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11th Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair 2020 will have as its core theme Revering Womanhood. It expounds Women in Indian civilisation as Shakti & contrast with the Western civilizational view of women as Weaker Sex (Feminist Stephanie Tawa Lama) See front & back of the Brochure

Stephanie Tawa Lama said that the Indian freedom movement was fought in the name and under the leadership of a woman called Bharath Mata. The Fair celebrates the unbroken tradition of Indian woman intellectuals, warriors, poets, rulers and saints till 13 century.

By combining the studies and views of Dr Fatima Hussein, Prof RJ Rummel of Hawai University 2007, travelogue of Huang Tsag 7C CE and Brooking Institution 2017 the Fair brings out the fact that Indian women's status declined only from 13C CE as India became an insecure nation.

The entire supporting facts and the comparative position of women in the Indian and Western civilizations are captured in the brochure of the Fair titled "Revering Womanhood where women are revered there God's rejoice relating timeless Indian virtue to contemporary India"

Kannagi who demonstrated what Shakti means 2500 years ago, and is revered in Srilanka by Buddhists as Paththini, by Tamils as Amman, in Kerala as Bhagawaty and Devi and in Tamil Nadu as Karpukkarasi is the Icon of the Fair.

The Fair will showcase the long tradition of women as seers, scholars, poets, rulers, warriors, freedom fighters and modern leaders from Vedic times as Dr Fatima Hussein to modern times as Stephanie Tawa Lama said. It will be an unbelievable presentation of Indian womanhood

Here is the link to the brochure of the Fair which will correct all distortions about Indian women in contemporary discourse.
The Fair will take place at Gurunanak College Chennai.

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Appropriately Pujya Mata Amaritanandamayi is inaugurating the Fair on Jan 28, at 6pm. The legendary artiste and scholar Dr Padma Subrahmanyam heads the organising committee of the Fair which consists of largely women of high standing in different fields

Some 400 spiritual organisations, 1500 educational institutions, 50 communities participate in the Fair and some 40 corporates sponsor the Fair in which 4 state government institutions are Offocial Patrons. Over dozen media are Media partners of this unique fair

Last year the fair attracted according to the media 1.5 million visitors. The fair has some dozen pre fair programmes including mass singing by 20k girls, mass yoga by 10k boys, mass dance by 3k girls and walkathon by 12k students culminating in the grand Fair.

The first Curtain raiser program of the Fair is on Jan 19 Swami Vivekananda Rath Yatra on six themes Forest conservation Ecological protection Environmental sustenance Respect for parents & teachers Foster women's honour and Instil patriotism. The raths will visit 1500 schools.

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