In "Amrit Kalash Yatra", 192 volunteers from 95 development blocks and 101 municipal bodies of remote areas of Devbhoomi and 166 volunteers from Nehru Yuva Kendra will represent Uttarakhand.
With the culmination of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign at hand, BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Sunday flagged off a special train from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Maharashtra's Mumbai to Delhi for the 'Amrit Kalash Yatra'.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said that as part of Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign, a rally-- Amrit Kalash Yatra-- is scheduled to be held in Kolkata on Sunday.
Gujarat BJP President CR Patil, on Sunday, flagged off the 'Kalash Yatra' from Gujarat's Gandhinagar during which 75 'Kalash' (earthen pots) with soil collected from different villages of the state, left for the national capital on electric vehicles, as part of the 'Meri Mati, Mera Desh' pro
"Under this Yatra, the soil of the sacred place of immortal martyrs is being taken in Amrit Kalash to the National Martyrs Memorial in Delhi. Under the Amrit Kalash Yatra, 'Amrit Vatika' will be created near the National War Memorial by mixing soil and plants coming from 7500 urns from acros
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the final event of the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign in the national capital on October 31, the Ministry of Culture said on Friday.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Wednesday flagged off the 'Amrit Kalash Yatra' from the Raj Niwas as a part of the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign.
As part of Meri Maati Mera Desh, Jharkhand governor CP Radhakrishnan handed over the three Kalash to the volunteers during a programme organised by CRPF in Darbar hall of Rajbhavan, Ranchi.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan offered prayers at Maa Kundheibira Mandir on the ocassion of Vijayadashami festival at Pallahara in Angul district.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday offered prayers to 'Maa Jwala Devi' at the Jwala Ji temple in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra on 'Vijaya Dashmi' and also, on the ocassion of his birthday.