In Rishikesh, Home Minister Amit Shah released the centenary issue of Kalyan magazine, with Chief Minister Dhami also in attendance
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah today attended the centenary celebrations of the renowned Kalyan magazine of Gita Press Gorakhpur at Geeta Bhavan (Number Seven) in Swargashram Jounk. He was welcomed at the Ved Niketan helipad. He then participated in the program held at Geeta Bhavan.
During the event, he released the centenary issue of Kalyan magazine. It was stated that 175 million copies of Kalyan magazine have been published so far. The Arogya (Health) issue was also released. 222,000 copies of the Arogya issue have been published. After spending about two hours there, he will leave for Haridwar via Barrage Road to attend another program.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the central government is continuously working towards building a self-reliant nation. Today, destructive forces like terrorism and Naxalism are unable to raise their heads in the country. It is a result of your tireless efforts that the country is making unprecedented progress in the cooperative sector, which is creating a strong institutional framework for overall development. Gita Press has been making an unparalleled contribution to the preservation and promotion of our Sanatan culture, scriptures, and Indian knowledge tradition for the past hundred years. In ancient India, when foreign powers were creating ideological confusion and misleading society, the Gita Press family performed the historic task of awakening the Indian public by publishing pure and authentic editions of our great Sanatani texts like the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Shri Ramcharitmanas, Upanishads, Puranas, etc., at minimal cost.
Since its establishment in 1923, Gita Press has published more than 101 crore religious books, not only preserving our culture and knowledge tradition but also enriching it. It is a matter of pride for all of us that the centenary issue of Kalyan magazine, started by Gita Press, was released by the Home Minister today. Kalyan magazine has not only been instilling spiritual consciousness and Indian values in us for the past hundred years but is also making a very significant contribution to the development of morality, good conduct, and cultural awareness. Chief Minister Dhami said that our state government is continuously working to establish Devbhoomi Uttarakhand as the spiritual capital of the country. We are also striving to protect cultural values and democracy in the state.
