MP govt to hold 'Ramayana' quiz competition with air travel to Ayodhya as prize

Indore, Oct 19: In order to inculcate the knowledge about Ramayana, the Madhya Pradesh government will organise a general knowledge competition based on the Hindu epic at national and international levels, an official statement said.

 

 

"The winners of the competition will get a chance to travel to Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya by air", state's Tourism, Culture and Spirituality Minister Usha Thakur said. Her remarks came while inaugurating another general knowledge competition at Dr BR Ambedkar University of Social Science in Indore.

 

 

"The winners of the competition will get an opportunity to travel by air to Ayodhya," the statement said. A date for the competition has not been announced yet. Based on the competition inaugurated, eight people, including four students will be selected from each district of the state.

 

 

Thakur also inaugurated a picture exhibition on Shabri, a character from 'Ramayana'. Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav had last month announced that the first-year students of graduation courses will be offered 'Ramcharitmanas' as an elective subject under philosophy discipline in the art stream.

 

Besides, the state government has also earmarked a sum of Rs 1 crore in this year's state budget for the preparation of feasibility and detailed project reports of the 'Ram Van Gaman Path' project.

 

 

The project, which aims to retrace the route taken by Lord Ram on his way to exile, will be undertaken by the Madhya Pradesh Spirituality Department and MP Road Development Corporation. It will be constructed from Chitrakoot to Amarkantak through Satna, Panna, Amanganj, Katni, Jabalpur, Mandla, Dindori and Shahdol districts.