Sri Vijaya Puram: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday stressed the importance of placing the nation above everything and emphasised that \"it’s time to live for Bharat and not die for it.\"

Addressing a programme here to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's song 'Sagara Praan Talamala', Bhagwat said, \"We remember Savarkar ji for his patriotism…hamare desh main hamare apne desh ki hi bhakti honi chahiyee. Yahan tere tukde honge waisi bhasha honi hi nahi chhahiyee.\" (In our country, we should have devotion only towards our nation. Here, language like 'you will be broken into pieces' should not be used.)

He further said, \"Confrontation over small issues reflects how we think today. To build a great nation, we have to recall and take Savarkar's message to the mass

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