Varanasi8 hours ago
Dev Deepawali will be celebrated in Varanasi on 19th November. Earlier, a three-day hot air balloon show was started from Wednesday to give impetus to tourism here. In the morning people sat in balloons and flew to a height of 1000 feet above the ground. During this, people gathered on the sand in Domri in Ramnagar area across the Ganges to see and fly hot air balloons. The tourism department has fixed a fee of Rs 500 per person for traveling in a hot air balloon.
7 pilots have come from Poland to fly the balloon. In view of security, along with the police of Ramnagar police station, personnel of Bomb Disposal Squad, Dog Squad and Fire Brigade have been deployed. Along with this, the officers of the police and administration inspected the policemen deployed in the security system and instructed them to do duty with promptness.
See in pictures how hot air balloons are flying in Kashi…
Air hot balloon flying in the sky of Kashi. Eight pilots have come to fly the balloon, out of which 7 are from Poland.
Divisional Commissioner Deepak Agarwal said that we want to make this promotional event a permanent event of Kashi. So that tourists come here in maximum numbers.
Sigra Stadium, CHS Sports Ground and BLW Sports Ground were also made stations for flying hot air balloons. On the morning of the first day, the hot air balloon took off only from the sand located across the Ganges Domri.
Tickets have also been arranged where hot air balloons are flying from Domri in Ramnagar area.
Teacher Amarendra Shankar Upadhyay, who came to fly in a hot air balloon from Naria, said that it was a thrilling experience. He has traveled by plane, but going up in Kashi to see the Ganges and the Ghats was an unforgettable experience.
A hot air balloon can fly up to 30 people at a time.
Regional Tourism Officer Kirtiman Srivastava said that all the pilots are experienced in this field and elaborate security arrangements have been made.
Hot air balloons fly depending on the direction of the hot air and wind. The burner inside the balloon heats the air inside which is less dense than the air outside. Hot air balloons require an envelope (a balloon made of synthetic fabric), a burner, and a basket.
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