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Ahmedabad Tourist Paints Body Tricolour At Srinagar’s Lal Chowk
Arun Haryani, a tourist from Ahmedabad, marked Independence Day at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk with his body painted saffron, white and green while waving the national flag, the Free Press Journal reports. Haryani…
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Arun Haryani, a tourist from Ahmedabad, marked Independence Day at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk with his body painted saffron, white and green while waving the national flag, the Free Press Journal reports. Haryani has visited Kashmir since 2022 and returns during national occasions such as Independence Day and Republic Day.
Lal Chowk, including its clock tower, has long hosted national celebrations and flag unfurlings. India became independent on August 15, 1947. The report calls 2026 the 80th Independence Day celebration, while also stating that it marks 79 years since independence.
The Indian Opinion
The display is a personal expression of patriotism, not evidence that one striking image captures public sentiment across Kashmir. Equally, dismissing it as mere publicity would ignore the visitor’s repeated trips since 2022. The useful measure is less the body paint than whether Lal Chowk sees peaceful, broad public participation in national events, with attendance and incidents recorded rather than inferred from a viral moment.
Source: freepressjournal.in
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