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India made sure that the treatise of Sanskrit grammar),
delegates’ experience does the UK’s Magna Carta, Mona
not remain limited to attending Lisa from France, Mrs. Ples, the
meetings, but that they also get common name for a 2.5 to 2.8
to bask in the incredible diversity million years-old fossil skull
of the country. From Lambani that was discovered in the
Art of Karnataka, Ganga Aarti in Sterkfontein Caves in South
Varanasi, the heritage sites of Africa, among many other
Rajasthan, snake boat race of objects of cultural and historical
Kerala, to Bihu dance in Assam — significance.
every State and UT left a unique Apart from culture, the G20
cultural stamp on the minds of visiting world also witnessed
the delegates. the social transformation
A Crafts Bazaar was set that is going on in India — be
up in the Bharat Mandapam
it the country’s Digital Public
on the sidelines of the G20
Infrastructure, women-led
Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi.
development, social and
And emphasising the message
financial inclusion. The delegates
of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'
also got to understand that
and the Culture Working Group’s
many of the solutions that the
hallmark campaign ‘Culture
world needs today, in terms
Unites All’, a ‘Culture Corridor
of disaster management, and
- G20 Digital Museum’ was
sustainable lifestyle, are already
conceptualised to represent
being successfully implemented
and celebrate the shared
in India on the grassroot level.
heritage of G20 members and
Beyond a GDP-centric view of the
invitee countries. A first-of-its-
G20, there is an acknowledgment
kind ‘museum in the making’
that India can lead the world with
had on display pages of Panini’s
its human-centric philosophies
Ashtadhyayi (a sixth century
and policies.
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