Mahudi - A holy weekend near Ahmedabad

It is a holy and famous pilgrimage of Jain's but now it not only limited till Jain's but the place where every religion people are worships Ghantakarna Mahavira.

Yes, I'm talking about Mahudi - the Jain pilgrimage. Appx. 80 kms from Ahmedabad.

This is one of 24 Jain's pilgrimages. It hasit's own importance. It's complex has been spread in 2 sq. km. Lord Ghantakarna has been worshiped at here. 

Mahatma Mandir - An iconic tourist spot

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Gujarat government is going to develop the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar as an iconic tourist destination exhibiting the life of Mahatma Gandhi. 

1) The project is to bedeveloped in TWO phases.

2) Phase 1 will be completed by December 2010 which will host    “Vibrant Gujarat 2011”.

3) Phase 2 will be completed by December 2011

Diwali – A festival of light at Akshardham

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RUPAL: Palli - A tradition on Navratri…

We can define Navaratari meaning Nine Night Dance festival. It is celebrated all over India. Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal are states were Navratri celebrated maximum. 

Rupal, a small village around 47 km away from Ahmedabad and 12 km from my city Gandhinagar. Rupal is known for Ma Vardayini Temple and Palli of Ma Vardayini. There is one big Temple with new look, all the basic facilities on the main road.

Palli is a wooden frame of around 6-7 feet height. . It is made by some Prajapatis in the village, then Rajput made some tilak from his ancient sword and then the Palli starts moving all over the village on some predefined route. Its having holy fire kindled at top of it and also on all four corners. Pure Ghee or clarified butter is being poured onto a Palli.. During the route at each and every place people are ready with Ghee in pips and buckets, when the palli pass through, they pour it on the palli. More than 600,000 Kg of Pure Ghee poured onto a Palli. The price for that ghee is around 100 million rupees.

Akshardham - Peace in Pink Stone, Gandhinagar

A wonderful temple of Shri Swaminarayan (Akshardham) is situated at Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat state. You can reach the akshardham by your private vehicle or city service of state transport buses from ahmedabad. It is 30 kms from ahmedabad and located in sector 20 of gandhinagar.

It is made of only pink stone from Rajasthan and no steel and cement is used in its construction. The 5 Pradarshan Hall is also amazing. It explain the values of life in the decent manner of movies, statues etc. It takes 2 to 2.5 hours to visit. The newly introduced water and laser show is really magnificent. This type of water show is first in India and 5th in the world. There are 40,000 water nozzles are used to make water show wonderful. This water show is the longest show in the world. It takes 45 minutes to complete.

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