Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Taj Mahal will not be decorated with tricolor lights on Independence Day, courtesy of ` DEAD INSECTS`
As part of the `Azadi Ka Amrita Mohotsav` celebrations, around 3,500 monuments in the country preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India will be visited free of charge between August 5 and 15. This rule will also apply to the Taj Mahal, said Union Culture Minister Gangapuram Kishan Reddy.
The Government of India is celebrating' Azadi Ka Amrit Mohotsav' on the Diamond Jubilee of Independence. The central government has decided to decorate the historic structures of the country with tricolor lights on this special occasion. But that rule won't apply in the case of the Taj Mahal. Due to a special directive of the Supreme Court, no lighting can be done in the Taj Mahal at night. Apropos, the Taj Mahal was the first monument in India to be illuminated at night for a festivity. Vishal Sharma, the editor of Agra's Tourist Welfare Chamber, said," When the Allied forces won the Second World War about 77 times agone, the Taj Mahal was lit up in various lights." Not only that, special events were organized inside the monument.
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According to social activist Vijay Upadhyay, the last time the Taj Mahal was illuminated at night was on 20 March 1997 during a musicale by renowned pianist Yanni. The next morning, the Taj Mahal was found to be full of dead insects. After which the Chemical Wing of the Archaeological Survey of India recommended that the Taj Mahal shouldn't be lit at night. Because insects damage the marble of the monument. The ban on lighting at Taj Mahal has not been lifted since then. Although there are many better lighting options available these days.
As part of the' Azadi Ka Amrita Mohotsav' fests, around,500 monuments in the country preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India will be visited free of charge between August 5 and 15. This rule will also apply to the Taj Mahal, said Union Culture Minister Gangapuram Kishan Reddy.
Incidentally, as the country is entering its 75th time of independence, the center has planned to celebrate the entire time.' Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' is being celebrated on the Diamond Jubilee time of Independence. fests have started as soon as the month of independence falls in August. The Prime Minister himself requested that as part of the Independence Day fests, the people of the country should post the tricolor in their social media filmland. In response to his request, the profile filmland of the leaders and ministers of the Center have formerly been changed. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting also has a snap of the tricolor on its social media.