<span style="color: #222222;">Under the Ek Bharat-Shrestha Bharat programme, a group of 46 youth drawn from 12 districts of Jammu and Kashmir have begun their 13-day visit to the paired state of Tamil Nadu. In the inaugural function held in Chennai yesterday, they took Ek Bharat-Shreshta Bharat pledge, administered by the Director Nehru Yuva Kendra, Tamil Nadu M.L. Natraj.  <br />''<br />''The youth are scheduled to stay for a day in the houses of their hosts in Chennai and prepare the culinary dishes of both the states. They would be learning a few words from the languages of both regions. Besides, they would be visiting places like Science and Technology Centre, Birla Planetarium and Marina Beach in Chennai.<br />''<br />''They would be winding up their visit on 23rd of this month. It will be followed by the visit of another fifty youth form Tamil Nadu to Jammu and Kashmir. </span><br />