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Blood Donation Camp By NSUI at Saral Blood Bank

saral blood bank

Rajiv Gandhi not only a part of Nehru- Gandhi family but was also a great man with a charming personality, he is not only a man but is a revolution which will not last. His contribution to the technological advancement will always be memorized and in history his name will be written in golden words. Remembering his contribution National Students’ Union of India organized the blood donation Camp at Saral Blood Bank, Udaipur on 21 May, 2011 death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi at a well known name in Blood Donation Society. The dynamic new generation leader Mr. Gaurav Bhandari President NSUI (Udaipur) led the camp. After successful completion of the camp he quoted

Gaurav NSUI president

“The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of Blood Donation”

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First International Conference on Road Safety Concluded

The Mohanlal Sukhadia University Auditorium yet again welcomed the guests and the delegates of the
First International Conference on Road Safety for the concluding day. The morning session started with
the presentation on ‘Road Safety Audit as National Road Safety Strategy ‘. According to the dates there
are 90million plus vehicles running on the Indian Road. Road Accidents are nothing but the man made
crises. Effective tool for road to cope up with the road safety is also suggested by Mr. P.K. Sikandar, ITC
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi in his presentation. Following the presentation a guest speaks about how video
games can be used to learn traffic control. The schools should also be used as licence authority he
added. Talking about the complex heterogeneous composition of India Roads Dr. Gururaj says that
approx. 450 dies all over India due to Road Accidents.

Mr. Ashutosh Atray, a Consultant in Road Safety discussed the vigorous attitude of the drivers and ‘Me-
first’ Syndrome. Enhancing the Road Safety with Infrastructure Solutions is also discussed by Mr. Anil
Chhikara, MLO Transport Deptt., Govt. Of India, New Delhi.

The conference concluded by presenting the souvenirs to the guests and the speakers. The key role
players who made this conference a success were also awarded.

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Event Covered By- Prasun Bannerjee and Mujtaba R.G.

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Cycle Rally to Increase Awareness about Health on World Health Day

World Health Day

A group of over 20 students on bicycles with posters, over 75 pedestrians with slogans and an experienced team of Hangout Adventures guiding the students all the way – that’s how the rally organised by Seedling Modern Public School and Hangout Adventures was like. This joint initiative was taken in order to increase awareness about health and to promote cycling as a healthy and green mode of transportation on the occasion of the World Health Day.

In the morning around 7:30am, about 20 students aged 10-16yrs started gathering at Madhuvan, in front of the Firefox Bike Station. Full of energy, students were motivated and guided by the teachers and the team at Hangout Adventures. Within minutes, the students were ready with the posters attached to their cycles and were all set for the rally. After starting the rally at Madhuvan, the riders went to Sukhadiya
Circle from where they pedalled all the way to Fatah Sagar. At Fatah Sagar, the rally was joined by several pedestrians from the Seedling School. Several students were cheering about healthy living and they were joined by other people passing by. From Fatah Sagar, the rally went on to Chetak Circle and took a stop at Madhuvan.

Some of the slogans used in the rally were:

Easy on the pedal, gentle on the brake, save both cash and petrol, the
environment’s at stake

The greatest wealth is health

Disease is somatic, the suffering from it, psychic

Cycle: It saves petrol and keeps you fit

Gold that buys health can never be ill spent

Save petrol: For it is the oil of life!

Check out the pictures from the rally. Well done guys!

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Taste Your Health at the Food Festival in Udaipur

Food Fest Welcome

A two day food festival has been organised in the city by Shikshantar, a Non Profit organisation on the theme of Jaso Ann, Vaso Man or You are what you eat. The fest has been organised in the Hanuman Temple at Devali near Fateh Sagar between 4-8 p.m. in the evening. Being a variety food lover I made up my mind to visit the place. When I went there I was warmly welcomed by Mr. Manish Jain, the co-founder of Shikshantar. There were many stalls with mouth watering dishes.

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The dishes were few famous national and international cuisines we have often heard of, but they have been modified with the local and healthier contents.  To begin with, I started with Tacos, originally a Mexican dish, but modified as per the regional grains and vegetation stuffs of Rajasthan. The crispy base was prepared of the “Khakhra” and the topping of salads and “Rajma” or red kidney beans. The next attraction was of the Veg Kababs made of beetroot or “Chukandar”, with a nice blend of flavours of coconut and coriander chutney.

