The event featured Pope Francis (Photo right) as a keynote speaker.
Sreekumar (Photo left) told IANS: "If you recall, former Kerala Chief Minister and late CPI-M leader E.K. Nayanar gifted a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to Pope John Paul II during his Vatican visit in 1997. I felt the most appropriate gift this time would be the Rig Veda itself."
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