President inaugurates cultural festival ‘Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav’

Utkarsh Classes Last Updated 08-02-2024

President inaugurates cultural festival ‘Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav’

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President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the 4-day cultural festival at Amrit Udyan, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on February 8, 2024. The event is being organized under the name ‘Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav: A cultural festival unveiling the richness of North-East India’.

On this occasion, Union Minister of North Eastern Region Development, Culture and Tourism G. Kishan Reddy was also present.
The event is being organized as a part of the Udyan Utsav, 2024 at the Amrit Udyan inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex.

Organizer of Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav:

The Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region is organizing the event in partnership with the Ministry of Culture.
The programme is being managed through North Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation Limited, a Central Public Sector Undertaking of the Department of Development of North Eastern Region.

Objective of Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav:

The festival is designed to showcase the rich diversity of North East India through a blend of traditional arts, crafts and cultures.
Envisioned as a cultural mosaic, the festival is much more than a festival.
Its objective is to promote exchange in traditional handicrafts, handloom, and agricultural products. It also aims to become a catalyst for the progress and development of this sector.

Highlights of the Festival:

The Mahotsav is being participated by over 320 weavers, artisans, farmers and entrepreneurs through eight dedicated stalls for each state of the North Eastern region.
It will also serve as a platform to showcase the distinctive aspects that make the North Eastern region a cultural jewel.
The festival aims to present the best achievements of North East India under one roof with exquisite, handmade products, handlooms and textiles and sustainable handicrafts.
Northeast India offers a range of sustainable organic products in which mainly:
- High Quality Organic Tea
- Bamboo Products
- Spices
- Herbal Medicines
- Hand Woven Garments
- Organic Pineapple
- Honey
- Traditional Rice Varieties.
Most of the handicrafts in this region use raw materials such as cane, bamboo, wood, terracotta, kauna, hyacinth, bell metal and brass.

About North East India:

It is also addressed from the North-Eastern region. Eight states of North Eastern India fall in this region. These are as follows:- Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Many descriptive nicknames are also famous for the North-Eastern states of India, these can be mentioned as follows:
- Assam:- Gateway to North East
- Manipur:- Jewel of India
- Meghalaya:- Abode of Clouds
- Tripura:- Land of Diversity
- Mizoram:- Land of Blue Mountains
- Nagaland:- Land of Festivals
- Arunachal Pradesh:- Dawn Lit Mountains
- Sikkim:- Himalayan Paradise