Page 12 - Mann Ki Baat - English May 2022

Prime Minister worshiping at Kedarnath temple

important here; equally important I have learned that he has also
is ‘teertha sewa’ (service at these named this campaign as ‘Mann
sacred places), as has been Ki Baat’. Similarly, Champa Devi
mentioned, and I would also say from village Devar has been
that without ‘teertha sewa’, a teaching waste management to
pilgrimage is also incomplete. women of the village from past
There are many people in Dev three years. Champa ji has also
Bhoomi Uttarakhand who are planted hundreds of trees and
engaged in the sadhana of through sheer hard work she
cleanliness and service. You will has set up a stretch of forest,
be greatly inspired by Shriman full of greenery. Friends, through
Manoj Bainjwal hailing from the efforts of such people, the
Rudraprayag. For the last 25 years, divinity of Dev Bhoomi and holy
Manoj ji has taken it upon himself places has been maintained…
to look after the environment. We go there to experience it, so it
Apart from running the campaign is our responsibility to maintain
of cleanliness, he is also engaged this divinity and spirituality.
in making holy places plastic- Along with ‘Char Dham Yatra’
free. Surendra Bagwadi ji, hailing in our country, there will be
from Guptkashi, has also made many yatras like ‘Amarnath
cleanliness his life mantra. Yatra’, ‘Pandharpur Yatra’ and
In Guptkashi, he regularly runs ‘Jagannath Yatra’ in the coming
cleanliness programmes, and days. In the month of Sawan,

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