"Vivekananda did not believe in sermonising...Vivekananda said that only rituals will not connect an individual to divinity...he said 'Jan Seva is Prabhu Seva' ("To serve humanity is to serve god"),"said the PM.He said Vivekananda "gave a new identity" to India and he did this "without shieing away from criticising its ills". Modi connected this to the 'Clean India Initiative' and said that love for one's country should be translated to action through work for this campaign. "I want to specially mention all those people who are working tirelessly to keep India clean. 'Pehle shauchalya, phir devalaya' (First toilets, then temples),'said Modi.He said all students, especially university students should pitch in to take the 'Clean India Initiative' forward. "Student organisations, while campaigning for university elections should give more importance to cleanliness," said the PM.

Source: Times of India September 11, 2017 06:57 UTC