ORGANISED BY: Kalinga Motors Sports Club (KMSC), in association with NASA (Nepal Automobile Sports Association)

DESCRIPTION:
*     The rally is scheduled to take-off from Puri on February 27 and conclude at the India Gate in New Delhi March 8.
*     Involving around 30 vehicles and 120 participants from India and Nepal, the rally would cover a total of 3,060 kms in 10 days in two countries.
*     According to KMSC president and and former Odisha Sports Minister Praveen Chandra Bhanjdeo, retired army general, senior bureaucrats, politicians, motor rally veterans and many more first timers would be part of this historic event to spread the word of friendship in India and Nepal.
*     This event carries much importance as Jagannath Dham of Puri and Pashupatinath of Kathmandu have great pilgrimage importance both in India as well as in Nepal.
*     This friendship car rally will start from sea level and culminate on the high mountains of the Himalayas. Later it will leave Kathmandu and end in New Delhi.
*     The rally would cover the Buddhist trail in India and Nepal starting from Dhauli Shanti Stupa, where King Ashok left his sword for peace after `The Battle of Kalinga`.
*     It will pass through Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Pataliputra and reach Lumbini (Nepal), the birth place of Goutam Buddha.