Mangalore: Education Along With Values Makes Complete Man – Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SB)
Mangalore, Dec 20: Education alone will not aid the overall development of a person. For a person to be completely successful in life along with education inculcating right values and culture are also prime, said Balagangadharanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt.
He was speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the decennial annual day celebrations of BGS Education Centre, Kavoor here on Saturday December 20. Dharmastala dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade’s contribution towards attaining a society based on values and culture has been immense. The successfully conduct of World Tulu Convention at Ujire, recently is an example in this regard, seer added.
Presiding over the ceremony, Heggade said that education institutions need to be inculcated with values along with education. Education institutions should also emphasize on teaching moral values, he said.
Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde was the chief guest. He said that students are the torch bearers of the future. It is students who need to bring in positive change in the society by broadening their view for social development rather than personal progress, he said.
Seer of local branch of the math, Dharmapalanatha Swamiji, MPs D V Sadananda Gowda and Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA N Yogish Bhat, MLC Capt. Ganesh Karnik, Coastal Development Authority chairman B Nagaraj Shetty and Mangalore University registrar Chinnappa Gowda among others were present.