At the end of the electronic auction of souvenirs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, the Sardar Patel sculpture offered the highest bid (140), and the highest bid was that of Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra Javelin (1.5 rupees). Ten million), the Ministry of Culture said.
Among the projects with the most bids, there were 117 bids for wooden Ganesha, 104 bids for Pune Metro Line souvenirs, and 98 bids for Victory Flame souvenirs. Immediately after Chopra won the Javelin Gold Medal for the Javelin, followed by the autographed fence of Bhavani Devi (1.25 rupees), Sumit Antil’s javelin (1.002 rupees), and the autographed Angavastra special for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games Contingent (1 rupees) and Lovlina Borgohain’s boxing gloves (9.1 million rupees).
The key items of this round of electronic auction include medal-winning sports memorabilia from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; Ayodhya Ram mandir model; Rudraksh Auditorium in Varanasi and many other precious and interesting collections. In the electronic auction, a total of 1,348 souvenirs were placed and approximately 8,600 bids were received. The third round of electronic auctions of gifts and souvenirs presented to Modi was held from September 17th to October 7th.
Proceeds from the electronic auction will be donated to Namami Gange Mission. In the last such auction in September 2019, as many as 2,770 items were auctioned. These include paintings, sculptures, shawls, jackets and traditional musical instruments. The proceeds were also donated to Namami Gange Mission. PTI
News Source : The Tribune
