Volunteers of the Guru Nanak Ekta Mission organised the ‘Gurmat Sant Samagam’

Jammu, October 18, 2013(Dinesh Manhotra)-With an aim to spread the message of peace and harmony among the people of the state, volunteers of the Guru Nanak Ekta Mission  organised the ‘Gurmat Sant Samagam’ here.  “The aim of our peace-promoting function is to educate people that humanity was above all,” Karanjeet Singh, one of the organisers of the Samagam said. He added that there was a deliberate attempt to organise such a function on the auspicious day of Eid-ul-Azha. Keeping in view the prevailing tension among different communities after the unfortunate incidents at Kishtwar and Rajouri districts earlier this year, our volunteers deliberately chose the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Azha to organise the Gurmat Sant Samagam, he said.

“In the present era, some people have been using religion as tool to spread hatred, but we have taken the initiative to use religion as a mean to unite the humanity and spread the message of peace,” Singh added.
Religious scholars, besides leaders from different political affiliations were present on the occasion.
Although, the Mission volunteers regularly organise such a function at Batote, situated on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, this was the first time such an event was held in the winter capital.
“There was an encouraging response. Religious scholars from different faiths participated in today’s Samagam and spread the message of harmony among different communities,” Singh said.
Heartwarming scenes were witnessed, as religious scholars highlighted the qualities of other religions to arrive at a conclusion that peace and humanity were the lesson of every religion.
The object of every religion was not to divide the mankind, but to strengthen the humanity and serve the human beings, the scholars opined.