Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw today made a special mention about Odisha’s age-old festival ‘Bali Jatra’, at the G20 meeting held at Bali on Thursday.
Addressing the G20 Digital Economy Ministers’ Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Vaishnaw said, “It is good to meet in person. Especially because this meeting is in Bali. On the east coast of India, there is a culturally rich state of Odisha.
“In Odisha, millions of people celebrate Bali Jatra every year. Bali Jatra is a festival dedicated to the centuries old maritime trade links between India and Indonesia,” the Minister added.