The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) Headquarters, New Delhi organised an awareness tour for children of Tangtse , a remote area in the ladakh region of Jammu and Kasmir, to Odisha with an aim to make them learn about the culture , traditions and society of Odisha.
It is the first time that these children, who have moved out of their mountainous native place, comprising of 16 girls, six boys and two teachers landed at the Biju Pattnaik International Airport on August 22, 2018.
To make these children aware about the culture and traditions of Odisha the 41st Bn ITBP, Khordha on August 23 took the children to see various sites like Khandagiri and Udaigiri caves, Nandankanan zoological park, Pathani Samanta planetarium, tribal museum , science park, Dhauligiri and Regional Museum of natural history.
On 24 August, the children visited the holy city of Puri to see lord Jagannath and were fortunate to see the sea and seashore at Puri and Chandrabhaga. They also enjoyed riding of water boats at Chandrabhaga.
later the children visited the Sun Temple at Konark where they got the glimpses of ancient Kalinga Empire at the IOCl auditorium through an animation film. They left for leh on August 26 where the kids were presented mementoes as a memory after celebration of Raksha Bandhan.