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Odisha CM thanks CBI for making Konark wheel logo of Interpol meet

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik thanked the CBI for making the wheel of the 13th century Konark temple the logo of the Interpol general assembly to be held in India next month

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday thanked the CBI for making the wheel of the 13th century Konark temple the logo of the Interpol general assembly to be held in India next month.
The logo unveiled recently by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), organising the event, shows a motif with tricoloured leaves arranged in a circular fashion with Ashok Chakra' in the middle.
Filled with pride that @INTERPOL_HQ has unveiled the logo for 90th Interpol General Assembly to be held in New Delhi, inspired by intricately craved chariot wheels of #KonarkTemple. Thank CBI for conceiving the idea of featuring the iconic wheels for the international meet, Patnaik said in a Twitter post.
 
The CBI, which is the national central bureau for India to liaison with Interpol conceived the idea of the logo from the stone-carved Odisha temple in the form of a chariot of Sun God with 24 individual wheels and 16 spokes.
The general assembly will be attended by law enforcement officers from 195 countries.

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First Published: Sep 20 2022 | 6:41 AM IST

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