The cookie sandwiches made of Mal, Ragi or Finger Millet and fresh fruits stuffed within redefined my dictionary meaning of sweet dish, to a healthier one. Sweet dish made of sanwa, a local foodstuff,  coconut laddoos, pineapple puddings, Jwar ki kheer,  pinapple and Sabudana Kheer , Kokam Sharbat (Squash made of kokam) and Pina Colada (A blend of coconut milk and pineapple juice), Ragi steam bread sandwitches, etc  were few more delicious, yet healthy food items present at the fest.

Mal Cookie Sandwitches
Mal Cookie Sandwitches
Veg Beetroot Kababs With Coriander and Coconut Chutney
Veg Beetroot Kababs With Coriander and Coconut Chutney
Mr. Manish Jain (In Kurta) explaining the qualities and nessecity of Healthy food
Mr. Manish Jain (In Kurta) explaining the qualities and nessecity of Healthy food

“Fast food has always harmed the healthy living. This food fest is in support of the concept of Slow Food movement, or the movement for switching to our home made food with local food stuffs. Today the high price we are paying for our eatables in the market is actually for the bulk amount of pesticides, insecticides, and harmful chemicals which eventually make way to our stomach. The crops like Ragi, Mal, Bajra are available locally and has been grown in villages and tribal areas from ancient times in this region. They have capacity to withstand intense climate changes. They are not so often attacked by insects, pests, etc and have great nutritive values, much greater than our conventional sources such as wheat, milk etc. These things just need to be promoted to the common masses, who want to sustain with a healthy living”

-Manish Jain

I met the enthusiastic team behind this innovative concept. The concept was coined by Manoj Prajapat and Surendra Gandharva, popularly known as Sunny. The team is energetic, confident, determined, and making every effort to promote the healthy living.

“I started working on the concept of Healthy food and healthy alternatives to fast food with Manoj Prajapat. We have worked for many years, and evolved with our idea, and made them better day by day. All the dishes presented here are cooked in zero oil and zero fat (Ghee/Butter), all the stuffs are either in their raw forms or steamed, as every nutritive value is lost on frying or cooking. We haven’t even used the cow’s milk, so as to ensure zero animal content. Coconut milk has been used as its alternative. In the sweet dishes, every care has been taken care of to ensure that there is minimal usage of additional sweeteners, and the natural sweetness has been emphasized. Still, wherever needed, we have used Gud and Misri instead of sugar.”

– Surendra Gandharva

The Food Fest will be continuing today also, with an entirely different menu than yesterday. This fest is open to all. This is a healthy initiative, and I recommend all to give a visit and taste the health. 🙂

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Experiments and Explorations: A Workshop on Theatre

Experiments and Explorations” was a 5 day theatre workshop at Shikshantar with one guiding theme: “The audience”. We explored different means of audience participation, and discussed the many ways in which the theatre can interact with its public. The workshop consisted of exercises, games and creation techniques- looking at the links between theatre with the visual arts, music, dance and street performances. The objective was not only to explore the art form of the theatre, but to try and understand how it might be able to play a part in social and political commentary.

The workshop resulted in a small performance on the street outside Shikshantar. Working with the theme of “Nature”, the participants reflected on the changes that are taking place in our environment – the causes, the effects and the possible solutions.

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By UdaipurBlog Guest Author – Nandita Dinesh

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About the Author

Nandita DineshNandita Dinesh is from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and has an M.A. in Performance Studies from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. A recipient of the Watson Fellowship, Nandita pursued a project entitled “All the world is a stage: Using theatre to address conflict”; and as such, traveled to Guatemala, Northern Ireland and Rwanda understanding the role that theatre played during/ after the conflict in question. She has coordinated community theatre related efforts in India, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Northern Ireland, the United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico.

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Cycle Yatra: A trip to our roots of Culture and Nature

THE SWAPATHGAMI CYCLE YATRA LEFT UDAIPUR ON JAN 9, 2011. They will return on the 13th. There were 17 yatris from Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Delhi, Mysore, Gujarat, UP. Many were students of Swaraj University. Several yatris dressed up as animals such as polar bear, penguin, tiger, elephant, etc to raise attention to the global warming and climate change issues. The yatra was organized by Shikshantar.

Cycle Yatra

For those who are new to the cycle yatra idea, it is a weeklong cycle trip into rural Rajasthan. What sets this trip apart from a general cycle trip is that we do not carry any money, electronic gadgets, food or first aid medicines with us. We stop at villages along the route and find work to earn our board and lodge.

