CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The festival is celebrated mainly in Kurukshetra, Haryana. The venue of the festival adds to the sacredness of the event.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday inaugurated the International Gita Mahotsav (IGM)-2022 in Kurukshetra in Haryana and launched ‘Nirogi Haryana’, a health checkup scheme, and an e-ticketing system of public road transport facilities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gita Mahotsav or Gita Jayanti is an event centred around the Bhagavad Gita, celebrated on the Shukla Ekadashi, the 11th day of the waxing moon of the Margashirsha (Agrahayan) month of the Hindu calendar. It is believed the Bhagavad Gita was revealed to Arjuna by Krishna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the History of International Gita Mahotsav? Gita Mahotsav was celebrated to observe Gita Jayanti in the state of Haryana since the year 1989. But by the year 2016 Government of Haryana took a decision to celebrate this event as International Gita Mahotsav every year.

Detailed explanation-5: -International Gita Mahotsav will be held from November 19 to December 6, 2022 in Kurukshetra, Haryana. President Draupadi Murmu will formally inaugurate the main programs at the Geeta Yagya at Brahma Sarovar in Kurukshetra on November 29.