The mementos in Prime Minister’s e-auction include exquisite paintings, sculptures, handicrafts and folk artefacts.
New Delhi: Keeping up with the tradition of e-auctioning the gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Ministry of Culture will organise the fourth edition of the e-auction between September 17 and October 2.
While Union Minister of Culture, Tourism and DoNER, G Kishan Reddy briefed the media about the upcoming auction, Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi were also present during the briefing.
Reddy said, “In 2019 these items were auctioned for people by open bidding. That time 1805 gifts were put on auction in the first round, and in second round 2772 gift items were put on auction.”
He added, “In 2021, also e-auction was organised in September and we had 1,348 items on auction. This year approximately 1,200 mementos and gift items have been put on e-auction. The display of the mementos has been done at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. These items can also be viewed on the website.”
Giving out more details, Reddy said, “Mementos in the auction include exquisite paintings, sculptures, handicrafts and folk artefacts. Several of these are items customarily offered as gifts, such as traditional angavastrams, shawls, headgears, ceremonial swords.”
“Other memorabilia of interest include replicas and models of the Shri Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and the Kashi-Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. We also have an exciting section of sports memorabilia,” he said. Reddy said that team India’s stellar performance at the Commonwealth Games 2022, the Deaflympics 2022 and Thomas Cup Championship 2022 earned us a place in history and a rich haul of medals. “On auction are the memorabilia presented by the teams and winners of the sporting events. There are 25 new sports memorabilia in this edition of auction,” Reddy said.
Meghwal said, “In the last auction people from every state and origin participated in the auction actively.”
Lekhi highlighted the significance of the various mementos presented to the Prime Minister and how the e-auction offers an exceptional occasion to the people to contribute to Namami Gange.
General public can participate in the e-auction by logging on/registering on – https://pmmementos.gov.in
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