The Ministry of Culture organized the 9th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in Tehri, Uttarakhand from 25th May to 27th May, 2018.
- The Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2018 was organized under the ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ initiative.
- The Mahotsav was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Culture (I/C) and Environment, Forest & Climate Chang, Dr. Mahesh Sharma in the presence of Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat.
- It was a 3 days water sports and cultural event.
- The North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) is the nodal agency responsible to carry out the execution of the entire event.
- This year the partner state for the festival of Utarakhand is Karnataka.
- The Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav was conceived by the Union Ministry of Culture in 2015.
- The Ministry decided to organize the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in order to showcase the rich cultural heritage of India.
- As of now 8 Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav has already been organized at various places in India which include-
- Delhi – 2
- Karnataka – 2
- Varanasi – 1
- Gujarat – 1
- Madhya Pradesh – 1
- NE states -1
