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Rajgir mahotsav from December 28-30

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 6:57 AM IST

Classical singer Pandit Uday Kumar Mallik, Nitu Kumari and Kathak dancer Gracy would also perform during December 28-30 Rajgir Mahotsav, state Tourism minister Sunil Kumar Pintu said in a statement.

Besides, a number of artistes of Indian Idol fame would also show their talent before people during the occasion, he added.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would inaugurate the festival at Rajgir, the famous tourist spot in Nalanda, the home district of the CM.

The minister said that the event is organised as part of efforts to attract tourists to the state.

He said tourism has emerged as a sunrise sector in the state during the NDA rule. According to the latest figures, 9.72 lakh foreign tourists arrived in Bihar alone in 2011 out of 70 lakh holidayers who made to the country in that year.

  

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First Published: Dec 26 2012 | 9:05 PM IST

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