India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day today, August 15, 2024
New Delhi: With patriotism and pride in our hearts, India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day today, August 15, 2024. To commemorate the occasion, famous artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has shared a photograph of sand art at Puri Beach in Odisha. Sharing the picture of the sand art on X(previously Twitter), Sudarsan Pattnaik wrote,”Happy 78th #IndependenceDay to all!.”
Happy 78th #IndependenceDay to all!🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/hz7HoQVpVw
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) August 15, 2024
The picture shows a girl and a boy holding the national flag in their hands. Since its posting a few hours ago, the sand art has quickly garnered attention on social media. Many users have filled the comment section with messages like ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Happy Independence Day,’ while others have applauded the “young talents” for their impressive creativity.
Prime Minister Modi will unfurl the national flag for the 11th time in a row on Thursday on Independence Day — the centrepiece annual event where he lays out his government’s agenda, presents its report card, makes important policy and programme announcements and speaks about burning issues.
His first Independence Day address of his third term takes him past Manmohan Singh, who unfurled the tricolour 10 times from the ramparts of Red Fort during 2004-2014, and places him behind Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, who did the honours 17 and 16 times respectively.
