gaya artists from different countries including laos thailand cambodia sri lanka vietnam myanmar indonesia bhutan and japan will perform during the threeday bodh mahotsav to be organized at the kalachakra ground bodh gaya from january 27 to 29 chief minister nitish kumar is likely to inaugurate the mahotsav on january 27 apart from this artists of television reality shows like indian idol saregamapa rising stars of bollywood and bhojpuri film industry are also likely to perform during the mahotsava the district administration is finalizing the list of performers in addition to cultural activities a gyan yatra will be organized in the morning of january 28 from dhungeshwari hills to the world heritage mahabodhi mahaviharadistrict magitrate thiyagarajan sm is monitoring the arrangements incharges of the monasteries of different countries in bodh gaya and owners of the hotels have been asked to decorate the respective buildings with colourful lights to give a fascinating look to the heritage city bodh gaya nagar parishad executive officer has also been asked to get the roads from domuhan to the mahabodhi mahavihara childrens park to verma mor decorated with colourful lights the dm saidduring the mahotsav a gram shree mela will be also organised which will have 35 stalls including 20 food stalls at the kalachakra groundthe dm has asked gaya sadar sdo to prepare a plan for setting up galleries separately for guests including vvips vips monks media female and other common people and their entry to the venuealso ensure cleanliness around the venue proper sanitation and drinking water arrangements traffic plan during the mahotsav he saidaimed at promoting tourism in the buddhist circuit the mahotsav was started in 1998 since then the state tourism department and the gaya district administration have been jointly organizing the event annually however due to covid19 pandemic the mahotsav was not organized in 2020 and 2021