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Nearly six decades after the 1966 Jorhat Sant Sammelan, the Poorvottar Sant Manikanchan Sammelan, a similar religious congregation, was held on Thursday at Assam’s Majuli.
Majuli is the world’s largest riverine island situated in the Brahmaputra River in the convergence of the Kherkutia Xuti, an anabranch of the Brahmaputra, and the Subansiri River.
The Sammelan was attended by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak or chief Mohan Bhagwat alongside several spiritual leaders.
As many as 104 spiritual leaders from 48 satras and 37 religious institutions from across the Northeast region participated in the sammelan. Satras in Assam are large prayer halls adjoining shrines, which usually have residential dormitories for monks.
Bhagwat met satradhikars or heads of the different sects at the sammelan and asked them to foster coordination, goodwill and harmony between different Hindu sects and religious communities.
Speaking at the sammelan, Bhagwat said all nations have their unique way of life, and national identity and nature are known by that culture. Terming ‘Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti’ or “the same truth is revealed differently by different intellectuals” as the culture of ‘Bharat’, he said, “The inclusive tradition of a nation exists only in this country.”
Stating that the ongoing period is “crucial”, the RSS chief appealed to everyone to stand firmly together and spread the message of unity and peace in the world.
He explained the idea of unity and said while people of ‘Bharat’ have the same ancestors, unity is not uniformity, rather “oneness”, which means the nation’s unity will move forward by maintaining its diversity.
Bhagwat focused on service, healthcare, education and employment to make the country self-reliant.
He called upon all religious and spiritual leaders to inculcate the need for national awareness in families and people in general, especially the younger generation, and said “social evils have to be eradicated through compassionate attitude, in the same way Shrimant Sankaradeva had brought about social reforms through his own noble life in Assam”.
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