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NATION | Gifts to Odisha

ODISHA IS THE SHINING STAR OF

INDIA’S RICH HERITAGE

Odisha has made a significant contribution to India’s cultural and natural heritage,
and it also plays a vital role in the vision of “Purvodaya to Bharat Uday” (Rise of the
East to the Rise of India). Highlighting the state’s role in India’s development journey,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while unveiling projects worth over R18,000 crore in
Bhubaneswar on June 20, described Odisha as a shining star of India’s heritage…

he eastern part of India may be culturally
and naturally rich, but it lags in industrial and President Trump invited, PM
Tinfrastructure development, like the West Modi said- I have to go to the
or South India. The vision of Purvodaya to Bharat land of Mahaprabhu
Udaya is an important step towards eliminating this Referring to the phone conversation with US President
gap, and the role of Odisha, the holy land of Lord Trump during the G-7 summit in Canada, PM Modi said, I
Jagannath, is also very important in this. Referring was in Canada for the G7 Summit, and President Trump of
to this in a programme organised in the capital, the United States called me. He said, “Since you’re already in
Bhubaneswar, on the completion of one year of Canada, why not stop by Washington? We’ll have dinner and
the state government, Prime Minister Narendra talk.” He extended a warm invitation. I thanked the President
Modi said that Odisha has been enriching Indian ci- of the USA and said: “Thank you for the invitation, but it is
vilisation and culture for hundreds of years. There- essential for me to go to the land of Mahaprabhu.”
fore, today, when the mantra of development and

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