Mangalore, October 22: The Bharath Parikrama Yatra undertaken by RSS Pracharak Seetharam Kedilaya of Puttur with an intention to 'Know Bharat, Be Bharat and Make Bharat Vishwaguru' reached Mangalore on Monday, October 22.
Addressing the media persons at Bikarnakatte here, Mr Kedilaya said there is need to stop commercialization, materialization and politicization of any issues. He said spiritualism is the need of hour. He said people should preserve rural values to conserve the integrity of the society of a population in a given area.
He also performed Gopooja and planted a jack-fruit sapling. As Yatra entered the city at Pumpwell, top functionaries of RSS, Sangh Parivar leaders and others welcomed Mr Kedilaya.
Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, Kshethreeya Sampark Pramukh, Gopal Chetttiyar Kshethreeya Seva Pramukh, Dr P Vaman Shenoy, Vibhag Sanghachalak, Prof MB Puranik, VHP Chief, PS Prakash, Vibhag Karyavah of RSS, Janardhan Uppala , Mangalore Rural Karyavah, Bhaojaraj Mangalore City Karyavah and several other local office bearers of Sangh and Parivar including Rashtra Sevika Samiti were present during Bharat Parikrama Yatra.
Launched on August 9 this year at Kanyakumari, the Yatra is aimed to cover 15000km reaching almost all districts of India in an approximate span of 5 years.
During Yathra, Mr Kedilaya goes for a 'Gram Sampark' where villagers, selected individuals of the village including large number of school teachers, village physicians or gram vaidya, village heads meet him personally.
Later, Kedilaya delivers speech on various topics such as protection of land, protection of cow, conservation of trees, conservation of biodiversity, protection of individuals and families (Jan Sandhan), conservation of water, preservation of native village culture, rural employment and preservation of values of rural medicine.
On Tuesday the Yatra will reach Baikampady here.
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