Last Updated on 20 November 2025 IST: International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025 has gathered international support and public support as holy Gita ji is considered as the most sacred scripture. Allow this year’s International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025 an opportunity to understand the real essence of holy Gita ji. As per verse 34 of chapter 4 of holy Gita ji, only through the discourses of a Tatvdarshi Sant, one can understand the true essence of holy scripture.  

International Gita Mahotsav 2025 Highlights

• International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) is an international event observed annually in Kurukshetra, Haryana.
• This year it is being observed from 15 November to 5 December, 2025 in Kurukshetra city by the Government of Haryana.
• The event has been extended to a total span of 21 days.  
• Central programmes are fixed between 24 November and 1 December.
• In the year 2016 it was renamed from Gita Mahotsav to International Gita Mahotsav (IGM). 
• Various traditional and cultural events take place durings these days like exhibitions, book fair, quiz competition, seminars, sketching competition, marathon, art and craft competition, photography competition, pencil sketching competition, reel making competition and much more.
• It has given an opportunity for both Kurukshetra and as well as Haryana to attract tourism and to highlight their name globally.
• International Gita Mahotsav is an opportunity for people to understand the real essence of holy Geeta ji to change their life for the good.

Partner State and Global Outreach

• Madhya Pradesh will serve as the partner state and will establish a full cultural pavilion.  

• MP will organise a Gita Festival in Kurukshetra from 24 November to 1 December and conduct additional events in Ujjain and Bhopal on 1 December.  

• Participation will include representatives from over 15 countries along with around 25 foreign scholars.  

• India and England will jointly celebrate the Mahotsav this year.  

• Related programmes will take place across 51 countries.

Key Events in Kurukshetra

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend events on 25 November.  

• Events from 24 November to 1 December will be broadcast live on YouTube and displayed at major pilgrimage centres through dedicated vehicles.  

• Handicrafts and Saras Mela will operate from 15 November to 5 December.  

• Daily Maha Aarti and Bhajan Sandhya will be held at Purushottampura Bagh on the banks of Brahma Sarovar.  

• Online Gita Quiz will run from 4 to 14 November, and the Gita Run will take place on 16 November.  

• The International Gita Seminar will begin on 24 November with a three day academic programme at Kurukshetra University.  

• Nearly 18000 students will join a coordinated global Gita recitation.  

• The Gita Book Fair will be held from 24 November to 1 December at Brahma Sarovar.  

• Final day events on 1 December will include Gita Yagna, recitation and Bhagavad Katha at Jyotisar Tirth.

What is the International Gita Mahotsav?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: Earlier known as Gita Mahotsa, the event is commemorated to observe Gita Jayanti, is now an international event observed by the Haryana Government in the city of Kurukshetra, Haryana. This event has been organised since 1989 by the Haryana Government and the Kurukshetra Development Board. 

What is the History of International Gita Mahotsav?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: The state of Haryana used to observe Gita Jayanti in the state of Haryana since the year 1989, but it was during the year 2016, when the Government of Haryana took a major decision to make this event global, and it was renamed to International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) to attract global tourist to the event. And subsequently it managed to gather the attention of two million people to this divine event. This was a huge success to the event and the spiritual significance of Holy Gita Ji. Since then this event is being observed as International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) every year. 

When is International Gita Mahotsav (IGM)?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) is being organised between November 28th and December 15th, 2025. However this year Gita Jayanti falls on 11th December, 2025. 

Where is the International Gita Mahotsav 2025 organized?

The International Gita Mahotsav 2025 will be held at Kurukshetra in Haryana from November 15 to December 5, 2025. Along with the main celebration, the Ministry of External Affairs is coordinating related events in 40 other countries.

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025 Events

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: Observed since 2016, this International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025 once again reminds the people about the value in the true essence of holy Gita ji. Let us know how the Government of Haryana is observing the Mahotsav: 

• The Mahotsav shall be observed from November 15th and will last till December 5th, 2025.
• Various programs, in collaboration with the partner state and country, are being organised.
• Other programs including painting, pencil sketching competition and reel making competition were also organised at the event.
• On the morning of 15th November, 2025, Gita Run will be organised in the morning at Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra
• There will be stalls of Handicrafts and Saras Mela that will run from November 15 to December 5.

