Paying tributes to Maharishi Valmiki on his birth anniversary, Labour Minister and Dharwad district in-charge Santosh Lad termed the epic Ramayana as a precious gift of Valmiki to the nation and said it was the duty of society to remember the contribution of the saint poet.
Inaugurating Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti celebrations organised in Dharwad on Saturday, he said that Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti was being celebrated to remember and adapt the principles propagated in the Ramayana.
“With over 24,000 slokas, Ramayana is considered as the greatest epic and a precious asset of the nation. Even Englishmen termed Valmiki as the greatest philosopher and intellectual. Valmiki’s Ramayana has been a guiding force for philosophers who strived to bring positive changes in society,” he said.
