Chandigarh, December 4: Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal performed Gita puja and yajna at the holy land of Gita's birthplace, Kurukshetra, today.

Later ,the Chief Minister, accompanied by Sports Minister S. Sandeep Singh, MP Sh. Naib Singh Saini and MLA Sh. Subhash Sudha visited the Jyotisar Tirtha and paid obeisance at Lord Shri Krishna’s ‘Viraat Swaroop’.

Sh. Manohar Lal attended the International Gita Mahotsav-2022 as the chief guest on the auspicious occasion of Gita Jayanti. The Chief Minister also took part in Shrimad Bhagavad Gita recitation programme, being organised by the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) and the administration since November 29.

During his visit, the Chief Minister took feedback from the officials of the tourism department about the Mahabharata theme and other projects being built in Jyotisar Tirtha and directed them to expedite it.

This place is being developed by the state government as a tourist destination with a budget of crores of rupees being spent on the project along with the budget spent by the central government under the Krishna Circuit development. Zila Parishad member D P Chaudhary, KDB member Vijay Narula among other officials were present on the occasion.