Colombo (TIP): The three-day fifth edition of the International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) on a foreign land concluded at Colombo in Sri Lanka on March 3. The event was jointly organised by the Kurukshetra Development Board and the government of Sri Lanka. As part of the celebrations, a copy of Srimad Bhagavad Gita was presented by the delegation from Haryana in parliament of Sri Lanka on Monday. During the festival, a crafts bazar, book fair, shobha yatra, seminars, school-level competition, exhibition, cultural and musical shows and a ‘Maha Aarti’ were organised.
Honorary secretary of the KDB Upender Singhal said, “The festival concluded in Sri Lanka. It was a matter of pride for us that the government of Sri Lanka was involved in the celebrations and the festival was celebrated on a grand scale. (TNS)