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to welcome the future with the glory of the
past. If we look at our ancient temples from Dharma for India means our
north to south, from east to west, then their collective commitment to
vastness, their architecture fills everyone
with awe. Be it the Sun Temple at Konark or our duties! The aim of our
the Kailash Temple at Ellora in Maharashtra, it resolutions is the welfare of
amazes everyone in the world. Like the Konark
Sun Temple, there is also the Modhera Sun the world and the service of
Temple in Gujarat, where the first rays of the mankind.
Sun enter directly into the sanctum sanctorum. - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Similarly, there is the Brihadeeswarar temple
built by Rajaraja Chola at Tanjore in Tamil
Nadu. Kanchipuram has Varadaraja Perumal
Temple, Rameswaram has Ramanatha Swamy
Temple. Belur has Channakeshava temple,
Madurai has Meenakshi temple, Telangana has
Ramappa temple, Srinagar has Shankaracharya
temple. There are many such temples, which
are unmatched, unimaginable, and are living
examples of 'Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati'
(neither the past nor the future). The spiritual
and cultural messages of these temples can
be heard with equal clarity even today. When
generations see this heritage and listen to
its messages, it becomes the vehicle of our
continuity and immortality as a civilization. It
shows that India is not only a nation but also a
culture and an idea.

FREEDOM FROM THE REMINISCENT OF
SLAVERY
India witnessed many adverse situations,
circumstances changed, governments
changed, India was exploited and freedom splendor and the pace of development in a
was also lost. Invaders like Iltutmish tried to time-bound manner has facilitated easy travel
destroy the spirit of Ujjain as well. But India to these places. On completion of 75 years of
has been revived again and again by the energy independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
of these centres of her faith. Today once again, invoked 'Panch Pran' from the ramparts of the
in this Amrit Kaal of Azadi, 'Amar Avantika' is Red Fort, which envisages complete freedom
proclaiming the cultural immortality of India. from the mentality of slavery.
Ujjain, which has been the focal point of Indian But the question is natural after so many
culture for thousands of years, is once again years of independence, why did a Prime Minister
heralding the new era of India's grandeur. have to say this? Prime Minister Narendra Modi
There are two main pillars of building a
developed India in the 21st century. First, pride says, “After so many years of independence,
why did I finally have to say this? What was the
in our heritage, and second, every possible need to say this? This is because the mentality
effort for development. The continuous of slavery has gripped our country in such a
review of the places associated with cultural

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