Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday celebrated Makar Sankranti by feeding cows at his residence, New Delhi. His photos feeding cows went viral on social media.
PM Modi holding a dish of animal meals was seen surrounded by calves on the event of Makar Sankranti.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally celebrated the Pongal competition. He attended the Pongal celebrations held at the residence of Union Minister L Murugan within the nationwide capital.
While addressing the occasion PM Modi mentioned the competition of Pongal displays the nationwide spirit of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and the identical emotive join could possibly be witnessed in Kashi-Tamil and Saurashtra-Tamil Sangamam. The festive fervour marked each dwelling in Tamil Nadu and wished pleasure, prosperity and contentment within the lives of all of the individuals, he added.
Drawing similarities to India’s variety with ‘Kolam,’ the prime minister mentioned that when each nook of the nation connects emotionally with one another, the nation’s energy seems in a brand new kind.
He underlined the agricultural, crop and farmer connection of each competition of India. Recalling one in every of his speeches that dwelt on the connection between millets and Tamil traditions, he expressed happiness that there’s a ‘new consciousness’ concerning the ‘superfood Shri Anna’ (millets) and lots of youth have taken up startup ventures on millets. He knowledgeable that greater than three crore farmers doing millet farming are instantly getting benefitted from millet promotion.