While each participant’s learning and experience from such a trip is unique, the general thinking behind such a trip is –

  • We go manual for transportation and basically burn off some calories that we have so lovingly accumulated despite being cholesterol conscious.
  • We go slow (rather than breeze thru in fast cars) and so get a better chance at appreciating nature and rural life.
  • We interact with the local people (rather than just buy stuff off them with money power) in the course of creatively managing our board and lodge.
  • We get a peek into village life and in the process learn skills that we have lost by virtue of being part of the ‘developed’ society. We can also share some skills that we have.
  • We develop an appreciation for local knowledge and skills and the ability to thrive in what nature has provided.
  • We develop some trust in the ability of nature to take care of us and in the goodness of human beings rather than having to constantly struggle for one’s existence as if it is one long battle against nature and other human beings.
  • We get some time to reflect on our own lives
  • We loosen a little the tight stranglehold that money has over our minds and learn that alternative ways to live might exist.

And let us not forget that most important is to enjoy nature, creating music, dance, theatre, games and have a fun filled adventure! This is a real chance to re-connect to the gift culture.

Check out the film from the first yatra to get an idea of the adventure…

We will cycle about 100 km from Udaipur to Jaisamand. The whole region is culturally very rich and still has some jungles left.

What you need to bring along (and remember that everything you bring along has to be carried by you on your bike)-


  1. Personal clothing.
  2. Some bedding (sleeping bag, blanket etc)
  3. Water bottle (if you have a non-plastic one)
  4. Bikes can be rented at nearest town

More Photos From the Cycle Yatra-

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By Guest Author- Manish Jain

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AVON BIG Greenothon gets BIG response from Udaipur


India’s leading private radio FM network 92.7 BIG FM  and Avon cycles have joined hands and taken an initiative to make the city green and to cycle to work at least once a week for office and for minute  works , nearby distances . The BIG day means on 9-12-2010 in morning 8’o clock  followed with RJ Pradeep Pandey and his huge listeners , Chief guest  Mrs. Rajni Dangi and  dignitaries of Udaipur and some of the other alerted citizens and organizations like Pahal accompanied the RJ Pradeep’s pledge . They spread the message to make our UDAIPUR pollution free .

Big Fm morning RJ Pradeep in his show was asked by one of his keen listener that RJ should take  a initiative to make our city more green and cycling once a week in respond to rj’s question that how the traffic should be controlled . This simple question by one of his listner brought up  a event known as BIG Greenothon . This campaign was accompanied by AVON Cycle company and Udaipurites .

On 9 decemeber morning from 7:30 am Big Fm’s listeners , repesentatives  of Pahal sansthan and Alok school and students of Alok school and Guru Govind Singh school started arriving to Chetak cirle where they all were motivated by Sabhapati Smt. Rajni Dangi . She spoked to media industry that cycling once in a week would lead to high fall in pollution and would also decrease number of vehicles on the roads . She said “ Cycle is easy to use , less expensive and healthy for the Citizens of Udaipur . This is all beneficiory for making green udaipur and also to health “ .

Cycle rally started from Chetak in which RJ Pradeep , RJ Kedar , RJ Jeet paddled from chetak circle to Fatehsagar pal . They were all warmly welcomed by BIG RJ Team which was present before hand at pal . In the end , RJ Pradeep from his side pledged to honourable public and other dignitaries that he will cycle and also requested all to cycle . This rally was addressed by Mr. Dalpat Surana , Vice president of National Kushti commitee’s and he also appreciated this initaitve of Big FM ..  It included Avon Cycle Shri Ujjval Tiwari , sales executive who told the numerous advantages of cycling and also appreciated this initaitve . It also included Avon cycle agency holder RAJ CYCLE , Bapu bazar , who thanked Big Fm team .

At last  , Vote of thanks was given by station head Mr. Shashank Pathak . He said that Big Fm always loves to put an positive impression on  public and he thanked listeners of Big Fm . He said “ the mission of this camapign is to tell that by bringing little changes in our life we can create a wonderful enviornment around us and also beautify our Udaipur . The listeners of BIG FM can get a free Avon Cycle JOCKEY  by reaching your cellphones and type

FM <space> <name> <space> Greenothon and send it to 55454

The station, with a tag-line of “Suno-sunaao, life banaao” spreads message to its listeners that they are always ready to make life as good as it can be .. 🙂

 

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Sadhna NGO – Empowering Rural Women

