HARIDWAR, April 1 -- A two-day international seminar on Sanatan Culture began here on Saturday, which was jointly organised by Devbhoomi Vikas Sansthan and Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya. The seminar was inaugurated by Union Tourism and Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who emphasised that Sanatan culture holds the key to India's journey towards becoming a Vishwaguru.

Shekhawat described Sanatan culture as the oldest in the world, resilient despite repeated attempts to diminish it. He praised its essence of world brotherhood and altruism, contrasting it with other cultures that glorified invasions. He asserted that when civilisations were emerging globally, India was composing the Vedas, highlighting India's glorious cultural pas...