Ekatm Yatra to collect metals for Adi Shankaracharya’s statue

Bhopal: State government has decided to launch ‘Ekatm Yatra for collection of metals and public-awareness campaign for the statue of Adi Shankaracharya in Omkareshwar. A state organizing committee has been constituted for the yatra which is to be launched in December-January. Spiritual gurus, state ministers, chairmen of various boards, public representatives, administrative officials, vice-chancellors and subject experts from various sectors have been included in the committee.

Among special invitee members included in the organizing committee are Swami Avdheshanand Giri Juna Akhada, Paramatmanand Saraswati General Secretary Acharya Mahasabha, Swami Samvit Somgiri Bikaner, Swami Govind Dev Pune, Swami Vigyanand New Delhi, Swami Harivrihandanand Uttarkashi, Swami Mudit Vayanand Rajkot, Swami Pranavanand Omkareshwar and Swami Mitranand Chinmay Mission.

Committee to have 98 members

Members of the organizing committee include Swami Hariharanand Amarkantak, Head Ramkrishna Mission Bhopal, Gwalior and Indore, Jagatdev Neshtic Vice Chancellor Gurukul University, Hoshangabad, Sudesh Shandilya Karunadham Ashram Bhopal, Anand Kanarkar Akhand Paramdham, Ujjain Swami Umesh Nath, Acharya Shekhar, Ranganathacharya, Asangji Maharaj Hyderabad, Swami Narmadanand Omkareshwar, Mahamandaleshwar Asanganand Saraswati, Uttam Swami Indore, Mahant Chandramadas Tyagi Bhopal, Mahant Rambhadracharya Chitrakut, Jabalpur’s Swami Girishanand and Sadhvi Pragya Bharti, Swami Aishwaryanand of Indore, Head Chinmay Mission Bhayyuji Maharaj, Swami Pranav Chaitanyapuri of Varanasi, Satya Sanghanand, Head Swami Narayan Community, Durganand Giri, Regional Head Prajapita Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya Madhya Pradesh besides regional heads of Swadhayay, Radhaswami, Aurobindo Ashram, Puttaparthi community, Sahajyoga, Yogada Satsang, Samanvay Samaj and Jaibaba Gurudev.

Others include Vice-Chancellor of Sanchi Boudh Vishwavidyalaya and Sandipani Ashram, former Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Professor Kutumbh Shastri, Vice-Chancellor of Punaruthhan Sansthan Smt. Indumati Katdare, Dr. Nagendra of Vivekananda Yoga Vishwavidyalaya and Professor Ramnath Jha of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Among more members nominated in the committee are state’s ministers of Planning, Economic and Statistics, Religious Trust and Endowments, Higher Education, Finance, Panchayat and Rural Development, Urban Administration and Housing, Public Relations, Home, General Administration, Culture, School Education and in charge of Khandwa, Ujjain, Rewa and Anuppur districts.

Similarly other members include Jan Abhiyan Parishad Vice-Presidents Pradeep Pandey and Raghavendra Gautam, State Mineral Corporation Chairman Shiv Choubey, Madhya Pradesh Pilgrimage and Fair Authority Chairman Vijay Dubey, Laghu Udyog Nigam Chairman Babu Singh Raghuvanshi, Chairman of Urban/Rural Unorganised Karmakar Board Sultan Singh Shekhawat, Housing Board Chairman Krishna Murari Moghe, State Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman Hitesh Vajpayee, Employees Welfare Committee Chairman Ramesh Sharma, Khadi Gramodyog Chairman Suresh Arya, Bundelkhand Development Authority Chairman Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria, State Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Tapan Bhoumik, Samaj Kalyan Board Chairman Smt. Padma Shukla, Gau-Samvardhan Board Chairman Swami Akhileshwaranand Giri and Vice- Chairman Narayan Vyas, Madhav Singh Dangi of Gwalior, Senior Journalist Ramesh Sharma, Rajya Sabha member Smt. Sampatiya Uike, MP Satyanarayan Jatia and MLA Ramlal Routel.

Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development, Urban Administration and Housing, Higher Education, Finance and General Administration Department, Principal Secretary Public Relations, School Education, Religious Trust and Endowment, Culture, Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Madhyam, all Divisional Commissioners, Jan Abhiyan Parishad Executive Director and Member Joint Secretary, subject experts Dr. Jitendra Jamdar, Shashikantmani Tripathi, Radhavallabh Tripathi, Heeralal Shukla, Krishnakant Chaturvedi, social workers Hemant Muktibodh, Alok Kumar, Jagdish Upasane and Rajesh Tiwari, President of Tulsi Manas Prastishthan Bhopal will also be members.

Film producer, Prakash Jha, Film Director Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Renowned dancer Smt. Sonal Mansingh, famous painter Vasudev Kamat, Vitthal C. Nadkarni of Times of India Dr. David Frilay, Dr. Virendra Yagnik and Mukul Kanitkar of Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Nagpur have also been made members of the committee.-Windowtonews