Sadhna a unit of Seva mandir was started in 1988 under income augmentation project with women groups in rural, tribal and urban slums belts of Udaipur resign, and enduring through various stages of non-viability, functional effectiveness and finally impressive growth both in terms of production and sales, it has today grown into a self sufficient and independent organization.. This program started with a small group of 15 women who were trained in the skill of appliqué (embroidery), Sadhna’s total artisan membership has increased to 639. The challenge, therefore, was to find kind of something that could be mass based and yet provide adequate returns. So they have chosen Appliqué and Tanka Embroidery, with the idea of building the basic stitching traditions. Major fact to chose it was something women could do while staying at home, and time being. The journey, in the starting years was very difficult but in spite of it, they continue doing this program, and after that this program managed to overcome with problems and turn into a self sustaining unit. Sadhna was registered as a Mutual Benefit Trust on December, 2004 and the year 2005-2006 was the first full year of working. All the artisans are also member owners of Sadhna. Sadhna’s main aim lies in being able to create cluster of artisans, to enable more and more women attain socio-economic empowerment. Sadhna has made a lot of headway on social dimension, and has certainly learnt a lot about the challenges of strengthening & empowering women, using a commercial enterprise as a medium.

Design is the most vital part of any producer group’s identity and success. In its approach to design, Sadhna has attempted to blend innovation with continuity. Sadhna has been developing new designs from last two decades which helped in brand building and creating an identity for Sadhna products. Under this activity, Sadhna do organize design development workshop every year. Designers from different parts of country take part in this workshop and trained to artisans. This year design intervention and product development was carried out across all the categories i.e. Home Furnishing, Garments, Accessories, and Thread Jewelry. The focus was on developing more complex design. Sadhna’s product can be found at Feb India which is India’s largest private platform for products that are made from traditional techniques, skills and hand-based processes, not only in Feb India but at so many larger groups Sadhna’s artisans product can be seen. Sadhna has partnership with Olsen group, Germany. Sadhna is getting its identity in European markets too. TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation on India Ltd.) sponsored workshop with Sadhna, Focus of this workshop was on improving skill levels and design development especially for tribal women.

Sadhna’s work area in Udaipur and nearer is Khanjipeer, Kharol Colony,Delwara, Madar, Sheeshwi, Ratekhet & Manoharpura

The most encouraging aspects, of course, are the changes in women’s lives, their growing involvement and influence in their local communities. There are stories a plenty of women now being able to help their families move out of vulnerability, investing in their children’s education, and gaining the respect of their husband and relatives they also play an active role in decision making bodies of Sadhna, through their representation in management committee and Board of Trustees.. Women are also breaking caste and religious boundaries, and building string horizontal solidarities. One of the earliest locations, Delwara, the women are now leading the efforts towards improving their neighborhoods (sanitation, water, solid waste management, etc.) as also becoming active and articulate participants in panchayat processes. Sadhna has exceeded most expectations, and they credit wholly to women‘s energy & commitment, and hard work and dedication of each and every staff member. All women connected with this program got encouragement and inspiration through the chief executive Ms. Leela Vijayvergia to make these dream reality. Many women members are also part of community level activities, such as setting up local self governance systems for the betterment of their area and villages. These women hold important positions at such forums and the community attributes this holistic empowerment to their learning and confidence building within Sadhna.

Sadhna is looking for strengthen its export market. This year Sadhna did well in the international sales. During the coming year, Sadhna will work on establishing more contacts with overseas buyers, as also developing product ranges which will appeal to foreign markets.their main effort will be to maintain a professional attitude toward the orders especially in terms of quality & time.

On social perspective Sadhna has increased its work areas, increased numbers of artisan too. Sadhna has put its great effort for women welfare, through which women got inspired and connected with it, and self dependency developed in them.

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Udaipur 313004(Rajasthan)

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Go Green-o-thon with your favourite RJs – 92.7 BIG FM

India’s leading private radio FM network 92.7 BIG FM and Avon cycles have joined hands and taken an initiative to make the city green, by following it themselves, and are all set to start a mega cycling event across the country: AVON BIG Greenothon.

This campaign has been launched in 45 cities all across the country. This event will appeal all the Indians to go green and save the environment.

“The Greenothon will engage the citizens of India to one unique pledge to cycle to work at least once a week,” said the 92.7 BIG FM statement.
In Udaipur, our own morning RJ Pradeep Pandey has consented and promised the Udaipies to go eco-friendly, and reach the Big office and then our radio sets by using the non polluting two wheeler-bicycle.

For the great cause, the sponsors Avon cycles have provided our favourite Big RJ with Avon Jockey, a cool new launch by Avon cycles Pvt. Ltd.

