{"id":492659,"date":"2023-10-27T17:29:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=492659"},"modified":"2023-10-27T17:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T11:59:27","slug":"pm-modi-namami-gange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-namami-gange\/","title":{"rendered":"Namami Gange: PM Modi invites public participation in auction for received mementos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PM Narendra Modi has been receiving gifts and souvenirs, many of which are up for e-auction currently. There are a number of claimed bids for the objects on the list, which include a model of the Golden Temple of Amritsar, a statue of Ram Darbar, Kamdhenu, and a souvenir of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Union minister Meenakashi Lekhi said, the programme began on October 2 and runs through October 31. There is not much time left, so they hope to prompt a good collection and ensure that no serious customer is turned away. In these final few days, she would want to ask every citizen of the nation to place a bid on these antiques and become their rightful owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to socian media today, PM Modi also encouraged the nation to participate in the event. The PM said, he is truly elated by the overwhelming response to the auction of the mementoes he&#8217;ve received over the years. As you&#8217;re aware, the proceeds are dedicated to Namami Gange. He kindly encourages everyone to join in and place their bids for some of the very special mementos he has received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m truly elated by the overwhelming response to the auction of the mementoes I&#39;ve received over the years. As you&#39;re aware, the proceeds are dedicated to Namami Gange. I kindly encourage everyone to join in and place their bids for some of the very special mementos I have\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/INugTcW7x2\">https:\/\/t.co\/INugTcW7x2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1717820346945118622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information given on the PM Mementos website, a statue of Lord Laxmi Narayan Vitthal and Goddess Rukmini is the most sought-after object up for auction at the moment. The item, which the chief minister of Maharashtra delivered, has 47 bids, with the price going up to Rs&nbsp;15,100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sculpture of Kamdhenu holding a calf that was given to PM Modi by KRSNA is another well-liked item. With 42 bids made thus far, the quoted price of Rs&nbsp;10,000 represents a substantial increase above its basic price of Rs&nbsp;1,300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third most sought-after item is the Jerusalem Souvenir, which has 40 bids and a maximum quoted price of Rs&nbsp;13,000. The keepsake is crafted from 925 sterling silver and features a broad view of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replicas of the Sun Temple in Modhera, the Vijay Stambh in Chittorgarh, and the Golden Temple in Amritsar are among the 912 objects up for auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to information given on the PM Mementos website, a statue of Lord Laxmi Narayan Vitthal and Goddess Rukmini is the most sought-after object up for auction at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":492662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,110599],"tags":[43546,161099,161098,165],"yst_prominent_words":[57891,34222,59126,33680,3688,3715,64192,21633,10380,47394,89422,20984,39116,23127],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/10\/27172640\/ezgif-5-97e5125695-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492659"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=492659"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=492659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->