The closing ceremony of the Asian Games in China will have an Indian flavor as a singer from Lucknow, capital city of Uttar Pradesh, has been roped in by the organizers to perform at the Nov 27 event.

Ravi K Tripathi has been invited by the Guangzhou Asian Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies Operation Center to perform on the closing day on Nov 27.

Most importantly, Ravi is the sole Indian artist, who will get a chance to showcase his talent in one of the biggest sports extravaganza in Asia.

"I am really excited as performing before such a huge audience is a great honor for me. It's a lifetime achievement," Ravi said.

Ravi has already performed with Hollywood star Jackie Chan in the 16th Asian Games countdown show held in Guangzhou last year. And since then there has been no looking back for the young singer and till date Ravi had performed in nearly 50 shows in China.

"I will be performing Jai Ho, besides a Chinese song. For this I have learnt Chinese diction specially," he said.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA