Karnal, Dec. 2 -- On the closing day of the International Gita Festival in Kurukshetra, on Monday, 21,000 students recited Gita shlokas together in the presence of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, Gita scholar Swami Gyananand and Yoga guru Baba Ramdev at Theme Park.

Saini announced a special holiday on Tuesday for the school students who took part in the recitation.

Saini said that the positive sound waves generated by chanting the mantras of the Vedas, Upanishads, and Geeta bring peace to the mind and brain, instil morality in thoughts and provide renewed energy to the individual.

He said that a person who recites the Gita daily transcends lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego, adding that Lord Krishna's teachings continue to guide ...