Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav has said that wherever the Divine footsteps of Lord Krishna is lying, he is proud of us. Our government is developing all the places and krishna pilgrimage associated with the philanthropists of Shri Krishna as a pilgrimage.
He said that like the Ram Vanaman Path, we are working for the development of Shri Krishna Patiya. Under this, Ujjain’s Sandipani Ashram, Dhar’s Janapav and Amzera will be made pilgrimage. All these places are as holy as Gokul. The Chief Minister said that Lord Krishna killed Kansa and established democracy at the time. Gopal Krishna and Balaram had a special attachment to Makhan. This Makhan could not reach Mathura from Gokul, so Sri Krishna formed a team of his colleagues in childhood and started bursting the Makhan’s Makhan being taken to Gokul. It was similar to an open rebellion against the then extremist forces. In life, Yogiraj Shri Krishna presented the karmist aim of life to the society through various pastimes.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav was addressing the Sri Krishna Janmotsav festival, Haladhar Mahotsav and Liladhar Manifesto celebrations held at the Chief Minister’s residence on Saturday. Chief Minister Dr. Yadav inaugurated the program by lighting Jalabhishek, worship and lamp of Balgopal Krishna Swaroop amid the chanting of the priest of ISKCON temple at the grand ceremony of Janmashtami. The statue of Lord Krishna (Laddoo Gopal), Krishna literature and Prasadi were distributed to the religious brothers who attended the program on behalf of ISKCON International Institution.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that Lord Krishna preached the Gita to Arjuna in the Mahabharata, a fierce battle between the Kauravas and Pandavas and always stood with the Pandavas to protect religion. Sri Krishna did not sit his son on the throne while leaving Dwarkapuri. He always wore a peacock on his head. In this way, Yogeshwar Shri Krishna always put his rural cultural heritage with his head.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that the state government is encouraging Shri Krishna’s knowledge, his teachings and cultural heritage. The government has launched Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Kamdhenu Yojana to increase the income of farmers from the conservation of Gaumata and milk production.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that the state government has set up a Sandipani schools in the state to make every house to house Gokul and cremate Gopal Krishna by cremating children in every house, teaching them the life ideal of Maryada Purushottam Swaroop of Lord Shri Ram and imparting quality education. He said that the whole episode of Lord Krishna and Sudama’s friendship is an excellent example of social harmony.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav informed that under the Sri Krishna Janmashtami festival, Haladhar Mahotsav and Liladhar Manifesto festival, devotional cultural programs are being organized in major temples at 162 places in the Culture Department Madhya Pradesh. Apart from this, attractive decorations and adornments have also been done on the occasion of Janmashtami in more than 3 thousand Shri Krishna temples of the state. Among them, local MPs, ministers and MLAs, other public representatives are celebrating Janmashtami festival with full enthusiasm with the public. He said that for attractive decoration and makeup in temples, the government will give three prizes of Rs 1.50 lakh, five prizes of one lakh rupees and seven prizes of 51 thousand rupees, a total of 15 awards will be given by the government.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav distributed the idols of Bal Swaroop Gopal Krishna, Singar, Regari, Makhan Mishri and Prasadi to mothers, sisters in the Sri Krishna Janmashtami program. Chief Minister Dr. Yadav also sang the song ‘Elephant horse palanki-jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki, Nand Ghar Anand Bhayo-Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki’ and Balagopal’s Pushpavarsha also sang Matki Fodi and ‘Govinda Ala Re’. On this occasion, more than one thousand Bal Gopal, equipped in the attractive costumes of Shri Krishna and Radha, attended this grand Janmashtami festival. His parents and mothers sisters were present in large numbers in the program.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav enjoyed the presences of melodious song music based on the pastimes of Lord Krishna and Radharani and also enjoyed the children present in the program in the form of Kishan Kanhaiya. The Chief Minister also pulled up groups with everyone.
In the program, Minister of State for Backward Classes and Minority Welfare (Independent Charge) Mrs. Krishna Gaur, Minister of State for Public Health and Medical Education Shri Narendra Shivaji Patel, Khajuraho MP Mr. VD Sharma, Bhopal MP Mr. Alok Sharma, MLA Mr. Rameshwar Sharma, MLA Mr. Bhagwan Das Sabnani, Bhopal Mayor Mrs. Malti Rai, Municipal Corporation President Shri Kishan Suryavanshi, former Union Minister Shri Suresh Pachauri, Chief Secretary Shri Anurag Jain, Police Kailash Makwana, Additional Chief Secretary, Chief Minister’s Office Mr. Neeraj Mandloi, Secretary and Commissioner Public Relations Dr. Sudam Khade, Culture Advisor to Chief Minister Mr. Sri Ram Tiwari, former Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Raghunandan Sharma, former officials of the organization Mr. Makhan Singh, social worker Mr. Hitanand Sharma, Mr. Ravindra Yati, Mr. Sumit Pachauri and many religious bonds were present.