VP Venkaiah Naidu releases postage stamp to commemorate 750th birth anniversary of Sri Vedanta Desikan

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu yesterday released a postage stamp to commemorate the 750th birth anniversary of Sri Vedanta Desikan in New Delhi. Speaking on the ocassion, Mr Naidu said, the textbooks must throw light on the lives of great saints and spiritual icons such as Sri Vedanta Desikan so that children internalize and practice the lofty ideals of humanism, peace and



compassion propagated by them. 

He called for world peace and said that peace and humanity formed the basis of the spiritual teachings of great saints. Mr Naidu termed terrorism as the greatest enemy of humanity and welcomed the listing of Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council.