Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will be organising fifth International Ramayana Festival in New Delhi between September 17-19 as a part of Modi government's exercise to project cultural aspect of India's soft power. After national capital, festival will also be held in Uttar Presh's Luckw between September 20-22 and in Pune on September 21. Home Minister Amit Shah is set to inaugurate cultural festival. 

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Participants from eight countries to grace event, will also visit holy town Ayodhya

Ramayana festival will see participation of groups from eight countries, including Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Banglesh, and Sri Lanka, ICCR President Vinay Sahasrabuddhe reportedly said on Friday.  groups will also visit Ayodhya, holy town where Lord Rama is believed to have been born. Asked if y will also visit Ram Temple at disputed site, exact place where Hindus believe Ram was born, Sahasrabuddhe said it is "natural". re will be, however, performance in town. He said that cultural dimension is an important aspect of soft power and Union government since 2015 has projected it strongly.

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ICCR officially annced inaguration of cultural festival by hands of Home Minister Amit Shah.

Groups from Trinid and Tobago, Mauritius and Fiji will also participate in festival, Sahasrabuddhe, a Rajya Sabha MP and Vice President of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, said. In festival, which is generally organised before Navaratra, artists showcase cultural interpretations of Epic.

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"It is a culturally significant event as it provides a chance to witness different versions of an epic that has been tritionally transmitted by each country in its own way," an ICCR statement said. first festival in 2015 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

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