Brief Information about Holy Bhagavad Gita

• The holy Shrimad Bhagvad Gita ji was narrated in the Dwapar Yuga approximately 5500 years ago.
• It is originally narrated in Sanskrit language. However it was later translated so that its teachings can be incorporated into our lives.
• The prime goal of the knowledge of Holy Gita ji was to enlighten the path of salvation. And to make people aware about the wealth of true spiritual knowledge.
• The knowledge of Shrimad Bhagvad Gita was given by Satan(Kaal Brahm) by entering into the body of Shri Krishan as he approves of it in verse 32 of chapter 11 of holy Gita ji.
• The knowledge was narrated in 18 chapters and 700 verses.
• The knowledge of Holy Gita ji was narrated at that time when none of the religion was existing. Hence the knowledge of Gita ji is applicable to all sorts of people belonging from any sort of religion or sect.
• Holy Gita ji is written by Shri Ved Vyas ji.
• Although numerous translations of holy Gita ji are available with us now, still the translations made through the discourses of a Tatvdarshi Sant Rampal ji Maharaj are considered to be correct as found in verse 34 of chapter 4 in holy Gita ji.
• Holy Gita ji is termed as complete in itself and as a summarised holy scripture consisting of knowledge of holy Vedas, holy Puranas in short.

Who narrated the knowledge of Bhagavad Holy Gita?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: Many of us are living into this wrong belief that Shri Krishna ji narrated the knowledge of Holy Gita ji as everyone saw him during the Mahabharata. But it is not true. Rather, the actual truth is that the knowledge of Holy Gita ji was narrated by Satan (Kaal Brahm) by entering into the body of Shri Krishna as a ghost to execute Mahabharata at the same time. It is a bitter truth which is not easy to digest for many people but it is true and acts as a base to understand the actual knowledge of Holy Gita ji. 

■ Read in Hindi: अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गीता महोत्सव (International Gita Jayanti Mahotsav) पर जाने गीता जी के अद्भुत रहस्य

The proof of this is mentioned in Holy Gita ji chapter 11 verse 32 when Satan(Kaal Brahm) himself accepts his identity and reveals its enlarged (vikraal) form. Upon witnessing such supernatural powers, Arjun’s senses were lost and he considered him equivalent to God but actually Arjun was mistaken. Shri Krishna ji never called himself Kaal before and after the Mahabharata. Various concepts related to holy Gita ji’s divine knowledge are sorted after clearing this concept.

Is the narrator of Holy Gita Ji immortal?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: No, the narrator mentioned himself in Holy Gita Ji chapter 2 verse 12, chapter 4 verse 5 and 9, chapter 10 verse 2 that he himself rotates into the cycle of birth and death. Because everything except the Almighty God Kabir is perishable. And as the narrator himself declares his identity and calls himself mortal hence the narrator Satan (Kaal Brahm), who is a devil by nature, cannot be Supreme God.  

What is the role of Shri Krishna in Holy Gita Ji?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: Shri Krishna had absolutely no role in neither narration of Gita ji nor during the battle of Mahabharata except that his body was taken in control by Satan (Kaal Brahm) to execute these things. Shri Krishna was not even interested in executing Mahabharata as he already visited Kauravas for peaceful settlement in between them and pandavas, he himself cannot execute Mahabharata. Shri Krishna (an incarnation of lord Vishnu), Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva are the three sons of Satan (Kaal Brahm) and Prakarti Devi (Durga).

The proof of this is being mentioned in Holy Gita ji chapter 14 verse 3-5. None of these Gods can give us anything more than our destiny, only the Supreme God Kabir has the power to give us more than our destinies. Then why do we worship them? It is our biggest mistake that we worship them and expect results from them, rather worship the Supreme Almighty God Kabir, Who is the giver of happiness.

What is the Way of Living mentioned in Holy Gita Ji?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: The ideology of Holy Gita ji is very straight and simple. It clearly states us to take the refuge of the Almighty Supreme God Kabir to attain a state of immortality after reaching the everlasting immortal place Satlok (Sachkhand). This in other words is called Salvation. The narrator clearly indicates this in the final chapter of holy Gita ji chapter 18 verse 62 and 66 by disclosing a top secret to Arjun and suggests him to go and take the refuge of Almighty by worshiping Him here in this human form. And the narrator Satan(Kaal Brahm) accepts that he himself worships Almighty Supreme God Kabir Saheb at the time of any hardship. 

Who is a Tatvdarshi Sant according to Holy Gita Ji?

International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) 2025: Holy Gita ji directs us to go into the refuge of a Tatvdarshi Sant in Holy Gita ji chapter 4 verse 34 for attainment of God and salvation. Presently, Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj is the singular representative of God Kabir and the only Tatvdarshi Sant present in between us Who is granting us the right way of worship as per holy Gita ji. He has been able to correctly translate the meaning of an upside down tree as mentioned in Holy Gita ji chapter 15 verse 1-4 in accordance with the creation of the universe with appropriate proofs in His support. And also challenging the conventional translation of Holy Gita ji, making His identity and spiritual knowledge completely unique.

To know more and take Naam Diksha (initiation) from Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj visit www.jagatgururampalji.org to order a free copy of His sacred book Gyan Ganga or you can also watch His spiritual sermons at ‘Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj’ YouTube channel.

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