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Dalits to organise Mahayagya
Added At: 2010-09-24 10:45 PM
Last Updated At: 2010-09-25 10:45 PM
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KATHMANDU: Kathmandu is going to witness a week-long Shrimad Bhagawat
Saptaha Gyan Mahayagya organised by the Dalit community at Khulla
Manch from September 26.
Nepal National Dalit Social Welfare Organisation today announced that
President Ram Baran Yadav will inaugurate the seven-day long Yagya.
The Mahayagya is aimed at collecting donations to provide scholarships
and establish a hostel for needy Dalit students from remote areas who
want to pursue higher education in the Capital.
Well-known preacher and social activist Pandit Dinbandhu Pokhrel will
enlighten the visitors with holy stories from the Purans throughout
the week. The Mahayagya organised by the Dalit community, which is
treated as untouchables even today, is said to be the first of its
kind. The Yagya is a social move to impart right to equality to the
Dalits who had never performed such holy practice, said NNDSWO
Chairman Bhakta Bahadur BK at a press conference.
According to NNDSWO, the collected fund will be used as a seed money
to award 150 scholarships and establish a hostel for some 200 Dalit
students. They expect to raise over Rs 100 million from the Yagya.
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