New Delhi, May 20 -- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted the 'transformative force' of sports and how the Khelo India Beach Games were a watershed moment in the sporting history of the nation. In his message to the Games organisers in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu and the Sports Authority of India, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi congratulated and gave his best wishes saying that the Beach Games promise to make waves in India's sporting calendar.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said the choice of Diu as the venue of the Khelo India Beach Games was "fitting". "An amalgamation of sun, sand and water, they enhance the physical challenge and at the same time, celebrate our coastal herit...