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Hong
Kong Premiere
of Mystic India The Space Museum in Hong Kong became “Little India” on Tuesday 30 January 2007 during the Mystic India premiere with traditional decorations, arts and crafts, along with vegetarian Indian snacks and music. Volunteers had worked hard throughout the day to create a rich Indian environment for the 200 guests who eagerly attended this Premiere. Everyone was fascinated by the true story of Neelkanth’s 12,000 km barefoot pilgrimage throughout India. Mystic India tells a story of faith, fearlessness and friendship at the same time giving a message of global unity. Many of the invited guests felt that the film provided a refreshing glimpse of India and its age old wisdom while others termed it as thought-provoking and moving (see opinions). The evening started at 6:00 pm with a warm welcome by children dressed in traditional dress. They showered rose petals and tied a nadachhadi on the wrist of every guest. After the introductory speech, the guests were informed that it had taken 1 million man-hours of dedicated efforts to produce the film.. The Chief Guest of the evening was Shri B.K.Gupta, the Consul General of India. He lauded the efforts of BAPS and congratulated the makers of the film for being good ambassadors of India. Some of the other dignitaries who attended the
Premiere included: The Consul General of Poland, The Consul General
of Mexico. Also present were; Prominent businessmen Gary Harilela,
K.Sital, S.Goenka and Ramesh Maldar |
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