NEW DELHI, October 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India’s cultural heritage is receiving growing international recognition, with the country’s music, dance, cinema and cuisine continuing to connect it with societies across the world.
In a written message to participants at the ‘Brihattar Bharat: International Conference on Bharat’s Cultural Connections Across the Globe’, being held at Vigyan Bhawan from October 14 to 16, Modi highlighted efforts to preserve India’s cultural legacy and strengthen its global connections.
The Prime Minister also noted that, alongside the preservation of monuments, the government was working to conserve the country’s manuscript heritage through the Gyan Bharatam initiative.
Union Culture Secretary Vivek Aggarwal read out Modi’s message during the conference’s inaugural session.
Modi said efforts to bring back antiquities from foreign countries had gained renewed momentum, while India’s cultural heritage was attracting increasing international attention.
The conference is being organised by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), under the Ministry of Culture, and focuses on India’s cultural legacy and its civilisational links beyond national borders.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attended the inaugural session.
The event has brought together delegates, ambassadors and scholars from various countries to discuss India’s historical and contemporary cultural connections with the wider world.
According to IGNCA, the conference also marks the centenary of the Greater India Society, also known as the Brihattar Bharat Parishad. The organisation was established in Calcutta on October 14, 1926, by a group of Indian scholars, with Rabindranath Tagore serving as its spiritual guide.
