The opening ceremony of the

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was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event, in

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, India. It began at 7:00 PM (

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) on 3 October 2010 ending at 10:00 PM (IST) displaying India's varied culture in a plethora of cultural showcases. Wizcraft was given the contract to produce the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Guests of Honour

The following were the guests that attended the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games: *

Charles, Prince of Wales Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

, representing

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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibl ...

- Vice-Patron of the

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– President of

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* Devisingh Shekhawat – First Gentleman of

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– Prime Minister of India *

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– Spouse of the Prime Minister of India * Michael Fennell – President of the

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– President of the

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– President of

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* Albert II – Prince of

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Sir Anand Satyanand Sir Anand Satyanand, (born 22 July 1944) is a former lawyer, judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011. Satyanand was chair of the Commonwealth Foundation for two 2-year terms, ending in ...

– Governor General of

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* A. P. J. Abdul Kalam – Former President of India *

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– Chairperson of National Advisory Council *

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– Secretary General of the

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– President of the

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– Chief Minister of

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– Marshal of

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The Royal Family

(representing

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and

attended the ceremony.

International Guests

A total of three

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from outside India attended the opening ceremony; two from

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and one from a non-Commonwealth nation. The three head of states are

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and a multiple Commonwealth gold medallist, and

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, a former Olympian, whose country Monaco is not a member of the Commonwealth.

, the

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(the first of Indian descent), attended the ceremony as well. Alongside the Commonwealth president, attendees included

president,

. He was quoted as saying, "I think India has set a good foundation stone for the Olympics bid and a successful Commonwealth Games can help India mount a serious bid for the Olympics."

Programme

The opening ceremony featured aspects of India's heritage and culture in seven segments. It featured an

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costing U$8 million, measuring 40×80x12 meters and manufactured in

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. The original plan was to have drummers on the aerostat, but the plan was cancelled. The ceremony started with the

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which was played live at the stadium. The roof of the stadium turned into orange colour and the ground was lit up with three colours of the Indian flag – orange in the center, white in the middle and green near the boundary.

Rhythm of India

The countdown for the opening of commonwealth games started as the drums were being played, and fireworks exploded from the roof of the stadium. The aerostat slowly raised from the ground to the center space of the roof while a traditional

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hymn was being played by the musicians. Various Drummers from

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and

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played a symphony that aimed to be "uniquely Indian in character, yet global in appeal". Seven year old

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player Keshav from Puducherry played the tabla instrument in front of the audience live and he was given a big applause from the audience.

Swagatham

Hariharan led this segment, which created an amalgamation of Hindustani classical, Carnatic and folk music. The song was composed by

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, who also composed the official theme song of the games, and was performed by various artists along with Hariharan. Children from various Delhi schools participated in a simultaneous performance forming hands of an Indian woman in a pose of

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– a popular Indian salutation. Later, they separated and rearranged themselves in another formation representing the Indian flag colors of saffron, white and green while another group of children entered the stadium and covered the flag formations with a large white cloth. In a widely appreciated act, the children then made a

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– a traditional Indian art – on this large white piece of cloth in under 30 seconds on the spo
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), Guru

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-Charu Sija Mathur ( Manipuri), Dr.

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), Dr.

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) and Raja Reddy-Radha Reddy (

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) choreographed 480 dancers bringing alive India's "Guru-Shishya Parampara" or the master-protege tradition on stage through classical dance recitals which also depicted four different seasons of India. The aerostat (the largest ever helium balloon built for such an event) formed the leaves of the Bodhi tree, while large strips elevated from the ground, made of silk and bamboo fibre form the tree trunk. After the display of classical dance, the dancers displayed yoga moves.

The Great Indian Journey

This segment will give a glimpse of the lives of the masses in India, as seen through a train window. Art director Omung Kumar created a 600-ft train of bamboo sticks for this. It portrayed a common man's life and every thing in it, such as the bangle shops, politicians campaigning, Bollywood, the cycle shop etc.

Finale

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and

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award winner A.R. Rahman ended the programme with his rendition of "

Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto" ( hi, जियो उठो बढ़ो जीतो, translation: Live, Rise, Ascend, Win; also known as "Oh Yaro Ye India Bula Liya") is a song by Indian musician A. R. Rahman. It was the official anthem for the 2010 C ...

", the theme song of the Delhi games, and " Jai Ho".

Gallery

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List of national flag bearers

Australia entered first as the host of the last games, and India entered last as the host. Excluding these two nations, the flag bearers entered by alphabetical order of their nations; Anguilla was the first (after Australia) and Zambia was the last (before India). Each flag bearer was preceded by a woman in traditional Indian dress, each reflecting a different part of the country, carrying a placard with the country's name. * Pakistan's flag bearer was scheduled to be weightlifter Shujha-ud-din Malik. However, chef de mission Muhammad Ali Shah announced that he would carry the flag and took it from the designated flag-bearer.

Spectators' response

In the opening ceremony the head of organizing committee faced embarrassment, when he was booed by the spectators at the start of his welcome speech to 60,000 spectators in the opening ceremony. The atmosphere otherwise for the teams and officials was fine, especially when they offered warm applause to the neighbouring Pakistan squad, with whom it has tense relationships. Sri Lanka also got a loud applause. The head finished his speech in five minutes and then handed over to Michael Fennell, the Chief of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

Baton Procession

Boxer

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carried the

into the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, at the Opening Ceremony."CWG Opening ceremony: Live Blog"
, Geetika Rustagi, ''3 October 2010'' . Retrieved 5 October 2010. The baton was then passed to boxer

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, 5-time world champion. It was then passed to

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, who was named best competitor of the

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. It was then passed to Sushil Kumar, world champion wrestler, who finally handed the

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