The skies of Jammu were coloured with Kites soaring in the sky as Directorate of Tourism, Jammu organized Kite Festival 3rdEdition at Tawi River Front Park on 18.08.2022.It was a colorful jamboree wherein friends and family regaled under clear blue skies and enjoyed a fun filled morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Owing to the enthusiasm Jammuites have for kites the festival organized a day prior to Janamashtami witnessed huge crowd from various parts of Jammu. The event was inaugurated by Ramesh kumar, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu by releasing the string of a kite. Speaking on the occasion he said \u201cKite flying has been an integral part of our Culture. Kites have the ability to drag us out of our homes and go back to childhood for a while. I congratulate Directorate of Tourism, Jammu for organizing such a sprightly festival\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While addressing the media Sh. Vivekanand Rai (IRS), Director Tourism Jammu, said \u201cKites have been a part of our tradition since ancient times and even today they are flown to celebrate various festivals and sentiments. There is nothing more enjoyable than flying a kite. I would like to thank the people of Jammu for making our initiative a thorough success and using Indian Thread for Flying Kites\u201d. Living commentary of snapping of kites enhanced the excitement with crowd of spectators reverberating with \u201cChal Gayi Aaa\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Total of 100 number of Kite enthusiasts participated in the event. The blue sky was dotted with numerous kites of various shapes, colour and sizes which added to everyone\u2019s delight. Pertinent to mention here is that the participants used only Indian Thread for flying Kites. It was ensured at the entry gate, by the Directorate of Tourism, Jammu that none of the participants take Chinese thread inside the venue. Sh. Arjun Singh secured first prize of Rs 3100\/- while Mohit verma and Anil Kumar got second prize(Rs 2100\/-) and third prize(Rs 1100\/-) respectively. All the participants were given certificates in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Sunaina Sharma, JKAS, Joint Director Tourism said \u201cThe purpose of organizing this event was to give Jammuites an exhilarating experience of Kite Flying with enthralling music and delightful feast. The event is not only a competition but a memory of one\u2019s childhood and a medium to connect to our roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While speaking to the media Sh. Abdul Jabbar, JKAS said that it was a joyous sight of gaily colored kites covering the skies as paper and string soar and gravity to consort with the clouds. The Kites festival has surely spread an aura of joy, colours, and thrill with its positive vibes. \n\nThe Festival was attended by Ms. Amarjyoti Raina, Deputy Director Tourism, Dr. Neha Mahajan DDT, Planning Jammu and other officers\/officials of Tourism Department. Also present were prominent citizens of the area and representatives of travel trade fraternity. Besides 92.7 Big FM was the event partner for the kite festival.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The skies of Jammu were coloured with Kites soaring in the sky as Directorate of Tourism, Jammu organized Kite Festival 3rdEdition at Tawi River Front Park on 18.08.2022.It was a colorful jamboree wherein friends and family regaled under clear blue skies and enjoyed a fun filled morning. Owing to the enthusiasm Jammuites have for kites […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,54],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jammu","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26494,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26492\/revisions\/26494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}