"India is not a Hindu country": Liberals fume after NMC added colourised image of Ayurveda God Dhanvantri
NMC has modified its logo and included a photo of Dhanvantri, an avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu who is referred to as the god of Ayurveda in the Puranas and India had been changed to Bharat
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New Delhi, Dec 2: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has modified its logo and included the photo of Dhanvantri, an avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu who is referred to as the god of Ayurveda in the Puranas. Besides, the NMC logo has dropped the name of 'India' but has used the term 'Bharat'.
The Dhanvantri logo was in use for almost a year. As the old logo was in black and white, it was not visible in printouts, which is why they used a colour photo in the centre of the logo.
This development has stirred up controversy with liberals fuming and questioning the "secularism".
The so-called journalist, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, said, "This is totally unacceptable. INDIA IS NOT A HINDU COUNTRY. India is a country governed by a secular constitution. All religions are equal. The state of India has NO religion. Repeat after me."
This is totally unacceptable.
— Arfa Khanum Sherwani (@khanumarfa) December 1, 2023
INDIA IS NOT A HINDU COUNTRY.
India is a country governed by a secular constitution.
All religions are equal.
The state of India has NO religion.
Repeat after me. pic.twitter.com/m08fVXeIp3
“There is nothing to sensationalise here as nothing has been significantly changed. The image of Dhanwantari was already in the logo but in the form of a black and white line diagram. All members unanimously decided that colour should be added to the image as black and white image was not printable. When NMC was formed, it was decided then to use Dhanwantari’s image in the logo. Apollo is the god of healing in some other country and Dhanwantari is the god of health and healing in India,” said BN Gangadhar, the officiating chairman of NMC.
Dear Illiterate,
— Ritu #जिष्णु (@RituRathaur) December 1, 2023
Before outraging like an 'unpad -ganwaaar', at least you could have done some research
This is old logo of NMC, it too has 'dhanvantri ' only except in black and white
The new logo is same , except some colours added to dhanvantri -the first doctor of this… https://t.co/mf2U5hWDv8 pic.twitter.com/aznGF9Kw9h
FAKE NEWS ALERT🚨
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) December 1, 2023
Many handles are spreading FAKE claims that any national emblem has been replaced by Hindu god in the NMC logo.
The modifications are,
(1) God Dhanvantari picture has been "colorised".
(2) "INDIA" replaced by " BHARAT".
The B&W outliner of God Dhanvantari… pic.twitter.com/r5IWTRRRXX
He acknowledged that India had been changed to Bharat. "The name Bharat, however, has been added instead of India but that is because the country has done so. There is no other reason behind doing so," he said.
It is pertinent to mention that the medical associations like Medical Council of India, Indian Medical Association use logo that originates from the story of Asclepius, who was revered by the ancient Greeks as a god of healing and whose cult involved the use of snakes. A similar logo is of WHO.
P1. IMC & IMA
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) December 1, 2023
P2. WHO
P3. USA Army Medi Corps
Observe the "rod & serpent" in all these logos.
P4. Mythical Greek 'god of healing' Asclepius.
Medical org across world uses this symbol.
But some hypocrites in India has problem with god Dhanvantari picture.
Leaving it here! pic.twitter.com/nh2rtMkG7Q
Last week, the health ministry had issued directives that Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres will now be known as Ayushman Arogya Mandir. The ministry said it had sent a letter to states and Union Territories to implement the rebranding exercise.
States have also been asked to upload photographs of rebranded primary health facilities on the Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) portal. The rebranded AB-HWCs will also have a new tagline - 'Arogyam Parmam Dhanam', the ministry said.
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