Work is Worship: For ages society has been emphasising the view that work is worship. The Bhagavadgita says, ‘Yoga karmasu Koushalam’. Basavanna had written, ‘Kayakave kailasa’. In the ‘Geetanjali’ of Rabindranath Tagore we read that we should not seek God in the dark corners of a temple, but in the midst of the stone-cutters on the footpath. The stress in all these statements is that worship does not consist of hymns only. It includes work. But, work must be noble, intended to promote the welbbeing of all living beings. In this context no Indian can help recalling the words and actions of Gandhiji who believed that the work of a sweeper was as noble as that of a teacher. Here is what is called dignity in it. Without work, there is no creation and production, no service to the needy and no beauty. Dignity, creativity, service, beauty – all these are the great attributes of God. Therefore, great thinkers have said that work is worship.