Yesterday was the festival of lights, everybody was in a joyous and festive mood. The sound of crackers was audible right from the morning, which got amplified more than a million times in the evening. But suddenly, an insight forced me to think that there are children who remain devoid of these luxuries. This thought carried me to Bhupalpura, where I entered the building of Missionaries of Charity, popularly known as the Mother Teresa Ashram, to meet the kids and spend some time with them. But, Read more [...]

After the Navratri festival fun we are all anxiously waiting for the most joyous festival of India - Diwali :D This time diwali falls on 26th of October and with the lakes in Udaipur completely filled; we are also filled with Happiness :D As a custom the Nagar Parishad of Udaipur organises a Dusshera-Diwali mela(fair) at Town Hall every year. So here we are with the schedule of Dusshera Diwali Mela 2011. :)   17th, 18th October – Local Artists/Talents Night 19th October Read more [...]

The 27th National Convention of Electronics and Communication Engineers and National Seminar on IP Multimedia Communications (NC-IPMC) 2011 began yesterday at the Institution of Engineers (India) centre at Sec. 11, Udaipur. This is being organized by the Institution of Engineers (India), under the aegis of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Division Board in association with College of Technology and Engineering (CTAE), Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Special Interest Groups-Wireless Read more [...]

Vijaya Dashmi is the tenth day from Navratri Sthapna. It is symbolized as the victory of good over evil, as Dusshera, when Ram won over Ravan and freed Seeta from Lanka. This day is also celebrated for Goddess Durga, who is worshipped during these nine days, is given a grand farewell by the devotees. Every year all the devotees of Goddess Durga become a part of grand procession, and with great enthusiasm, endeavor and devotion, the idols of the Goddess are immersed in water bodies. It is believed Read more [...]

Navratri means nine days of full fun, frolic, devotion, as well as enthusiasm. This year during Navratri, one had many options for enjoying the same with friends, family, or even alone. First of all, the rocking environment of Garba, or Dandiya shall not be forgotten. Huge populations have poured in huge amount of money for arranging passes and getting inside for enjoying the Garba. Here are few photographs of the Our Real Estate Dandiya Raas 2011 event by Mujtaba RG   Other Read more [...]

Heartiest Greetings on the occasion of Navratri! Today is the 6th day of the Navratri, and as many of you all might know, the Bengali community begin their celebration of the year long awaited festival, Durga Pooja from today. In Udaipur, this occasion is being celebrated from more than 5 decades by the people from Bengali community who are proud residents of this wonderful City of Lakes. I, being a Bengali, remain too excited for the arrival of the season throughout the year. And now when the Read more [...]

The season is back again. The excitement has hit all the generations of Udaipur, not only the youth. The same can be seen at the Our Real Estate Dandiya Raas 2011 by the Sparkles Dance group. Being organized at Satyam Shivam Sundaram Garden, Ayad, the location is too easy to reach from the city. To have a glimpse of the event, I had a visit at the place yesterday. I am not at all a good dancer, so I chose to stick with my camera to click few pictures of the event and share it with the Udaipies. Read more [...]

Sparkles (The Dance Institute) a renowned name as Wedding Planner/Choreography – the same guys who had called Dharmesh Sir(Dance India Dance Fame) last year and Our Real Estate bring you ‘Our Real Estate Dandia Raas 2011’ An event, which starts on the day of Navratri Staphna from 28th September, 2011 – 6th September, 2011. This is the 6th time they are organizing this event in ‘Satyam Shivam Sundram Garden, Near Bhaskar Office, Ayad’. The Event will be hosted by Anchor/Rj Piyush Read more [...]

This year, monsoon has been very kind to our Udaipur, and in past few days, unfortunately very unkind too. As all our regular readers would be well aware of, iudaipur came up with a month long unique online photography competition for all Udaipies at PiX, from 18th July to 18th August 2011. The entire Team UdaipurBlog had to go under days of great confusion, stress of choosing the Winners as each entry was superb in itself, We had more than 470+ Approved Entries on Site in the very 'first online Read more [...]

Navratri season is approaching and so are the excitement of so many Udaipies. Many of you would like to join any grand dandia celebration in the city, and to show everyone your charm, caliber and talent. And if you think you are one of them, then you are reading exactly the right article. The Celebration Mall, Udaipur has planned a special Dandiya Competition to add more joy to your Navratri Celebration. In this event you will get a chance to learn Dandiya/Garba on 24th-25th September, 2011. Read more [...]