CM Bhupendra Patel leads Tiranga Yatra through Gandhinagar
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Patriotism filled the streets of Gandhinagar on Monday, 10 August 2026, as Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel shared glimpses of a sweeping Tiranga Yatra — a tricolour procession that wound through the state capital under the #HarGharTiranga banner, days before Independence Day.
The procession drew on the full ceremonial weight of the Gujarat Police, whose daredevil motorcycle squad performed along the route, accompanied by a police band and a string of cultural programmes that transformed the capital's streets into a showcase of national pride.
Daredevils, drums, and a 2.4-km sea of tricolours
The Yatra stretched across a 2.4-kilometre route through Gandhinagar, with the police band setting the march's rhythm and cultural troupes adding colour between formations. The combination of disciplined police pageantry and folk performance is a signature of Gujarat's Independence Day build-up — civic spectacle and patriotic sentiment fused into a single procession.
Har Ghar Tiranga: four years of flag-forward momentum
The event sits within the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, first launched nationally in 2022 as the centrepiece of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav — India's celebration of 75 years of independence. The campaign called on every household to hoist the Indian tricolour, and state governments have since built an annual calendar of Tiranga Yatras, flag distributions, and public rallies around it. Gujarat has been among the states that have organised such processions consistently, with Gandhinagar — the administrative capital — serving as the flagship venue.
With 15 August approaching, similar marches are expected across Gujarat's districts, each feeding into the broader national drumbeat of flag awareness and civic participation that the campaign was designed to sustain well beyond its inaugural year.