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UNESCO inscribed Deepavali on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list during a key meeting hosted in Delhi for the first time.

Culture Minister Shekhawat called the tag both an honour and a responsibility, urging efforts to keep the festival a “living heritage.”

PM Modi and other leaders celebrated the milestone, calling Deepavali the soul of Indian civilisation and a symbol of unity and righteousness.

India on Wednesday said that with the inscription of Deepavali on intangible cultural heritage list, UNESCO has honoured the eternal human longing for renewal, peace and the triumph of good.

Shortly after the inscription was revealed during a key UNESCO meeting at the Red Fort in Delhi, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat made the declaration on behalf

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