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Badminton rackets by Paralympic shuttlers Nithya Sre Sivan and Sukant Kadam person not registered immoderate bids truthful acold arsenic portion of the ongoing auction of the PM’s mementos. (Photo: pmmementos.gov)
A brace of spike shoes presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Paralympic metallic medallist Ajit Singh, badminton rackets by Paralympic shuttlers Nithya Sre Sivan and Sukant Kadam, and metallic medallist Yogesh Khatuniya’s sermon — each with a minimum bidding terms of Rs 5 lakh upwards — person not registered immoderate bids truthful acold arsenic portion of the ongoing auction of the PM’s mementos.
These stay among the 79 objects that person not received immoderate bids successful the 15 days that the auction has been going on. Featuring implicit 600 objects ranging from paintings, sculptures and indigenous handicrafts to accepted angavastram and headgear, this year’s variation of the auction started connected September 17 and was to reason connected October 2.
However, with respective objects inactive to find takers, the day has present been extended by astir a month, with the auction closing connected October 31. “Originally scheduled from 17th September to 2nd October, 2024, the auction volition present beryllium unfastened for information until 31st October 2024,” said a connection released by the Ministry of Culture connected Wednesday, which organises the auction each year.
While the memorabilia donated by Paralympic champions are the prima items of this year’s variation with the highest basal price, different cardinal items see a replica of the Ram temple and adjacent a metallic veena – each gifts received by PM Modi during his visits crossed the state implicit the past year.
The cumulative basal terms of each the items unneurotic comes to astir Rs 1.5 crore, Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told reporters up of the auction portion conducting a walk-through of the accumulation showcasing immoderate of the objects astatine the National Gallery of Modern Art. He said the basal prices for these gifts are acceptable by a authorities committee, with prices ranging from arsenic debased arsenic Rs 600 to arsenic precocious arsenic Rs 8.26 lakh.
The existent e-auction marks the sixth variation successful a bid of auctions, initially launched successful January 2019. As with erstwhile editions, the proceeds from this variation of the auction volition besides beryllium contributed to the Namami Gange Project, the Centre’s flagship inaugural dedicated to the conservation and restoration of the Ganga and its fragile ecosystem.
The highest-priced mementos are encased sports shoes of Paralympic bronze medallists Ajeet Singh and Simran Sharma and metallic medallist Nishad Kumar arsenic good arsenic a signed headdress of metallic medallist Sharad Kumar – priced astir Rs 8.26 lakh. Sivan and Kadam’s badminton rackets and Khatuniya’s discus person been priced astatine Rs 5.50 lakh.
A exemplary of Ram Temple priced astatine Rs 5.50 lakh, a peacock statue valued astatine Rs 3.30 lakh, a statue of Ram Darbar priced astatine Rs 2.76 lakh and metallic veena priced astatine Rs 1.65 lakh are among the different high-end mementos. The lowest-priced mementos see fabric angavastram, caps, and shawls, priced astatine Rs 600 each, which person registered the astir bids this time.
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