On this day, exactly 9 years ago, monks of @iskconkolkata were shocked to hear the news that a Russian Court has banned Gita.
The monks went & gheraoed the Russian Consulate. News spread & our MP's cutting across the party lines raised this issue in parliament. ….Thread 1/10
The monks went & gheraoed the Russian Consulate. News spread & our MP's cutting across the party lines raised this issue in parliament. ….Thread 1/10
The news spread like wild fire. We also called our Member of Parliament's & requested them to raise this issue in parliament.... continued...2/10
Our MP's cutting across the party lines unitedly protested Gita Ban by the Russian court and due to ruckus in parliament, parliament proceedings has to be suspended for many hours...continued...3/10
The Russian Government also got overwhelmed with the strong protest & it issued a statement immediately & criticizing the order of it's own court to ban Gita ....4/10 #BhagavadGita #GitaJayanti
All Spiritual leaders registered their strong protest against #GitaBan. Pujyniya @SriSri ji announced that he will return all Russian honour given to him if this ban on Gita is not lifted. Baba @yogrishiramdev & @SadhguruJV ji expressed great displeasure on this move...5/10
Ten years back, media generally loved to demonize Sanatan Dharm, but the ban on Gita awoke the conscience of many Hindus in Media & many journalists told me that this is shocking & they supported us & widely covered the whole issue till the ban was lifted. ….continued...6/10
Gita Ban united all worldwide Sanatani's & it became a public movement. The ban united the worldwide Hindu's & everyone came in support cutting across the party lines, media houses, different sampradaays, state & International boundaries. The support was huge... continued...7/10
Finally the Russian court has to dismiss the case against Gita.
The Russian Ambassador Mr. Kadakin helped us a lot on the issue. We thanked the Russian Consul & presented him a #BhagavadGita & a cake prasad.
Remember when we r united things automatically falls in right places
The Russian Ambassador Mr. Kadakin helped us a lot on the issue. We thanked the Russian Consul & presented him a #BhagavadGita & a cake prasad.
Remember when we r united things automatically falls in right places