Uttar Pradesh’s tableau at the Republic Day parade in Delhi will showcase the grandeur of the upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya, the temple town’s culture, and Ayodhya as a symbol of social-religious harmony, said a senior state information department officer.
The tableau will also showcase Ayodhya as a major religious tourism destination in India.
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“The theme has been approved and UP’s proposed tableau has already been shortlisted at a meeting held in Delhi regarding the tableaux. However, minor changes have been suggested, which we will incorporate,” said the officer.
The tableau will also showcase Ayodhya as a major religious tourism destination in India.
The tableau will feature a grand model of the temple, scenes from Ramayan and the new tradition of annual Deepotsav in Ayodhya, the officer added.
The information department prepares Republic Day tableaux and the exact title of the 2021’s theme is ‘Uttar Pradesh ki sanskritik dharohar: Ayodhya (Ayodhya: Cultural heritage of Uttar Pradesh)’.
“How Lord Ram had embraced Nishadraj, how he ate bers (Indian jujube) that Shabri bit before offering them to him, and how all this presents a culture of non-discrimination among castes and sets an example against untouchability, women emancipation and empowerment. All this will be depicted on the tableau,” he said.
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It will also display the anvarat (continuous) Ramleela, according to details in the presentation document of the state.
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It will also display the anvarat (continuous) Ramleela, according to details in the presentation document of the state.
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The officer said the tableau will showcase Ayodhya’s religious harmony. It will display how five Jain Tirthankars were born in the city, how it is connected to Lord Buddha, who had spent six monsoons there and also how Guru Nanak and nine other Sikh gurus visited Ayodhya.
Pankaj Jaiswal is Bureau Chief, Uttar Pradesh. He covers-analyses politics, and assists Hindustan Times reporters across the state. He has 30 years of experience in print media reporting. Based in Lucknow, he started his journalism career at a national English daily in Kanpur after graduating from Christ Church College. He joined Hindustan Times, Lucknow edition, as part of the launch team in 1997. He’s covered everything from rural distress to science, environment, wildlife, and crime. He has travelled extensively in Uttar Pradesh for rural, development, political, and election reporting. His continued interest in rural issues, rural distress, and development journalism has fetched him a handful of prestigious awards and fellowships. Pankaj is a photojournalist too. He clinched the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting—First Prize in 2009 and Third Prize in 2006—for exposing Bundelkhand’s devastating drought and distress: crop failures, farm suicides, migration, debt, and the injustice of meagre compensation cheques between Rs 10 and Rs 20 to farmers by the government from crop loss. He also has been awarded with Hindustan Times internal 'Journalist of the Month' citation over half a dozen times. His relentless reporting in Hindustan Times pulled the Bundelkhand crisis out of obscurity and forced it into the national spotlight, prompting media and government action on one of India’s most neglected regions. Over a decade, he filed hundreds of hard-hitting stories, travelling repeatedly from Lucknow deep into Bundelkhand. He also received the Special Mention KC Kulish International Award 2009. Pankaj also did long-haul political reporting on the most intense political family feud—’The Yadav Family Feud’—between 2016 and 2022.
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