Hosting the Pope for even a single evening - as the stadium will - is no small feat.
"The music needed space to breathe on its own."
India won four medals in Rio in 2016 and 20 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
A 68-year-old woman, a one-year-old boy and a newborn baby were among those said to be killed.
Great Britain's Daniel Pembroke smashed the world record in the men's F13 javelin as he retained his Paralympic title in Paris.