A colorful Rajasthani cultural evening was organised along with the Global Pravasi Deepotsav programme on Saturday at Chandni Bagh Complex in Bikaner House, New Delhi. The cultural evening and Global Deepotsav program was broadcast live on Zoom Online, and on YouTube platform, where expatriate Rajasthanis from all over the world simultaneously lit a lamp and demonstrated their emotional engagement with the land of Rajasthan.
The Global Deepotsav program started with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's message to the migrant Rajasthanis. In his message to the migrant Rajasthanis, Mr. Gehlot said that such programs will inspire future generations of migrant Rajasthanis to rejoin their soil of Rajasthan. He said that this commendable step of Rajasthan Foundation will inspire the migrant Rajasthanis living in every corner of the world to contribute in all aspects of development in Rajasthan in the coming days. Chief Minister Shri Gehlot said that the efforts of the Government of Rajasthan in the management of the Corona global epidemic have been greatly appreciated in the country and world, the cooperation of the country and institutions of diaspora Rajasthanis in this step of the government is appreciated. In his message, Mr. Gehlot while wishing the Diaspora all over the world for the Global Deepotsav, said that we hope that the support of the Diaspora Rajasthanis will continue to get rich in all the programs run by the Rajasthan Government in the public interest.
Commissioner of Rajasthan Foundation, Mr. Dhiraj Shrivastava said that programs like Global Pravasi Deepotsav are a meaningful step towards connecting the expatriate Rajasthanis settled in the world to their motherland and participating in various social concerns programs run by the government. He said that the cooperation of migrant Rajasthani doctors settled around the world has been very important in dealing with the corona epidemic and other migrant Rajasthani institutions have heavily collaborated in dealing with this epidemic. He said that right now, organizations of 18 diaspora Rajasthanis from around 52 countries are continuously collaborating with the Foundation. On this occasion, Shri Dheeraj thanked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as well as Industries Minister Shri Parsadi Lal Meena and Minister of State for Tourism Shri Govind Singh Dotasara for their support in the campaign to reconnect the migrants to Rajasthan and said that through such programs All the migrant Rajasthanis will feel the cultural sensations of their soil to the depths.
A colorful cultural program has been organized on this occasion at Bikaner House, New Delhi.
Rajasthan's famous dancer Padam Shri Gulabo Sapera and his team presented an enchanting cultural program of Kalbeliya dance and Rajasthan's famous Ghoomar dance, which witnessed the migrant Rajasthanis settled in the country and the world. The program also gave the message of fighting the corona epidemic through puppet dancing.