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visits and interacts with me. I could see in the faces of all these children a common secular feeling of seeing India as a developed nation at the earliest. Here I would like to give a message that a movement has already started with participation from multi religious forces.
II. A Spiritual Movement
Surat Spiritual Declaration was indeed a great milestone. Your divine presence in Surat has resulted in such a beautiful event.
a. Spiritual Garden
Spiritual garden at the Rashtrapati Bhavan teaches us the message of give, give and give irrespective of the religion we belong to. We have a biodiversity park where animals and birds live in amity. A children's gallery, where hundreds of children visit and get inspired for fulfilling their dreams. A herbal garden for motivating the younger generation towards life sciences and bio-technology. Also the herbal garden has Braille facility for visually challenged people to use, feel and smell the plants.
b. National Festivals
We celebrate Sarva Dharma Prarthana on 2nd October every year, the Diwali, Guru Nanak's birthday, Christmas, Id-ul-fitr and Holi where thousands of citizens from various religions participate and interact.
c. Ten Point Oath
On 26th January, 2004 as a part of the national broadcast and on 8th February, 2004 at Akshardam, a 10 point oath was administered to the youth of the nation. The Golden Jubilee celebration of BAPS at Akshardam was telecast live both nationally and internationally. I had met thousand differently abled youth, who participated in Abilympics, which gave me an opportunity to see the indomitable spirit in them to face the challenges of life. III. God Commands Service from His Creation
My visits to Apapuri, School of yoga, Khanquah Rahmani, Maha boodhi temple, Takht Shri Harmandir Sahib in Bihar and Matha Vaishnav Devi, Hazaratbal, Buddhist monastery, Gurudwara Shri. Patthar Sahib in J&K and interaction with inmates of Orphanages and 400,000 students gave me a glimpse of the fabric of connectivity and the aspiration of our people.
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