Overview

• The chief minister inaugurated a statue of Goswami Tulsidas at the Tulsi Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Ganiwan before proceeding to the Tulsi Sahitya Sammelan at Rajapur
• At the literary gathering he conferred Tulsi and Ratnavali awards on leading Ramkatha narrators for their contributions to Sanatan Dharma
• In his address Adityanath praised Tulsidas’s unwavering devotion to Lord Ram and noted how the Ramcharitmanas served as cultural resistance against oppressive regimes
• District officials executed rigorous security arrangements, deploying drones for rooftop surveillance and inspecting entry routes to manage crowds during the visit
• These events concluded the 500th birth anniversary celebrations of Tulsidas, following earlier observances in Varanasi and Ayodhya featuring devotional recitations and spiritual discourses