New Delhi:Starting Sunday, an array of gifts and memorabilia, presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being put under the hammer at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in New Delhi. Some of the items that will be auctioned include a replica of the Amritsar’s Golden temple and a memento of a Maharaja riding on horse. 

The proceeds from this auction will be used for Namame Gange, a government programme that was launched with the idea to clean the Ganga. The auction is being organised through the digital medium to maintain transparency. 

These are the 20 items that are up for grabs in the e-auction over two days

Memento of a cow and calf
 


FICCI photo frame
 


New India photo frame
 


Silver Vishnu idol
 


Patna University memento
 


Buddha idol
 


Replica of Golden temple
 


 

Assam memento
 


Baba Banda Singh Bahadurji photo frame
 


Idol of Basaweshwara
 


Urja Sanjam memento
 


Golghar memento



Memento of a Maharaja riding a horse



Memento from BJP workers at Dharampur rally



Replica of Birhadeeswara temple



BR Ambedkar statue



Wooden cap from Assam



Navrasa Nayak photo frame



Decorative mask of Bhawada



Memento of a sailor


 

A press release by the government said, "The bidders supported the cause wholeheartedly as certain items such as the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, base priced at Rs 1000 was finally auctioned for Rs 22,000."

Before the auction, an exhibition of this mementos and many other memorabilia was being curated. In fact, this is not the first time such an exhibition was arranged. Last year in October, a similar exhibition was organised by the government where ‘pagadis' (turbans), 'angavastrams', traditional jackets, and canvases presented to PM Modi were put on display.