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23/09/23 05:49 AM IST

India’s First Lighthouse Festival

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  • The Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal along with Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant will inaugurate the festival from Goa’s Fort Aguada Lighthouse in Panjim.
Ligthouse festival
  • The Centre will organise India’s first lighthouse festival in Goa as part of an effort to promote the country’s lighthouses as tourist attractions.
  • The ‘Lighthouse Heritage Tourism’ campaign was earlier launched to transform 75 historic lighthouses into Tourism Spots.
  • The historic lighthouses are being renovated with adequate facilities to act as tourist spots.
  • The festival is logical outcome of this campaign by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) to transform 75 historic lighthouses across India into tourism spots.
  • This is in line with the visionary approach of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi to transform India’s distinctive lighthouses into captivating tourism sites.
  • The initiative aims to showcase the rich culture, significance, and allure of these magnificent structures whereby they can propel prospect of tourism and power local economy.
  • This would be a three day gala event in carnival style with local artists, dance troupes, food and culinary stalls, music concerts and similar activities to attract common people to Lighthouses.
  • The festival also witness historians, archaeologist, cultural anthropologist and many other people with interest in history, culture and society participate in intriguing discussions around our marine history during this event.
Source- PIB

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