Sri Lanka, March 6 -- The four-day International Gita Mahotsav was held in Colombo from Friday to Monday (1 to 4) with a copy of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita being presented to the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

This was the fifth edition of the International Gita Mahotsav organised for the first time in Sri Lanka by Kurukshetra Development Board of Government of Haryana (KDB), India, Sri Lanka's Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry and Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, the cultural arm of the High Commission of India in Colombo in collaboration with about 30 religious and social organisations in Sri Lanka.

Highlights of the event included a Sadhbhavna Yatra from Nelum Pokuna to Vihara Mahadevi Park of Colombo on Sunda...