NCIC satisfied with Divali Nagar turnout, plans new attractions for 2027

Shas­tri Boodan

The Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) is sat­is­fied with at­ten­dance at this year’s Di­vali Na­gar, which be­gan on Oc­to­ber 30 and end­ed on Sat­ur­day, de­spite so­cial me­dia crit­i­cism about night­ly crowd sizes.

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NCIC pres­i­dent Su­ru­jdeo Man­ga­roo ac­knowl­edged that at­ten­dance was low­er on some nights, par­tic­u­lar­ly Mon­day, when rain­fall af­fect­ed turnout. How­ev­er, he said over­all pa­tron­age was en­cour­ag­ing, with es­pe­cial­ly large crowds on Wednes­day and Thurs­day.