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- Over 50,000 swayamsevaks gathered at Reshimbagh, joined by Bhagwat, Kovind, Gadkari, Fadnavis, and global diplomats; the Shastra Puja showcased traditional and modern arms, symbolizing a vigilant, self-reliant Bharat.
- Kovind linked RSS values to Gandhi, Shastri, and Ambedkar, dispelling misconceptions, promoting the Panch Parivartan initiative, and urging youth to shape politics for a united Bharat by 2047.
- Bhagwat addressed security (Pahalgam, Naxalism), economic self-reliance amidst global challenges, Himalayan conservation, and the RSS’s focus on character-building through shakhas, advocating a holistic development model.
Reshimbagh ground in Nagpur wore its century of saffron on its sleeve on Thursday as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) hosted its Vijayadashami utsav, on yet another landmark year on its home turf.
Founded on the same day in 1925 by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the Sangh marked the occasion with its annual gathering at the site of its firstshakha (an RSS branch office). The ground was lined with saffron banners and filled with rows of swayamsevaks (volunteers) in uniform, with an attendance estimated at over 50,000. On stage were RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and formerPresident of India Ram Nath Kovind as chief guest. Along with them Union minister Nitin Gadkari, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis, both mahrahtrian clad in RSS uniform. Saints and diplomats from the US, UK, Australia, Ghana and South Africa on either side of the main stage.
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The programme began at 7.40 am under a shamiana set with banners. Kovind and Bhagwat performed the shastra puja, the ceremonial worship of arms, before an array that included swords and shields alongside replicas of Pinaka rocket launchers, mock-ups of their upgraded versions and surveillance drones. The rituals, conducted to vedic chants and bells, were followed by synchronised lathi drills by the swayamsevaks. Kovind later laid a wreath at Hedgewar’s samadhi before addressing the gathering. He describedthe RSS as a banyan tree that offered pride and shelter to the people of Bharat and recalled Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to a shakha in 1934 and Ambedkar’s observations on caste and equality, urging young people to enter politics if they wished to shape the future.
Kovind paid homage to Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, linking their legacies of non-violence and service to the ethos of the RSS. “On this Vijayadashami, we bow to the architects of our freedom,” he said. Likening the RSS to “a sacred, sprawling banyan tree that brings together the people of Bharat, providing them with pride and the rejuvenation of glory and progress,” he called for misconceptions about the organisation to be dispelled.
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BY Outlook News Desk |
