Union Home Minister Amit Shah (file photo)
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Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. Jyotirlinga of Somnath is the first Jyotirlinga. Attempts were made to destroy this place of Lord Shiva situated on the sea shore 16 times. They succeeded in breaking it, but every time it was broken, it was rebuilt again and again. The Somnath temple existing even today with its high-rise flag shows that the power of those who construct is much greater than that of those who destroy. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said these things. He was addressing the inaugural program of the Kite Festival to be held from January 16 to 18 at Bansera Park in New Delhi. He also symbolically started the Kite Festival by flying a kite.
Those who broke the temple are nowhere to be seen today
During this, he said that after independence, the country's iron man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Jamnagar, Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi and Dr. Rajendra Prasad resolved that a grand and excellent Somnath temple would be built here again. He said that this shows that the power of those who create is much greater than that of those who destroy. Mahmud Ghaznavi, Mahmud Begada, Alauddin Khilji, who broke it, are nowhere visible on the world map today, whereas the Somnath temple stands at the same place with respect in front of the whole world.
'Our life depends on Lord Suryanarayan'
Shah said that this festival of Makar Sankranti is a festival of happiness because our seasonal cycle and our life depend on Lord Suryanarayan, the source of infinite energy. We think of moving forward by uniting the entire society through festivals and Uttarayan is a part of that. The Union Home Minister said that he stressed the need to make Kite Festival more popular through efforts.
Kite festival will connect the people of the country with Delhi
He said that Kite Festival will connect the people of the country with Delhi and in future it can become a festival of the entire country. To expand the kite festival in Delhi and the entire country and make Delhi's kite festival its center, a committee should be formed which will work on the aspects of popularizing it and increasing public participation in it. He said that the next kite festival should be such that this festival finds its place among the leading kite festivals of the country and the world.
The slogan of 'Simon Go Back' was the slogan of the freedom movement.
The Union Home Minister said that there are three pavilions here, in which the history of kites and the wartime use of kites has also been displayed. When Simon Commission came to the country, there was strong opposition to it in the country. The slogan “Simon Go Back” became the rallying cry of the freedom movement. Simon Commission was also protested by flying kites with "Simon Go Back" written on it on the day of Uttarayan. The Indians had filled the entire sky with kites and demonstrated their strength to the British.
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