Food Served @ Manav Parivar

Potatoes are ready to use for free lunch provided to all people at manavparivar medical camp at matar, Kheda, Gujarat.

Now, liquor permit on arrival at Ahmedabad airport

Good morning friends. Now, tourists coming to Gujarat can say ‘bottoms up’ to this! The state government in its bid to make flow of liquor easier for visitors has started issuing permits at the Ahmedabad airport itself.According to Gujarat tourism department officials, the process of issuing the permits will start from Tuesday from the department’s counter at the airport. Any visitor coming to the city can approach the counter at the domestic arrival terminal and seek the permit.

“We have taken the initiative to ensure liquor is not an impediment in the growth of tourism sector in the state,” Gujarat tourism secretary Vipul Mitra told TOI. This is another step from the forward-looking government to simplify the process of obtaining liquor for visitors, he added.

The permits to buy and consume liquor are issued from various places in Gujarat, including hotels, that have the permission to sell it. The process of obtaining the permit would be the same at the airport. “The visitor will need to show his residence proof, signifying that he lives outside the state and pay nominal charges to obtain the permit,” an official said. Information about the location of liquor shops would also be provided with the permit.

In addition, issuing of liquor permits will start at international arrival terminal quite soon, say tourism department officials. What’s more, though the unprecedented step has started in Ahmedabad airport, it could be replicated across the state. So, other airports in the state too would have similar facilities to issue liquor permits, officials added. – The Times of India

Happy Uttarayan from Gujarat

Happy Uttarayan to All

from Dhirendra from Gujarat.

May this 2010 1st feastival

bring Happiness to your life.

I wish you and your family a very

Happy Makar Sankranthi.

Ahm: Guard of honour for Lord Ganesh

Good Morning friends, Thursday, September 04, 2008. My day starts with Prayer at dadaji’s hosue. I like to read following news. You all also read it.
Continuing an over seven-decade-old tradition, Lord Ganesh was given a guard of honour by the state police here, to mark the beginning of the ten-day Ganesha festival.

"After the state guard of honour Wednesday, the Idol of Lord Ganesh was set up at the mandap (raised platform)", Mahant Ganeshdas of Sidhi Vinayak temple in Mehsana said.

"Cultural programmes would be held for the next nine days," Mahant Ganeshdas added.

The tradition of giving state honour to Lord Ganesh has been prevalent in the Maratha town of Mehsana for the last 75 years.

According to District Superintendent of Police Raju Bhargava, who was present at the Sidhi Vinayak temple, "It was during the Gaekwad regime that Mehsana town celebrated the Ganesha utsav (festival) with guard of honour to Lord Ganesh. Since Mehsana fell in the domain of Gaekwad of Vadodara, worshipping Lord Ganesha gained momentum here."

"Agashe Sahib was the first Subba in 1933 who began paying guard of honour on behalf of the Gaekwad state," Satish Patwardhan, a devotee of Lord Ganesh said.

"After guard of honour the procession of the lord would be taken out in the city and the same tradition still continues," Patwardhan added.