{"id":22360,"date":"2025-10-19T20:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiannewsservice.in\/en\/?p=22360"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:44:55","slug":"cm-sai-extends-heartfelt-greetings-for-diwali-and-govardhan-puja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiannewsservice.in\/en\/cm-sai-extends-heartfelt-greetings-for-diwali-and-govardhan-puja\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Sai Extends Heartfelt Greetings for Diwali and Govardhan Puja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raipur, October 19<\/p>\n<p>Extending heartfelt greetings to the people of the state on Diwali and Govardhan Puja, Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai stated that the festival of Diwali is a symbol of light, truth, and harmony. He said that this holy festival of Diwali symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, truth over falsehood, and positivity over negativity. He mentioned that this festival of lights infuses new energy, new consciousness, and hope into our lives. The Chief Minister appealed to all citizens to celebrate Diwali with a spirit of self-reliance (Swadeshi), keeping environmental protection in mind, and to spread the message of love and goodwill in society by participating in each other&#8217;s joys and sorrows.<br \/>\nExtending wishes for Govardhan Puja, Chief Minister Shri Sai said that this festival is a symbol of our devotion and gratitude towards nature, livestock, and the environment. He stated that Govardhan Puja teaches us that the protection of nature is the basis of prosperity. The Chief Minister expressed confidence that this holy occasion of Diwali and Govardhan Puja will bring a new light of happiness, prosperity, and development to Chhattisgarh state and will spread joy, peace, and brightness in every home.<br \/>\nWould you like the meaning of &#8216;Swadeshi&#8217; in the context of the Chief Minister&#8217;s appeal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raipur, October 19 Extending heartfelt greetings to the people of the state on Diwali and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CM Sai Extends Heartfelt Greetings for Diwali and Govardhan Puja - 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