Medical, Health and Family Welfare Minister Vidadla Rajani lighting the lamp during the Yogi Vemana Jayanti celebrations at Kondaveedu Fort in Palnadu district on Thursday. , photo credit: vijay kumar
Recognizing the services of the philosopher and poet, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Minister Vidadla Rajani said on Thursday, Yogi Vemana, The state government has decided to organize his birth anniversary as a state function for the society.
He participated in Yogi Vemana
ceremony held at Kondaveedu Fort Near Narasaraopet in Palnadu district on Thursday. The event was organized here by the state government in association with Bala Bharati and Kondaveedu Kota Abhivriddhi Samiti (Kondaveedu Fort Development Committee).
On this occasion, Minister Rajni said that Vemana’s poems are thought-provoking and inspiring for the people. He said that Vemana’s poems have social, moral, satirical and mystical themes. He also said that there are references in Vemana’s poems that he is related to Kondaveedu.
Government Whip in the Legislative Council Dokka Manikya Var Prasad said that there is a need to take Vemana literature to the present generation.
Kalli Sivareddy, convenor of the fort development committee, said that Vemana’s poems highlight the negative side of superstition even today and create awareness among the public.
In this program Palnadu District Magistrate Shiv Shankar. L, Superintendent of Police Ravi Shankar Reddy and others participated.