Suryapath Tiranga: Global relay of tricolour spirit from Fiji to mark 80th I-Day concludes in San Francisco

New
Delhi,
Aug
15
(PTI):
‘Su yapath
Ti a ga’,
a
fi st-of-its-ki d
campaig
i volvi g
ove
50
I dia
missio s
f om
east
to
west,
u de
which
images
of
the
t icolou
we e
bei g
“digitally
elayed”
ac oss
multiple
time
zo es,
was
held
o
Satu day
to
ma k
the
cou t y’s
80th
I depe de ce
Day.

The
u ique
global
elay
bega
with
the
I dia
High
Commissio
i
Suva
i
Fiji
a d
e ded
with
the
I dia
co sulate
i
Sa
F a cisco
i
the
US,
co ecti g
54
missio s
a d
posts
ac oss
cou t ies
a d
co ti e ts
a d
tu i g
the
moveme t
of
the
su
i to
a
“symbolic
jou ey
of
the
‘ti a ga’
ac oss
the
globe,”
officials
said.

The
‘Su yapath
Ti a ga’
c eated
a
ema kable
chai
of
flag-hoisti g
ce emo ies
“spa i g
mo e
tha
19
hou s”,
geog aphically
li ki g
the
Pacific,
Asia,
Af ica,
Eu ope
a d
the
Ame icas,
they
said.

I
a
spectacula
global
celeb atio
of
I dia’s
I depe de ce
Day,
the
special
i itiative
u de
‘Ha
Gha
Ti a ga’,
the
campaig
ca ied
the
spi it
of
the
atio al
flag
ac oss
the
wo ld,
followi g
the
path
of
the
isi g
su
f om
Fiji
at
1.30
am
IST
to
Sa
F a cisco
at
8.30
pm
IST,
the
Mi ist y
of
Cultu e
said
i
a
stateme t.

Begi i g
i
Suva,
the
campaig
moved
successively
th ough
New
Zeala d,
Aust alia,
Japa ,
South
Ko ea,
Chi a,
I do esia,
Viet am,
Si gapo e,
Malaysia,
Thaila d,
Mya ma ,
Ba gladesh,
Bhuta ,
Nepal,
S i
La ka
a d
the
Maldives.

The
elay
the
co ti ued
westwa d
th ough
Ce t al
a d
West
Asia,
i cludi g
Uzbekista ,
Oma ,
the
UAE,
Qata ,
Kuwait
a d
Saudi
A abia,
befo e
eachi g
Af ica
a d
Eu ope,
it
said.

Each
successive
flag-hoisti g
ma ked
a othe
chapte
i
the
u foldi g
global
celeb atio
of
I dia’s
I depe de ce
Day.

Mass
si gi g
of
‘Va de
Mata am’
a d
the
atio al
a them
fo med
a
i teg al
pa t
of
the
p og ammes
hosted
seque tially
at
these
missio s
a d
posts,
b i gi g
togethe
membe s
of
the
I dia
diaspo a,
officials
a d
f ie ds
of
I dia
i
a
sha ed
exp essio
of
pat iotism,
officials
said.

“With
the
fi st
ays
of
the
su ,
the
I dia
flag
was
aised
fi st
i
Suva,
Fiji,
ma ki g
the
begi i g
of
the
global
Ti a ga
elay,
‘Su ya
Path
Ti a ga’
—
a
symbolic
jou ey
ca yi g
the
spi it
of
I dia’s
I depe de ce
Day
ac oss
the
wo ld,”
the
High
Commissio
of
I dia
i
Fiji
posted
o
X
ea lie
i
the
day.

The
I dia
missio
i
Suva
also
sha ed
some
photos
of
the
celeb atio s
held
i
Fiji,
seve al
hou s
ahead
of
the
mai
ce emo ial
eve t
hosted
at
the
Red
Fo t
complex
i
Delhi.

Othe
I dia
missio s
followed
suit,
commemo ati g
the
la dma k
occasio
with
flag-hoisti g
i
thei
espective
cou t ies,
a d
the
taggi g
the
ext
missio
i
the
pla ed
campaig ,
which
was
a ou ced
by
the
I dia
gove me t
o
August
7.

The
i itiative
” ei fo ces
the
message
that
the
#Ti a ga
t a sce ds
geog aphical
bou da ies,
b i gi g
togethe
I dia s
a d
f ie ds
of
I dia
ac oss
the
wo ld,”
the
P ess
I fo matio
Bu eau
(PIB)
said
i
a
stateme t.

Each
I dia
missio ,
afte
taki g
pa t
i
the
campaig ,
posted
images
of
the
flag
hoisti g
o
its
p emises,
thus
symbolically
pi i g
itself
i
the
digital
seque ce,
a d
tagged
the
ext
missio
to
ca y
fo wa d
the
spi it.

“The
Ti a ga
is
set
to
ise
f om
ou
sho es
at
the
b eak
of
daw .
Ove
to
@HCICa be a
to
co ti ue
this
histo ic
jou ey
of
#Su yapathTi a ga,
ca y
the
I dia
T icolou
f om
o e
su ise
to
the
ext,
i spi e
I dia s
to
sp ead
the
fe vou
of
#Ha Gha Ti a ga,”
the
High
Commissio
of
I dia
to
New
Zeala d
posted
o
X
about
the
eve t
held
a ou d
1.45
am
i
Welli gto .

“Committi g
ou selves
to
the
se vice
of
ou
atio .
#TeamMEA
wishes
all
I dia s,
at
home
a d
ab oad,
a
happy
I depe de ce
Day.
Let’s
eaffi m
ou
collective
esolve
to
fulfil
the
visio
of
Viksit
Bha at
@2047.
#HappyI depe de ceDay
#Ha Gha Ti a ga,”
Exte al
Affai s
Mi ist y’s
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal
posted
o
X.

The
I dia
Embassy
i
Beiji g
posted
o
X,
“The
Ti a ga
ises
f om
ou
sho es
at
the
b eak
of
daw .
Ove
to
@I dia EmbJkt
to
co ti ue
this
histo ic
jou ey
of
#Su yapathTi a ga.
Ca y
the
I dia
T icolou
f om
o e
su ise
to
the
ext,
a d
i spi e
I dia s
to
sp ead
the
fe vou
of
#Ha Gha Ti a ga.”
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