guru Pranam in front of the audience.
Giving the welcome and keynote address, secretary of Suryabara Sana Kala Kendra, H Krishnakumar said that today they witnessed a unity of puja of all communities that shows the solidarity and peace of all communities.
Focusing on the relationship between the gurus and their students, the Governor stated that guru is the creator, preserver and destroyer.
She cited the example of the relationship between Ar-juna and his guru Dro- nacharya from whom he had learnt the skills of archery and warfare that he is famous for in Indian history.
She also stated that Eklavya obeyed his teacher even to the extent of sacrificing his thumb to fulfil his guru's wish.
Expressing her happiness on celebrating the silver jubilee ceremony of all communities Guru Puja 2017, she said, "Even if we speak in Hindi or Urdu, we are children of one motherland i.e.Mother India.
India has given Manipur rich natural resources, tradition and culture.
We get food, clothing, shelter and scenery from the soils of the motherland.
It is our duty to return and show gratitude to our motherland" .
She further said, "We can pay tribute to our gurus (guru dakshina) by planting a tree on every guru puja day and try our best to make the State clean and green" .
Stressing that the Guru Puja is the urgent need of the present day society, Sh Ibohal Singh said that the relationship between the teacher and the taught is the highest and it makes the world thrive under the umbrella of love, humanity and peaceful tranquillity.
Stating that today is a memorable day, Ksh Thouranishabi Devi said that the interaction of all religious communities of the State under one roof is synonymous to flowers of different colours blooming in one common garden.