Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today invited international celebrity chef, entrepreneur and writer Vikas Khanna to visit Odisha.
Patnaik extended his invitation while talking to Khanna through video conferencing.
Recently, Khanna was the talk of the town after unveiling a grand replica of the Konark Sun Temple wheel at Times Square in New York on the occasion of India’s Independence Day.
Khanna during his discussion with Patnaik highly praised the art, architecture, culture, heritage and food traditions of Odisha.
He shared with the Chief Minister his blissful spiritual experience during his visit to the Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri.
Opining that Odisha is making rapid progress in the field of development, he highly praised the strong and visionary leadership and humanistic thinking of the Chief Minister.
He opined that the Konark Wheel is the symbol of universal unity.
The Chief Minister also appreciated Khanna’s creativity and entrepreneurial spirit and invited him to visit Odisha.
5T Secretary VK Pandian was present during the discussion.