Cultural village 'Kalagram' to showcase India's heritage at Mahakumbh 2025

The Union culture ministry has planned to set up and run a cultural village Kalagram in Prayagraj to showcase the countrys rich spiritual and cultural heritage during the upcoming Maha Kumbh Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has saidThe Maha Kumbh will be held in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26Interacting with mediapersons at his residence on Thursday Shekhawat who holds the culture and the tourism portfolios said the culture ministry aimed to set up and run a cultural village Kalagram in Prayagraj for which an area measuring 1024 acres had been allocated at NagvasukiA Ganga pandal with a capacity of 10000 people will be set up by the mela authority where celebrity performances will be held the ministry said in a statementThree stage pandals with a 4000audience capacity each at Jhunsi Nagvasuki and Areil as well as a 1000capacity amphitheatre at Kalagram will showcase the emerging Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees National School of Drama productions and zonal cultural centre ensembles it saidBesides 20 stages will be constructed throughout the city which will be equally distributed between the Uttar Pradesh governments culture department and the culture ministrySharing data on tourists the Union tourism ministry said the sector created 7617 million direct and indirect jobs in 20222023 compared to 6956 million in 20132014In 2023 foreign exchange earnings from tourism were USD 2807 billion against USD 1969 billion in 2014 registering a growth of 4253 per cent it said The number of foreign tourist arrivals in India during 2023 rose to 95 lakh from 77 lakh in 2014 registering a growth of 2396 per centIndia saw 250 crore domestic tourist visits in 2023 an increase of 9564 per cent from 123 crore in 2014 it added Indias ranking in the global Travel and Tourism Development Index improved from 65th in 2014 to 39th in 2024In 2022 India ranked sixth globally in terms of tourisms contribution to national GDPHighlighting a series of achievements and ongoing initiatives taken by the ministries of culture and tourism Shekhawat said the more than 10year tenure of the Narendra Modi government had been driven by a steadfast commitment to realising the vision of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas and Vikas Bhi Virasat BhiThe minister also said that under Modis leadership revolutionary reforms had taken place in the fields of culture and tourism benefiting Indians not only socioeconomically but also intellectuallyAlso ReadLuxury tent city to be set up in Uttar Pradesh for Mahakumbh 2025This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever