We are forgetting our Vedas but Vedas are a source of knowledge for the whole world: Acharya Devvrat

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Bharattma Ashok Singhal Ved Award Governor of Gujarat Acharya Devvrat

BI News, New Delhi: ‘Bharatatma Ved Award’ was presented in the memory of respected Shri Ashok Ji Singhal. On this occasion, Honorable Governor of Gujarat Acharya Devvratji was present in the program through virtual medium.Bharattma Award distribution ceremony started at 5:00 pm at Sri Satya Sai Auditorium, Delhi. This award distribution ceremony was held in the holy presence of the most revered Swami Shri Govinddev Giriji Maharaj. Honorable Governor of Gujarat, Shri Acharya Devvratji said in his video message, “Today we are forgetting our Vedas.

There is a treasure of knowledge in the Vedas. To make our ideal life meaningful, it is important to recognize ourselves. To recognize the precious life. For this, it is important for us to know about others also. Many foreign philosophers, scholars and thinkers have also described our Vedas and Puranas as great.”He underlined the life of respected late Ashok Singhal ji in ancient times and his role in today’s era. Praising the continuous promotion of this tradition by Ashok Singhal Foundation, he said that everyone should make such efforts so that the welfare education policies of a civilized society continuously reach the masses.This is the seventh series of Bharattma Awards.

Shri Shankar Math, Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Thiruvidaimarudur were awarded in the category of best Veda school, Vedamurthy Padmanabha Vivek Joshi was awarded in the excellent Veda student category and Vedamurthy Shri Vishnubhattala Nagashankar Venkata Lakshmi Narayan Ghanpathy was awarded in the ideal Veda teacher category.Brahmashree Subramanya Shrotigal, a resident of Kumbakonam area of Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, was given the Vedarita Jeevan Samman. Under this honour, Rs 5 lakh and a certificate were awarded.S. Ravi Sharmaji received this award on behalf of Sri Shankar Math, Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Thiruvidaimarudur, awarded in the category of Uttam Vedavidyalaya of the year 2023. On this achievement, he said, “It is a blessing that Shri Shankar Math has received this honor and I am receiving it.