By Iskcon Nepal
ISKCON Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada says, "Bhagavad Gita is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upanisads in the Vedic literature whose purpose is to deliver mankind from the nescience of material existence and is devoid of any religion." (25 March, 2017) Saturday festival in ISKCON Temple, Budanilkantha, Kathmandu with social activist, CNN-hero and the founder of Maiti Nepal, Anuradha Koirala and Actress Rekha Thapa. Actress Rekha Thapa sponsored 45 Srimad Bhagavad Gitas for the students of Maiti Nepal. The students were very delighted receiving Bhagavad Gita as gifts. Rekha Thapa expressed the remarkable contribution of ISKCON, Nepal for such Krishna Conscious Movement among the youths in present world. Anuradha Koirala expressed that she had established a trend of daily bhajans among girls in her hostel but now onwards she would start a trend of Bhagavad Gita class of reciting at least a single stanza (sloka) every morning. She expressed her sincere thanks to actress Rekha Thapa and ISKCON, Nepal for arranging such spiritually uplifting environment for her students.