<span style="color: #222222;">The idol of Goddess Annapurna which was retrieved from Ottawa, Canada and&nbsp; received by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)&nbsp; last month will begin its journey on 11th November for its final resting place at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Giving this information, the&nbsp;Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy stated that he will interact with&nbsp; media&nbsp; tomorrow at the residence of&nbsp; Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister&nbsp; Yogi Adithyanath to give details of the journey of idol of Goddess Annapurna. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Union Minister will also highlight&nbsp; the efforts made&nbsp; to retrieve and bring home the idols and antiquities from various countries under the leadership of Prime Minister.The idol will be taken from Delhi to Aligarh on&nbsp; 11th November and from there it will be taken to Kannauj and reach Ayodhya on 14th November. Finally, it will reach Varanasi on&nbsp; 15th November Ministry of Culture in a statement said that since 1976,&nbsp; 55 idols have been returned to India and&nbsp; 75 per cent of them were returned during the tenure of Narendra Modi .Out&nbsp; of the 55 antiquities, 42 were returned after 2014 with the Annapurna Devi being the last addition to this.</span><br />
News On AIR | November 2, 2021 9:10 PM
Annapurna idol to begin its journey on Nov 11 for its final resting place at Kashi Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi