Kohima, Dec. 5 -- union Communications Minister and Minister for DoNER, Jyotiraditya Scindia was the chief guest at the ceremonial 'stone pulling' event at Touphema village in Kohima district of Nagaland. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio was also present to witness the event hosted at the behest of the tourism department.
The stone pulling ceremony is a major event of the ongoing 10-day long Hornbill Festival.
Scindia, in his address, said the stone pulling ceremony was not a task for the participants but embodies the combination of the union of body, mind, soul, heart and spirit.
He thanked Rio and the people of the state for inviting him to the most important ceremony of Nagaland.
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