New Delhi: It is a known fact that India is a very diverse nation due to many reasons, including religions, ethnicity, crops, and cultural heritage. In recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put all his efforts to promote the cultural heritage of India at the global level. On Tuesday, Central Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to explain how PM Modi is promoting India’s cultural heritage.
In the tweets, Kiren Rijiju shared photos of PM Modi, wearing regional dresses, famous in the Indian states.
India is its culture, its heritage, built over millennia and today India is finally able to proudly showcase this Soft Power to the world due to the efforts and vision of Hon’ble PM Shri @NarendraModi ji. Let me explain this with examples. 1/12#ModiRevivesIndianHeritage
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 13, 2022
In the second tweet, PM Modi can be seen wearing a Kumaoni cap during his visit to Himachal Pradesh. Notably, the cap is famous in hilly areas among men and women. It is a part of their traditional dress.
PM Modi lives the idea of ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ sporting the attire, headdresses, and local style of the places he visits– be it the Chess Olympiad in Chennai, his visits to Himachal Pradesh when he wears the Kumaoni cap, or the events where PM Modi is seen wearing…
2/12 pic.twitter.com/dwCqBe5Vw7— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 13, 2022
In the third tweet, Kiren Rijiju shared two photos of PM Modi wearing the traditional dress of Arunachal Pradesh.
This photo was clicked in 2018 when he visited the state to lay the foundation stone for the Academic Block of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Science.
…complete local attire in the Northeast.
‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ enhances interaction & mutual understanding between people of different states. Most recently seen in the ‘Kashi Tamil Sangam’. Other ancient links have also been revived like..
3/12#ModiRevivesIndianHeritage pic.twitter.com/sRdl7XTqoK— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 13, 2022
In the fifth tweet, Rijiju shared a photo of PM Modi spinning charkha to promote Khadi products. Notably, this photo was captured in 2017 when Mr Modi visited Sabarmati Ashram on the 150th birth anniversary of Shrimad Rajchandraji, famous as a guru to Mahatama Gandhi.
In 2015, PM Modi urged people to buy at least one Khadi product for Gandhi Jayanti and regularly promoted the same which resulted in a multi-fold sale in Khadi between 2014 and 2022.
5/12#ModiRevivesIndianHeritage pic.twitter.com/UAEyScGPny— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 13, 2022
In 2015, PM Modi urged people to buy at least one Khadi product for Gandhi Jayanti and regularly promoted the same which resulted in a multi-fold sale in Khadi between 2014 and 2022.
5/12#ModiRevivesIndianHeritage pic.twitter.com/UAEyScGPny— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 13, 2022
Rijiju also informed about the schemes promoting culture and heritage among people — The PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual Augmentation Drive) and Swadesh Darshan.
He added that the UDAN scheme at airports helped to make air travel affordable and develop smaller regional airports to allow common citizens easier access to aviation services.
