By: Kayatri Athavan

In conjunction with Bindi and Tilak day, our organizing committee member of International Bindi & Tilak Day, Ms. Jaya Sri Seegar has shared her thoughts on the entire pipeline of the event, which is about to take place in 2 days, as well as expressed her potential concerns towards making this initiative to be a successful one.

Grooving in excitement, Jaya Sri quoted some prominent objectives that the team is striving to prevail in our society. One of the notable aims of reminiscing about Bindi and Tilak day is to significantly denote the extent of inclusivity and mutual respect, as well as to emphasize mankind’s derived wisdom that was left by our ancestors that lifts the religious and communal boundaries. Apart from this, she also aspired to foster all the young Hindus to embrace the culture of wearing Bindi and Tilak and make that one of their fundamental life practices, as “Hinduism lasts longer than we think,” said the vibrant member.

Besides, another imperative aim of this team is to genuinely uplift the entire event, which is to exchange knowledge and ideas regarding the goodness of Bindi and Tilak and its scientifically justified and proven significance towards one’s well-being. Jaya Sri marked her stance by stating that she firmly believes that conducting an event like this indeed gauges the level of awareness of holding up to the precious norm of Bindi and Tilak among the Hindus, that are across the globe by outcast its greatness to them.

Jaya also exerts that, to add more colors to this event, the team has held hands with renowned ambassadors from countries like India, Malaysia, USA, Indonesia, Suriname, Guyana, Mauritius, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad and Tobago, as each of them will be potentially representing their respective countries for an official forum session in regards to the topics that are related to the Bindi and Tilak, and fortunately now as a team they are, now able to conduct this campaign by getting to reach out to universities and the public to encourage more people to wear Bindi and Tilak.

Furthermore, Jaya’s other exciting plan for this event is to build a sense of appreciation for this legacy that is left by our forefathers among the young Hindus by emboldening them to take pride in accepting the culture of wearing Bindi and Tilak without reluctance.

In relation to this, from her very own contribution, Jaya has proudly stated that, as an accountable commitee member, she herself together with her co-committee members, throughout the process of conducting this event, have strived to communicate with the ambassadors and confirm their availability by equipping them with the sufficient amount of information regarding the event and its potential flow.

To wind up, she has contemplated her stance by stating that she also has supervised her fellow teammates for contemporary updates to make sure everything goes smoothly as per their plan. With power, she said that every positive outcome is not possible without the persistent hard work of a team. We collaborate and work as a team. Everyone here has equally performed with utmost momentum to make this event a victory. We embarked on this initiative on the 25th of September, and we are now marching successfully here, up to this extent.

With all pride and glory, Jaya Sri has quoted, “Our main international conference event will take place on October 15^th, 8 pm (Malaysia Time). “Teamwork is power,” and I hope to coordinate this event with the team as well as they wished and worked for”.

Together, Let’s Treasure the Gift Of Our Ancestors!