Olympics is the greatest sporting festival in the world and the world's largest hobby is stamp collection. On the occasion of XXXI Olympiad or 2016 Rio Olympic Games to demonstrate these two great activities an exhibition on Sports and Olympic through philately is organized at Bengaluru GPO with the support of Department of Posts. Collections of Shri TN Prahlada Rao, Shri Jagannath Mani, Shri Vijay Kumar, Master Vineeth and Master Harpith have been exhibited in 20 frames which includes Stamps on Olympic Games from 1896 to 2012. The exhibition is a tribute to Shri TN Prahalad Rao a Senior Olympic Stamp Collector. Exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. Shivaram, Chief Postmaster, Bengaluru GPO on 5th August 2016. On the occasion local philatelists, Shri B. D. Chari, ASP, Bengaluru, Shri Prasad, Shri Murali, Philately Councilor and other staff members of Department of Posts were present.
Exhibition will remain open from 5th to 21st August 2016 between 10 AM to 5 PM.
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