Brazilian football legend Pele arrived in Kolkata on Sunday on a 3-day tour. Pele is back in India after more than 38 years.
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Pele will be received by Indian football icon Chuni Goswami and Dipendu Biswas at his hotel Taj Bengal. The five-star hotel has announced a special menu in honour of the legend.
After resting on Sundday, Pele or Edson Arantes do Nascimento (full name), has a hectic schedule ahead. On Monday, he will have an interaction with media, followed by students of NSHM Knowledge Campus.
In the evening, Pele will walk down the memory lane at Eden Gardens where his team New York Cosmos played out a 2-2 draw in the exhibition match against local powerhouse Mohun Bagan in 1977.
Pele will reunite with the Mohun Bagan’s ‘Class of 77′ who will be felicitated at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in the ‘Legend’s Nite’ where he will also interact with former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly.
Two-time Academy award winning music composer A R Rahman and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee are slated to join Pele while tennis star Rafael Nadal is also scheduled to join the show through a video conference.
On the last day of his tour, the 74-year-old will be the guest of honour ISL defending champions Atletico de Kolkata’s first home outing against Kerala Blasters at the Salt Lake Stadium.
The Brazilian will also be part of an auction dinner the proceeds for which would go to the Chief Minister Relief Fund.