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PM offers gurudakshina

PM offers gurudakshina

Author: Report - PTI
Publication: Free Press Journal
Date: August 7, 2003

Performing his duty as a swayamsevak (volunteer) of the RSS, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday participated in the annual ritual of Gurudakshina (Offering to the teacher) at a private ceremony here, reports PTI.

Vajpayee, who was accompanied by his cabinet colleagues associated with the RSS. Including Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani and HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, performed the 'dhwaja pranam' (saluting the saffron flag) and offered the Gurudakshina t the residence of Minister of State for Railways Bandaru Dattatraya on Wednesday morning, highly placed sources said.

Vajpayee also presented an unspecified amount in a sealed envelope as donation, they said.

RSS General Secretary Mohanrao Bhagwat gave a lecture (baudhhik) on the topic of 'guru-shishya parampara' (teacher-student tradition) on the occasion.
 


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