Andhra Pradesh Formation Day celebrations to begin from Friday

Celebrations will kickstart at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stium, Vijayawa on Friday on occasion of Andhra Presh (AP) Formation Day. A statement from Chief Minister’s Office stated that t only would tritions and culture of state be on display, but also family members of freedom fighters and important personalities would be felicitated. Several dignitaries including CM Jagan Mohan Reddy, Goverr Biswabhusan Harichandran would be in attendance. celebrations would continue for three days. 

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Cultural prowess on display

Some of people who would be felicitated on occasion are Pingali Venkaiah's granddaughter and grandson, Potti Sriramulu's grandchildren, Tanguturi Prakasam's relatives, Alluri Seetaramaraju's grandson, Kanneganti Hanumanthu's great-grandson, Koti Reddy's granddaughter, Vavilala Gopala Krishnaiah's relatives, Uyyalava Narsimha Reddy's fifth-generation grandson and Damodaram Sanjeevaiah's grandchildren. Indira Gandhi Municipal Stium has been decorated to showcase handicraft and handlooms of AP. Also, cultural events are likely to take place, which would entail different s of entertainment such as music, dance, and drama. Besides this, people would be able to taste a variety of cuisine from multiple parts of state.  

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Formation Day

While 21 stalls have been reserved for handlooms and handicrafts, 25 or stalls would feature food items of AP. Apart from this, event will also showcase Kondapalli and Etikoppaka toys, lear items from Vijayawa, lace items from Narasapuram, jewellery from Machilipatnam, Vijayawa, and Ongole, wood carving items from Tirupati in Chittoor district and Gannavaram jute items. AP Formation Day marks formation of AP on vember 1, 1956, after  reorganisation of states on linguistic lines. This was achieved after ermous sacrifices by people such as Potti Sriramulu, who lost his life after sitting on a fast. However, Telangana has ducked trend by celebrating June 2 as its Formation Day after it was carved out as a separate state in 2014.  

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(With ANI inputs)