Month Long Kashi Tamil Sangamam to conclude today; Home Minister Amit Shah to address the Closing Ceremony
The month-long Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh will conclude today. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be present as the Chief Guest at the closing ceremony to be held at Banaras Hindu University. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Governor of Tamil Nadu R.N. Ravi, Union Minister of Education Dr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy, and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan will also attend the function. Our correspondent has filed this report:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil Sangamam on 19th of the last month to give a boost to the age-old relationship between India’s two ancient cultures- Kashi and Tamil Nadu. During the last one month, around 25 hundred people from Tamil Nadu have visited Kashi and got to know about the art and culture, traditions, lifestyle, and language of the Kashi and vice versa.
During the celebration of Kashi Tamil Sangamam, a cultural show was held daily in the evening in Banaras Hindu University in which artists from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh displayed their art and culture, music, and folk dances. A grand pandal was also put up in the amphitheater ground of the University. A number of programs of Kashi Tamil Sangamam were organized here. Activities related to other disciplines like sports, films, handloom, and handicrafts were also being held in which people from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh participated enthusiastically. Kashi Tamil Sangamam has played an important role in reviving the age-old relationship between Tamil Nadu and Kashi.
