Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today. During this, he gave many gifts to the people of Kashi. The biggest gift is the Rudraksh Convention Center, which is going to prove to be very important in developing Kashi on the lines of Kyoto of Japan. The Rudraksha Convention Centre built in Varanasi is a testament to the strong friendship between India and Japan.
Modi said that today several development schemes worth hundreds of crores have been inaugurated and foundation stone has been laid in Kashi and now Varanasi International Cooperation and Convention Center ‘Rudraksh’ has been inaugurated. When the world came to a standstill during the Corona period, Kashi became restrained, disciplined, but the stream of creation and development continued to flow. These dimensions of development of Kashi, this ‘International Cooperation and Convention Centre – Rudraksh’ today are the result of this creativity, this dynamism.
PM Modi said that I remember, when Shinzo Abe ji came to Kashi as Prime Minister, I had a discussion with him on the idea of Rudraksh. Japan is one of the most trusted friends of India today. He said that India and Japan think that our development should be linked with our gaiety. This development should be all-round, should be for all, and should be all-encompassing.
Modi said, songs, music and art flow from Banaras to Rom Rom. Here so many arts have developed on the ghats of the Ganges, knowledge has reached the summit and there have been serious thoughts related to humanity. That is why, Banaras can become a huge global center of music, religion-spirituality and knowledge-science. He said that in the last 6-7 years a lot of work has been done in the direction of strengthening the handicrafts and crafts of Banaras. With this, Banarasi silk and Banarasi craft are getting a new identity again.