Center to hold cultural events and sound and light shows at 75 important tourist sites across India

Published on : Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy said that the Center has decided to hold cultural events and organize sound and light shows at 75 important tourist sites across India as part of the ongoing celebrations of 75 years of Independence being observed as ‘AzadiKaAmrutMahostav’.

The Minister said that these events would be held in tourist sites like the TajMahal, Hampi, Thousand Pillar Temple, Golconda Fort, Ramappa Temple, Ajanta-Ellora Temple caves among others. In fact, Ramappa Temple is being considered as the venue for hosting an all-India conference on ‘Temple Architecture’ in the last week of February 2022.

TheRamappa Temple in Mulugu district has been recently bagged the UNESCO world heritage site status and the Pochampally village famous for the handloom sarees was honored as the ‘Best Tourism Village’ by the UNWTO.

Pochampally village would be hosting a national level programme on the occasion of ‘National Tourism Day’ on January 25. Youth-oriented activities would be held to commemorate Swami Vivekananda’s birthday on January 12 with the participation of educational institutions along with Sri Ramakrishna Mission.

Kite festivals are also being planned in all the States next month backed by the governments concerned.

A new mobile application would be launched where people can upload their ‘rangolis’ to get appreciation certificates. Prime Minister NarendraModi would be presiding over the celebrations committee later this month to finalize more programmes in the year ahead.