Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in popularizing Mana’s “Bhoj Patra” among pilgrims while listening to the 103rd episode of the PM’s “Mann ki Baat” with the PM’s “Swanidhi” family at the CM’s residence on Sunday.
CM Dhami announced on Twitter that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned the letter written by the women of Chamoli district’s Neeti-Mana valley during today’s “Mann Ki Baat” program. Pilgrims are coming here and purchasing both local goods and goods made of “Bhoj Patra” at competitive prices as a result of the PM Modi’s appeal to the country’s first village, Mana.
“‘Bhoj Patra’ is a part of the ancient heritage of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. Our government is continuously working towards preserving and promoting all the cultural heritage of the state”, the Uttarakhand CM added.
Mana village is located in Uttarakhand. It is proximate to the Indo-Tibetan border.
Notably, PM Narendra Modi, in the 103rd edition of the ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme, said that some of the letters written to him by the mothers and sisters of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand are heart-warming.
“The women and sisters of Uttarakhand have given a lot of blessings to their son and brother (PM Modi). They wrote that they had never imagined that ‘Bhoj Patra’, which has been their cultural heritage, could become a source of their livelihood”, said Prime Minister Modi.
“These letters have been written to me by the women of Niti-Mana valley in the Chamoli district,” continued Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These are the ladies who gave me a special piece of art depicting Bhojpatra in October of last year.