ISKCON YOUTH FORUM Delhi
American stand-up comedian and actor Bob Nelson once quoted” You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.” And building the fire within others has to begin with building the fire within us. Unless we ourselves are inspired, we can’t inspire others. It takes one flame to light another flame. In order to light that flame within the youths who are the budding leaders of tomorrow, ISKCON Youth Forum Delhi organized a youth festival named “Udgaar: An Expression of Goodness and Joy” on 27th August 2017 at ISKCON, New Delhi.
Udgaar is a youth festival organized by ISKCON Youth Forum, Delhi at regular intervals for inspiring the youths to develop the natural goodness of the heart and persuade them to share it with others. The festival witnessed participation of more than 500 youths from different nook and corner of Delhi-NCR. The festival was presided by many dignitaries like R.P. Singh, BJP national secretary, Gopal Krishna Aggrawal, BJP Spokesperson and others.
The festival started with video show and melodious kirtans by devotees which mesmerized the youths assembled. After this exuberant and spiritually enlivening opening, the chief guests performed the Lamp-lightening ceremony in accordance with the Vedic aphorism “Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamya”. This was followed by a seminar on the topic” Transcendental Transformers” by HG Amogha Lila Pr, Vice President ISKCON Dwarka and visiting faculty in IIM Ahamdabad and IIT Patna. He spell bound the youths present with his pragmatic and logical presentation of Krishna Consciousness. The seminar was followed by events like drama, rock show and sumptuous prasadam which helped the audience to relish the variety of Krishna Consciousness in a most pleasing and palatable manner.
After the festival, the Chief Guests expressed their appreciation for conducting such festivals and emphasized that such festivals should be conducted in all parts of the country. They urged for active participation by youths in such festivals to help them grow through life and thus become an asset to the country and taking a step forward towards making India the world leader .
