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A grand cultural programme will likely be hosted in Varanasi on the eve of the launch of the world’s longest river cruise ‘MV Ganga Vilas Cruise’, officers mentioned on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the cruise, and inaugurate a ‘Tent Metropolis’ on the banks of the Ganga river in Varanasi on January 13 by way of video conferencing.
MV Ganga Vilas will start its journey from Varanasi and sail round 3,200 km in 51 days to achieve Dibrugarh in Assam by way of Bangladesh, traversing throughout 27 river programs within the two nations.
The Ministry of Tradition, in a press release, mentioned it should organise a “grand curtain-raiser cultural programme ‘Sur Sarita – Symphony of Ganga’ on the eve of the launch of the world’s longest river cruise”.
Modi mentioned the 51-day river cruise is a novel alternative to attach with the nation’s cultural roots and uncover stunning points of its range.
The cruiser has three decks, 18 suites on board with a capability of carrying 36 vacationers and having all luxurious facilities. The maiden voyage has 32 vacationers from Switzerland signing up for all the size of the journey, the PMO mentioned in a press release.
“Famend singer Shankar Mahadevan will lead a grand live performance being organised on the Kashi Vishwanath Hall tomorrow night,” the ministry mentioned.
“Through the live performance, different dignitaries, together with vacationers travelling in Ganga Vilas Cruise, will get acquainted with the significance of Mom Ganga and their duties in direction of her, together with having fun with the ‘Sur Taranginis’.
“This ‘Sur Sandhya’ will make one realise how Maa Ganga is revered as a Goddess for each Indian and for all the humanity,” the ministry mentioned within the assertion.
The cruise will cross by means of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bangladesh, and Assam. These locations have their very own historical past of mythology and legends related to the river, it mentioned.
Conserving this in thoughts, songs have been chosen from totally different states to present totally different flavors on this live performance, it added.
The PMO mentioned the cruise has been curated to deliver out one of the best of the nation to be showcased to the world.
The cruise is deliberate with visits to 50 vacationer spots, together with world heritage websites, nationwide parks, river ‘ghats’ and main cities like Patna in Bihar, Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Guwahati in Assam.
People musicians from Assam, Bihar and Bengal will be part of Mahadevan to pay homage to Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra rivers. The present, of about an hour, will finish with Mahadevan’s rendition of ‘Kartavya Ganga’, the ministry mentioned.
“‘Kartavya Ganga’ guarantees the river goddess that each Indian will at all times maintain her. All of us will do every thing to guard her waters as she has at all times been defending us. The river, and its eternal relevance, will likely be showcased by means of an audio-visual presentation throughout the occasion,” it added.
Additionally, the Nationwide Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Kolkata below the Ministry of Tradition is organising a Cellular Science Exhibition on Maa Gange: Arth Ganga from January 12.
The exhibition will likely be flagged off from Varanasi earlier than the live performance. The exhibition is a tribute to the Ganga for public consciousness about conservation and restoration of the holy river, the assertion mentioned.
It is going to journey to the districts and websites situated close to the river Ganges. Within the exhibitions, 18 panels are displayed together with tributaries of Ganga, Ganga and dams, Sunderbans, amongst others locations, it mentioned.
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