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'''Navika Sagar Parikrama''' ({{lit|Sailors' Sea Circumambulation}}) was a [[circumnavigation]] of the globe by female officers of the [[Indian Navy]]. The six-member all-woman team circumnavigated and managed the whole operation in their first-ever global journey, on [[INSV Tarini|INSV ''Tarini'']]. The voyage lasted 254 days, from 10 September 2017 to 21 May 2018, with only 4 port calls, in [[Fremantle]], [[Australia]]; [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]], [[New Zealand]]; [[Port Stanley]], [[Falkland Islands]]; and [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], and a forced technical halt at [[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]], crossing the [[equator]] twice and passing through 3 oceans.<ref>{{Cite news|title=All about Navika Sagar Parikrama: Indian Navy's all-women team|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/navika-sagar-parikrama-indian-navy-women-1030594-2017-08-21|date=21 August 2017|publisher=India Today|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Through the peril-fraught Navika Sagar Parikrama, these women sailors completed 21,600 nautical miles|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/six-women-sailors-who-circumnavigated-the-globe/article26464820.ece}}</ref> The voyage was originally set to start on September 5, 2017, but a 5-day delay happened so that [[Nirmala Sitharaman]], who was recently appointed [[defense minister]], could [[flag off]] the crew.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheand thesea|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/lt-cdr-p-swathi-one-of-the-six-members-of-the-all-woman-team-to-circumnavigate-the-globe-looks-back-on-her-voyage-aboard-insv-tarini/article31082919.ece}}</ref> The boat returned to [[INS Mandovi]] in Goa after travelling {{convert|21600|NM}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gutsy women naval officers to return to Goa after circumnavigating the globe in a sailboat|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gutsy-women-naval-officers-to-return-to-goa-after-circumnavigating-the-globe-in-a-sailboat/articleshow/64224461.cms}}</ref> The voyage was showcased in ''Tarini'', a [[documentary]] jointly produced by [[National Geographic]] and the Indian Navy, premiering at an event at [[Lady Shri Ram College]] on 8 March to mark [[International Women's Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women’s Day 2019: meet six women who braved storms, conquered fears to sail into history with INSV Tarini|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/womens-day-2019-meet-six-women-who-braved-storms-conquered-fears-to-sail-into-history-with-insv-tarini/1508564/}}</ref> The voyage prompted National Geographic to start the "Girls Who Sailed" campaign, to tell tales of "grit and determination".<ref>{{Cite web|title=NatGeo India’s ‘Girls Who Sailed’ campaign to tell the tale of grit and determination|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/video/natgeo-india-s-girls-who-sailed-campaign-to-tell-the-tale-of-grit-and-determination/374745}}</ref>