India Handed over Queen's Baton
Amritsar: The Queen's Baton Relay arrives in India Friday through the Wagah Border with big celebrations as the Delhi Commonwealth Games remains 100 days away. Amritsar gears up to welcome the baton.
The relay was launched by Queen Elizabeth-II at Buckingham Palace last October and it's nearly at the end of its journey. It's the longest relay of all the previous Commonwealth Games, and by the end, will have covered 190 thousand km across 71 nations. Queen's Baton Relay - the tradition
The Queen's Baton Relay always has been a curtain raiser to the games since Cardiff, Wales in 1958. The relay traditionally begins with a commencement ceremony at the Buckingham palace, and concludes when the final baton bearer enters the inaugural stadium of the games.
Queen's Baton - the technology
The baton has the ability to capture images and sound as it travels throughout the nations of the Commonwealth. With global positioning system (GPS) technology, the baton can be tracked through exact location. Embedded light emitting diodes (LEDs) will change into colours of a country's flag while the Baton travels in that country.
Also, text messaging capability allows people from all over the world to send their messages to Baton bearers throughout the relay.
The Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi is created by Foley Design in partnership with Titan Industries and a technology consortium led by Bharat Electronics Ltd.
Queen's Baton - the design
The colour scheme of the Queen's Baton showcases 'soils' from every corner of the country, a rich palette ranging from white sands to yellow clay, deep reds to dark browns.
Shape and design of the baton has been created using a triangular section of aluminium which is twisted in the form of a helix and coated with soil in a graduating pattern
At the pinnacle of the Queen's Baton is a precious jewellery box containing the Queen's 'message to the athletes'.
The Queen's message has been symbolically engraved onto a miniature 18 carat gold leaf, representative of the ancient Indian 'pathras'.
Modern laser technology known as micro calligraphy has been used for the first time to reproduce the Queen's message in this style.
Queen's Baton stands 664 mm high and is 34 mm wide at the base, and 86 mm wide at the top and weighs a mere 1900 grams.
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