Team News Riveting
Raipur, June 2
The Rashtriya Ramayana Mahotsav (National Ramayana Festival) organized for the first time in Chhattisgarh will conclude with colourful memories on Saturday.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will be the chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the three-day event that has become the center of attraction in the country and abroad. State’s Culture Minister Amarjeet Bhagat will preside over the programme.
The three-day National Ramayana Festival has been organized at Ramlila Maidan in Raigarh. On the third day of the National Ramayana Festival, a competition based on Aranya Kand will be organized from 2 pm to 6 pm, in which teams from 4 states Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh will participate. From 6 pm to 6.30 pm there will be a performance by the Cambodian troupe.
Kelo Mahaarti will be organized from 6.30 pm till 7 pm, in which women self-help group sisters will donate lamps with cow dung lamps. The stage program will start from 7 pm, in which Hanuman Chalisa will be recited collectively.
The closing ceremony of the National Ramayana Festival will be held from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm, in which prizes will be distributed to the winning teams. Along with this, foreign artists and judges of the competition will also be honored. There will be performances by the winning teams and foreign artistes on the occasion.
From 8.30 pm to 9 pm there will be a performance by the Indonesian team. Renowned national artist Maithili Thakur and ‘Apne Apne Ram Music Night’ will be performed by renowned national artist Kumar Vishwas from 9.30 pm to 10.00 pm in Bhajan Sandhya.
