World Cultural Festival

World Cultural Festival (WCF) was held on the Yamuna floodplains in New Delhi from 11 March 2016 to 13 March 2016.[1][2] It was organised by Ravi Shankar to celebrate the Art of Living foundation’s 35 years in service.[3] Various political leaders including Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Devendra Fadnavis, Raman Singh and Manish Sisodia attended the event on 12 March 2016.[4] The last day of the cultural extravaganza was attended by many high-profile BJP leaders including Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.[5] The National Green Tribunal (NGT) allowed the Art of Living of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to hold the festival after paying a compensation of ₹5 crore (US$740,000).[6] Initially, around 1,700 officials were deployed for traffic management for the World Cultural Festival and around 300 were on standby for the other events to be held during the same time.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "There Might Be Stampede, Chaos At World Cultural Festival: Delhi Police", NDTV, 9 March 2016
  2. ↑ "As it happened: 'This is the Kumbh Mela of culture'", The Hindu, 11 March 2016
  3. ↑ "LIVE: Watch - Art of Living’s World Culture Festival 2016– Day 3", Zee News, 13 March 2016
  4. ↑ "Top Union Ministers, NDA CMs attend World Cultural Festival", Daily News and Analysis, 12 March 2016
  5. ↑ "Don't Politicise Such Events, Says Sri Sri As World Culture Festival Ends", NDTV, 14 March 2016
  6. ↑ "Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu backs Art of Living's world cultural festival", The Economic Times, 11 March 2016
  7. ↑ "Sri Sri's World Culture Festival and rain choke Delhi roads", Mail Today, 12 March 2016


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