{"id":82822,"date":"2025-12-24T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/?p=82822"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:08:04","slug":"moscow-1-international-gita-mahotsav-2025-2-deepawali-the-cultural-heritage-of-humanity-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/?p=82822","title":{"rendered":"Moscow: 1.International Gita Mahotsav 2025.2. Deepawali, the Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Moscow<\/mark>: <\/strong>1. International Gita Mahotsav 2025. 2. Deepawali, the Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I. International Gita Mahotsav 2025, Moscow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Understanding the truth of Gita, devotion and living<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Russia,&nbsp;<strong>Gita<\/strong>&nbsp;touched the hearts of many<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>* Organised by:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Moscow&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/150FKVZrAUfN6xLEl4m6vRlpCNkl5955X\/view?usp=drive_link\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/150FKVZrAUfN6xLEl4m6vRlpCNkl5955X\/view?usp=drive_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>* Opening ceremony of the International Gita Mahotsav 2025, Moscow&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Lighting the Candles or lightning the light of<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;souls<\/em><\/strong>Honorable Ambassador of India H.E. Vinay Kumar, Sudha Didi and other dignitaries&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SDhU4e7imeObJdl6Z-ke67pcfDjYvpOW\/view?usp=drive_link\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SDhU4e7imeObJdl6Z-ke67pcfDjYvpOW\/view?usp=drive_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participants of the Plenary session: Dr. Sergei Serebriany,&nbsp;Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Moscow, Brahma Kumari Sudha, Moscow, Honorable Ambassador of India H.E. Vinay Kumar (in the Centre). Ms. Madhurkankana Roy, Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India (2nd from the right)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>*&nbsp; Programme:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The programme featured panel discussions, presentations, and cultural performances exploring the relevance and significance of the<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Bhagavad-gita&nbsp;in the modern world.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*&nbsp;<em>Panel&nbsp;Session:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>* Orators&#8217; deliberations and explanations based on the Scripture Bhagavad Gita: Devotion, Understanding and Living.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main&nbsp;<em>aim&nbsp;<\/em>of the Panel&nbsp;Session was to get consensus among the speakers on the truth of the famous scripture Bhagavad Gita. And accordingly the topics were selected by the learned of Gita as below.&nbsp;<em>Devotion, Understanding and Living.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Dr. Sergei Serebriany,<\/strong>&nbsp;Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Moscow:&nbsp;<em>Speaking on the topic Gita &#8211; poem that transcends cultural boundaries, especially expressed his opinion that the act of God should be the act&nbsp;of Fruition for all and not the act of battle and sufferings!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Brahma Kumari Sudha Didi:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Soul Conscious &#8211; the basis of harmonious relationship.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A pleasant, meaningful song on soul was played before the talk that created silence in the mind of listeners. In a simple language but with love filled soul consciousness and powerful awareness of Shiv Baba the lecture was finished with deep sweet silence of the bodiliness&nbsp;stage of the listeners.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>* Link to the content:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10uXqtqhcWTQ4qCiz_iLz7QVGL035IKFabiSINKYrfKk\/edit\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10uXqtqhcWTQ4qCiz_iLz7QVGL035IKFabiSINKYrfKk\/edit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Ms. Ekaterina Reprintseva:&nbsp;<\/strong>Methods of overcoming personal and collective crises&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Dr. Maksim Demchenko:&nbsp;<\/strong>Teaching on unity in diversity and its influence on Indian thought<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Mr. Maksim Leonov:&nbsp;<\/strong>Gita in Russian poetic translations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Mr. Ivan Tolchelnikov:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gita &#8211; an introduction to the study of Hindu Philosophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Mr. Sergei Avakov:&nbsp;<\/strong>Stages of family and lineage degradation; how to stop the&nbsp;process and strengthen the family&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>* Glimpses&nbsp;from Cultural programme:<\/strong><em>Emotional songs and dances by children and younger ones dedicated to&nbsp;<strong>Gita<\/strong>, added to the event.&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Gita<\/strong>&nbsp;chanting by a group of children of the Indian Embassy School, Moscow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/12ND_y9AbRkdF6nYbNgXJn37fTYnC6ycF\/view?usp=drive_link\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/12ND_y9AbRkdF6nYbNgXJn37fTYnC6ycF\/view?usp=drive_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Govardhan performanceVarious styles of Indian dance and rituals on the occasion&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PEx1HshXnOv0fJWtdqPtF9l7s963GHHg\/view?usp=drive_link\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PEx1HshXnOv0fJWtdqPtF9l7s963GHHg\/view?usp=drive_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>* Photo report:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1YMKnD5P8P2IQ9wXQkbmcnUFuwh-dn1el?usp=drive_link\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1YMKnD5P8P2IQ9wXQkbmcnUFuwh-dn1el?usp=drive_link<\/a><br>Courtesy:Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>* Brahma Kumaris are obligated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Moscow for organising the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thanks to the Institute of Bhagavad Gita,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Moscow, for the collaboration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>II. Deepawali in UNESCO&#8217;S representative List of intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity<\/strong><em>Celebration of the inscription of Deepawali in UNESCO&#8217;S representative List of intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 10th Dec, 2025<\/em><em>organised by the Embassy of India, Moscow. Sudha Didi was invited to join the lightning candle ceremony among other dignitaries. Honorable Ambassador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Vinay Kumar delivered the speech focusing on the significance of the origin of Deepawali and why its celebration gives people the feeling of the New Future!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bLnfRAYT_4VLNxCX6bWw4yoIGU3CLMPY\/view?usp=drive_link\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bLnfRAYT_4VLNxCX6bWw4yoIGU3CLMPY\/view?usp=drive_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deepawali in UNESCO&#8217;S representative List of intangible Deepawali Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" data-id=\"82827\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/osm-cloud-bucket\/2025\/12\/c67b3c62-group-photo_11zon-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82827\" 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International Gita Mahotsav 2025. 2. Deepawali, the Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) I. International Gita Mahotsav 2025, Moscow Understanding the truth of Gita, devotion and living In Russia,&nbsp;Gita&nbsp;touched the hearts of many * Organised by: Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Moscow&nbsp; https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/150FKVZrAUfN6xLEl4m6vRlpCNkl5955X\/view?usp=drive_link * Opening ceremony of the International Gita Mahotsav 2025, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-17","8":"category-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82828,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82822\/revisions\/82828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}