Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were easily India’s most successful ever. To commemorate the same, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently hosted two events for the Olympians and Paralympians during which the athletes reportedly presented more than 15 items to him. These items will be up for online auction and could fetch over Rs 10 crore. The proceeds of the auction will go towards the Namami Gange Mission, which is an initiative to clean the Ganga river.

“These items in the end may fetch even more during the auction given the euphoria in the country over the performance of the Olympic and Paralympic contingents and we expect people to bid encouragingly for these items,” a senior government official told News18. 

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With a base price of Rs 1 Crore, Tokyo gold medalist Neeraj Chopra’s javelin is reportedly the biggest draw. Two angavastras (stole) presented to the PM Modi by both the contingents have a base price of Rs 90 lakh each. Indian women hockey captain Rani Rampal’s hockey stick is also up for grabs at a base price of Rs 90 Lakh.

“The blue coloured hockey stick includes a logo named Rakshak written in white, and the model number is Rani 28, which directly points to Rani Rampal, the captain of the Women Hockey Team of India and 28 is her jersey number. The signatures of the entire Indian hockey team run along the body of the hockey stick,” the description reads.

Other items up for grabs are bronze medalist PV Sindhu’s badminton racquet and bag at a base price of Rs 90 lakh, hockey stick from the men’s team with a base price of Rs 80 lakh and boxing gloves of silver medalist Lovlina Borgohain with a base price of Rs 80 lakh. The fence used by CA Bhavani Devi, who is the first Indian fencer to ever qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, has a base price of Rs 60 lakh.