{"id":328762,"date":"2020-11-17T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328762"},"modified":"2020-11-17T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:37:00","slug":"spiritual-leaders-go-vocal-for-local-on-pm-modis-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/spiritual-leaders-go-vocal-for-local-on-pm-modis-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual leaders go &#8216;Vocal for Local&#8217; on PM Modi\u2019s call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-unveils-statue-of-swami-vivekananda-at-jnu-campus\/screenshot_2020_1112_225137\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-328578\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-328578 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020_1112_225137-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020_1112_225137-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020_1112_225137-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020_1112_225137-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020_1112_225137-757x420.jpg 757w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020_1112_225137.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s appeal to spiritual leaders to help popularise \u2018vocal for local\u2019 for AatmNirbhar Bharat has found a huge response among the prominent spiritual leaders of the country. The \u2018sant samaj\u2019 has responded to the Prime Minister\u2019s appeal with great enthusiasm. The Spiritual personalities have come forward with public commitment to promote and popularise \u2018vocal for local\u2019 for AatmNirbhar Bharat and have pledged their support for the cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The Prime Minister\u2019s call came at the unveiling of the \u2018Statue of Peace\u2019 to mark the 151st Birth Anniversary celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj, via video conferencing, on Monday. Modi had said, as the base of the freedom struggle was provided by the bhakti movement, similarly, today, basis of the AatmNirbhar Bharat will be provided by the saints, mahatma, mahants and acharyas of our country. He called on the spiritual leaders, to promote AatmNirbhar Bharat in their preaching and interactions with their followers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that in support of the Prime Minister call, youngsters in his organizations have created an app and Sri Sri reiterated the commitment to AatmNirbhar Bharat in things of day to day use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Baba Ramdev also pledged the support of Patanjali and his followers to the enterprise of AatmNirbhar Bharat. He offered to get in touch with other spiritual leaders and bring them on the platform of \u2018vocal for local\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev tweeted in response to the Prime Minister\u2019s call \u201cSelf-reliance is a fundamental strength that is vital for a strong and stable Nation. Not to stand in isolation but for resilience of national fiber and be of significance in the world. Only possible with committed Citizenry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Swami Awadheshanand responded with the unified support on behalf of the top spiritual leaders and called the Prime Minister call inspiring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Bhagwat Kathakar and Spiritual personality Devaki Nandan Thakur said that on the call of the Prime Minister his followers have made \u2018vocal for local\u2019 their life\u2019s motto.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s appeal to spiritual leaders to help popularise \u2018vocal for local\u2019 for AatmNirbhar Bharat has found a huge response among the prominent spiritual leaders of the country. The \u2018sant samaj\u2019 has responded to the Prime Minister\u2019s appeal with great enthusiasm. The Spiritual personalities have come forward with public commitment to promote and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":328578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[2055,316,13710,12571,13709],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328763,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328762\/revisions\/328763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/328578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}