Seven awarded Draupadi Samman Patra, two posthumously
Founder of the Sattvik Council of India Abhishekk Biswas with author Neera Mishra
Team L&M
Draupadi Dream Trust celebrated the Bhartiya Sabhyata Evam Sanskriti Parva yesterday, May 20, at The Ashok Hotel, Chanakyapuri in Delhi. Chief Guest National Security Advisor Ajit Doval gave away the Draupadi Samman Patra to selected people who are working towards awareness, research and promotion of Indian history, heritage, culture and tourism.
The awardees of the Drapadi Samman Patra include Late General Bipin Rawat and his wife Late Madhulika Rawat (President of AWWA), Padma Vibhushan BB Lal (former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India), Justice Sudhir Agarwal (Judicial Member, National Green Tribunal), Shreejana Rana (President, NICCI, Cultural Tourism), Sanjay Manjul (Joint Director General-Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India) and industrialist Ranjeet Chaturvedi.
A special highlight of the programme was that only sattvik food, duly verified by the Sattvik Council of India was served on the occasion. A special sweet Sheer Kampilya was also launched to honour the ancient Vedic city of Kampilya (UP) by the Bikanerwala.
Book Released
Doval also released a Coffee Table Book Ganga: The River of Sanatan Civilization edited by Neera Mishra on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, Doval shared his insights on the contribution of the river Ganga in Sanatan Sanskriti, culture and history. “India is a unique spiritual civilizational nation-state. A nation gets its identity not just from its tangible achievements, but the intangible undercurrent that runs through its people,” he said, adding that it is time we work towards making the world understand the deep spiritual content of River Ganga. Talkig a bout Sattvik food, he said, consuming Sattvik food is great but not enough. We must also bring Sattvik content to out thoughts, actions, feelings, emotions. Well, consuming Sattvik food is perhaps the first step towards it,” remarked Doval. He exhorted people to be proud of our culture and heritage and work towards its promotion in their own ways.
