National
Vedic Seminar concludes at PU
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
The two-day seminar on ‘The Tradition of Vedic
Studies in Punjab & Social Value’ organised by Dayanand Chair
for Vedic Studies, Panjab University, Chandgarh concluded here
today. Honble Governor of Himachal Pradesh Acharya Devavrat was the chief
guest of the concluding session, which was presided over by the Prof. Raj
Kumar, Vice Chancellor. PU. Honble Governor spoke about
the renowned tradition of Vedic studies in Punjab and the
contribution of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati to the tradition. He also told that the
various disputes between humans can be solved through the message of Vedas regarding
humanity. Prof. Raj Kumar said that Vedas are full of knowledge and
there is a need to promote them. He added that it is our
responsibility towards our ancient manuscripts that we should
preserve them. He said that such events should keep happening. The
previous session presided over by Prof. Balvir Acharya, had Prof. Krishna Acharya
as the chief speaker. Prof. Amaldhari Singh told about the recently printed Shankhayan
recension of the Rigveda published by Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan
Ujjain. Prof. Balvir Acharya told that Vedas promote both spiritual as well as
material growth of humans. In the second session, Prof. Harmohinder
Singh Bedi told about the status of Sanskrit and Vedas in Pakistan.
He also spoke about the fifty two poets of Guru Gobind Singh who
translated various Sanskrit texts into Hindi and Punjabi. Prof.
Virupaksh Jaddipal, Secretary Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan
spoke about how words in Sanskrit language resemble capsules which store complex
knowledge in simple structures. The sessions were concluded with a note of
thanks by the chairperson Prof. Virendra Kumar Alankar.
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