Last Updated: December 09, 2022, 12:30 IST
Guwahati [Gauhati], India
A proper welcome by the state authorities was accorded at Ganesh Mandir Indoor Stadium. (Pic Credit: TW/TheHockeyIndia)
Assam Police Commandos guarded the gold and platinum trophy and have been greeted by Gayan-Bayan’ (efficiency of Vashnavite Sattriya custom) on the airport
The Hockey World Cup trophy travelled by Assam’s largest metropolis Guwahati as a part of its nationwide tour which had began and can culminate in Odisha, the host state for the match, an official launch stated.
The trophy arrived in Guwahati from Manipur capital Imphal on Thursday and was displayed all through town through the day, it added.
The Member Secretary, State Level Advisory Committee for Students and Youth Welfare, Assam, Gitartha Goswami, together with Tapan Kumar Das, General Secretary of Assam Hockey, escorted the trophy.
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Assam Police Commandos guarded the gold and platinum trophy and have been greeted by Gayan-Bayan’ (efficiency of Vashnavite Sattriya custom) on the airport.
More than 1000 bikers and a whole bunch of automobiles escorted the trophy.
As it handed by Gauhati University, college students of the varsity in addition to school members took out a procession.
The convoy later moved in the direction of the Hockey stadium in Bhetapara space of town, the place gamers and officers welcomed the trophy.
It additionally had a visit a gurudwara in Basistha space.
A proper welcome by the state authorities was accorded at Ganesh Mandir Indoor Stadium, with Assam ministers Jogen Mohan and Nandita Garlosa and Arunachal Pradesh minister Mama Natung attending the programme.
The trophy was handed to the Jharkhand Hockey authorities on the premises of the Kamakhya temple later within the night for its onward journey to the japanese state.
Odisha is internet hosting the Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup from January 13 to 29, 2023. The 21-day tour of the trophy masking 13 states and one union territory had began from the host state, the place it’ll additionally finish, on December 5.
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