BADAL CALLS UPON THEOLOGIANS AND SCHOLARS
TO PROPAGATE UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB ACROSS THE
GLOBE
Chandigarh OCTOBER 25, 2008
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today called upon
the noted academicians, theologians and scholars to disseminate
the universal message of Sri Guru Grant Sahib in every nook and
corner of the world to redeem the mankind at one hand and foster
the feeling of, religious tolerance amity and peace amongst the
cross section of society on the other.
While addressing at a function to launch the series 'Guru Maneyo
Granth' and release of its DVD version along with C.Ds. of 'Bani
Guru Hai Bani' at Doordarshan Bhawan Mandi House at New Delhi, Mr.
Badal appreciated the efforts of Doordarshan to conceptualize and
produce this special series to mark tercentenary of Guru-ta-Gaddi
diwas of Sri Guru Granth Sahib titled 'Guru Maneyo Granth'. He hoped
the eternal message of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji would leave an indelible
impression on the minds of the masses which would ultimately enable
them to become ideal citizens of the society. He said that since
DD National had a vast range of network and hoped that millions
of viewers would be benefited with this programme to propagate the
message of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
In her presidential address Minister for Tourism & Culture
Smt. Ambika Soni appreciated that the unique initiative of Doordarshan
for the national telecast of this programme on the historic occasion
to enable the people across the globe to acquaint themselves with
the philosophy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. She said that the programme
would prove to be a milestone to reach out a wide spectrum of viewer
ship through the medium of Doordarshan national network to apprise
them about the basic ideology and philosophy of Sri Guru Granth
Sahib.
Later, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting launched the series 'Guru Maneyo Granth' on Doordarshan
national.
In his address Chairman Prasar Bharati Arun Bhatnagar briefly
highlighted the theme of the series 'Guru Maneyo Granth' which had
been divided into 7 parts, viz. compilation of Guru Granth Sahib,
compilation of Guru Gaddi of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, musical arrangement
of Gurbani, depiction of nature in Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Bani
in Guru Granth Sahib, universal message of Guru Granth Sahib and
'Gavo Sachi Bani' – live musical concert in which eminent
ragi jathas participated held at Takhat Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Sri
Anandpur Sahib.
In his welcome address Chief executive officer, Prasar Bharati
BS Lali said that the 7-episode serial was a devotional music programme
with historic gurdwaras and monuments whose bani had been included
in Guru Granth Sahib serving as the back drop. He said that this
programme would be telecast daily from October 24 to October 29,
2008 at 8.30 to 9.00 PM and on 30th October, 2008 at 830:PM to 9:30
pm on DD National.
|