India’s Suryapath Tiranga relay has moved across the South Pacific and Australia, with Fiji, New Zealand and Australia taking part in the sunrise-to-sunrise celebration marking India’s 80th Independence Day.
Fiji became the first stop in the global relay, unfurling the Indian Tricolour in Suva with the first rays of the sun.
The Indian High Commission in Fiji said it was honoured to initiate the global relay under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign before passing the baton to the Indian mission in New Zealand.
“With the first rays of the sun, our Tiranga shall rise!” the mission said, describing the initiative as a historic global relay.
New Zealand then prepared to continue the journey at dawn, with the Indian mission saying the Tricolour would rise from its shores before the relay moved onwards to Australia.
“The Tiranga is set to rise from our shores at the break of dawn,” the Indian mission in New Zealand said, calling on the Indian High Commission in Canberra to continue the journey.
Australia subsequently took up the relay, with the Indian mission in Canberra saying:
“The Tiranga rises from our shores at the break of dawn.”
The relay now moves onwards to Japan, with the Indian Embassy in Tokyo set to continue Suryapath Tiranga.
The campaign follows the movement of the sun from east to west, with Indian diplomatic missions carrying the Tricolour from one sunrise to the next.
The initiative is being conducted under Har Ghar Tiranga, encouraging Indians and the diaspora to display the national flag and celebrate India’s Independence Day and the spirit of Vande Mataram.
The regional relay also highlights the strong people-to-people and diplomatic links between India, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia, with large Indian diaspora communities across the region participating in the 80th Independence Day celebrations.
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