REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION
(You may want to add hymns, reflections, prayer for the nation and the
leaders and martyred soldiers in between)
Hymn:
Introduction:
Leader: Today on
26th January (2021), India celebrates her 71st Republic
Day. In capital Delhi, the main attraction of the Republic Day festival is the
military and cultural parade to celebrate the implementation of the Indian
Constitution in 1950. Prior to the celebration, Prime Minister lays a floral
wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti – India gate, in memory of the sacrifice of the
martyrs who died for the country in the defence of its sovereignty. The
National Flag is hoisted followed by a grand parade of armed forces in full
battle regalia from the Raisina Hill near the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's
Palace), past India Gate ending at Red Fort.