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Members of the Indian women’s and men’s hockey teams received a greeting from the hero upon their arrival in Odisha.
The hockey players received a passionate reception upon arrival at Bhubaneswar Airport, where State Sports and Youth Minister TK Behera and former Indian men’s hockey captain Dilip Tirkkey were greeting them.
Players were taken by two separate buses to the hotel, where they will relax for a while before participating in a state-level congratulatory program involving Prime Minister Naveen Patnaik.
They have arrived!
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According to the schedule, the team will have lunch at the hotel and interact with the reporters before leaving for Kalinga Stadium.
Both teams will have a photo session with the Prime Minister at Kalinga Stadium.
In the evening, the teams leave for Lok Seva Bhavan, where Patnaik welcomes them.
The teams are also scheduled to have dinner with the Prime Minister at Kalinga Stadium.
The state capital was decorated to receive Olympic heroes with posters, posters, and treasures placed on both sides of the road between the airport and the hotel.
They were received by blowing conch shells, wreaths and darts.
In addition, Odisha’s traditional and folk dance groups performed along the way to welcome heroes.
The people of Bhubaneswar, mostly students, also gathered along the roadside to receive hockey heroes.
The Odisha government has been the official sponsor of Indian hockey teams since 2018. The men’s team won a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after a 41-year hiatus.
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