Queen's Baton enters India today
The relay commenced from Buckingham Palace London, on October 29, 2009. The Baton will enter India from Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border today.
THE QUEEN'S Baton relay for XIX Commonwealth Games will reach India today after crossing 70 countries, travelling 1, 70,000 km in 240 days. The relay commenced from Buckingham Palace, London, on October 29, 2009. The Baton will enter India from Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border today at 9.25 am.
The last leg of its journey will be in India. After entering India, a grand ceremony will be organized before the Baton’s national relay will be kicked off. Over the next 100 days, the Baton will visit all 28 States and seven UTs of India including 200 cities and thousands of villages. More than 5,000 sports person, stars, politicians, common man etc will carry the Baton by using all modes of transport over land, sea and air.
The Baton’s dimensions are: height: 1,690 mm, top width: 111 mm, base width: 44 mm and weight: 1900 gms. It has an inbuilt camera, a sound recorder and LED display. The design is shaped by using a triangular section of aluminum twisted into helix. It has a polycarbonate cap to protect the Queen’s message from the elements. The Baton is light weight and designed to be easy and comfortable to hold.
It will be the longest Queen’s Baton relay in the history of Commonwealth Games. After the relay throughout the country, the 100 day journey will finish when the Baton bearers enter the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the opening Ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games. The Baton will enter Delhi through Gurgaon on September 30, 2010. There will be a three day relay of the Baton in Delhi. On October 3, 2010 Queen Elizabeth-II’s message will be removed from the Baton and read at the Games’ Opening Ceremony.
The multilayered Baton has a precious jewellery box holding the Queen’s message on gold leaf. It is a fusion made with great skill and elements interplayed with a precision-engineered body and decked with complex hand layered soil pattern. Inside the casing is coated with soil which is collected from all regions of India.
The multilayered Baton has a precious jewellery box holding the Queen’s message on gold leaf. It is a fusion made with great skill and elements interplayed with a precision-engineered body and decked with complex hand layered soil pattern. Inside the casing is coated with soil which is collected from all regions of India.
The Baton’s dimensions are: height: 1,690 mm, top width: 111 mm, base width: 44 mm and weight: 1900 gms. It has an inbuilt camera, a sound recorder and LED display. The design is shaped by using a triangular section of aluminum twisted into helix. It has a polycarbonate cap to protect the Queen’s message from the elements. The Baton is light weight and designed to be easy and comfortable to hold.
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