“Soon after the Greenothon, one lucky listener from Udaipur would be selected and would stand to win an AVON JOCKEY bicycle! – autographed by the RJ,” the company handout said. The Avon Jockey, is worth Rs 10,000. The bicycle will be put to display at OMG, RK Mall.

AVON CYCLE – JOCKEY


All you have to do is follow the simple procedure:-

Reach your cellphones and type

FM <space> <name> <space> Greenothon and send it to 55454


One lucky winner with the highest messages will be getting an Avon Jockey.

BIG FM Team

  • Speaking about the event Shashank Pathak, Station Head, 92.7 BIG FM, said: “We at BIG FM are always trying to reach out to the people of the LakeCity and in this process we try to positively impact the lives of every listener, the idea of Greenothon came from our listeners, I am proud of RJ Pradeep that he took the initiative of starting this activity and now full team of BIG FM is supporting him to bring the change.”
  • Speaking about the joint initiative, Onkar Singh Pahwa, Managing Director, Avon Cycles said, “Avon Big Greenothon will prove to be our first step towards promoting cycling on such a large scale. Now people across the country will cycle for a cause and we hope that every concerned citizen of our country will come out and cycle their way to change not only perceptions but the future.”
  • “Everyone says it, but we will do it.” Says RJ Pradeep Pandey. RJ Pradeep is a well known figure in Udaipur and needs no introduction. Udaipur listens to him every morning in his show Laughter Mornings , where he addresses Udaipurites  RJ-27 (RJ-Sattais)

 

  • “We will do it, and hope Udaipur supports our initiative and follows us”, says the most versatile RJ Jeet. He gives his voice to the shows Baato-Baato mein(every Sat. 8:00-11:00pm), and 90’s hits(Mon-Fri, 4:00-6:00 pm).

  • “People tend to follow their icons in trends, fashion, lifestyle, so we planned it to divert it in an eco-friendly manner” says RJ Kedar, who makes Udaipur wait eagerly for the only Rajasthani show of India- Rajasthani geeta ri manwar, 11-12 noon every Mon-Sat.

In addition to this step, the complete city will be witnessing Greenothon-a cycling marathon sponsored by Avon cycles on 9th December 2010. All the Big RJs, as well as the complete Staff of Big 92.7 FM will be participating into it. Its upon the udaipies now to make their valuable presence in the Greenothon.

The rally will begin at 8:00 am onwards from Chetak and will end at Fatehsagar, with presence of all the known faces and dignitaries of Udaipur.

  • Mrs. Rajni Dangi
  • Dr. Pradeep Kumawat
  • N.C. Jain

About Big 92.7 FM- this is India’s largest private Radio network, a unit of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Broadcast Network. The broadcast technology used in their radio stations is most advanced and years ahead of the other competitors.

The station, with a tag-line of “Suno-sunaao, life banaao” runs successfully at the following places

  • Agra
  • Asansol
  • Ajmer
  • Amritsar
  • Allahabad
  • Aligarh
  • Banglore
  • Bareilly
  • Bhopal
  • Bikaner
  • Bhubaneswar
  • Chandigarh
  • Chennai
  • Delhi
  • Guwahati
  • Gwalior
  • Goa
  • Hissar
  • Hyderabad
  • Indore
  • Jalandhar
  • Jabalpur
  • Jammu
  • Jamshedpur
  • Jhansi
  • Jodhpur
  • Kanpur
  • Kolkata
  • Kota
  • Mumbai
  • Mangalore
  • Mysore
  • Patiala
  • Pondicherry
  • Rajkot
  • Ranchi
  • Rourkela
  • Shimla Aired on frequency 91.9 MHz, Launched in July 2009
  • Srinagar
  • Surat
  • Solapur
  • Tirupati
  • Thiruvananthapuram
  • Udaipur
  • Vadodara
  • Visakhapatnam

And in Singapore also, outside India .

Article covered by Gaurav Mehta and Posted by Prasun Bannerjee

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Guru Nanak Jayanti – An Invite for Unity

Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Guru Nanak Jayanti will be celebrated 21 Nov by the Sikh community all over the world. Guru Nanak Jayanti is one of the most important festivals in the Sikh calendar. The celebrations are especially colorful in Punjab and Haryana and it is also celebrated in other parts of India as well. Guru Nanak Dev was the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikh religion. His birthday is celebrated as Guru Nanak Jayanti. Guru Nanak Jayanti is also known as Guru Purab. Guru Nanak was born on ” Kartik Poornima” ( full moon day in the month of Kartik ) October/November.  Guru Nanak Dev was born at Nankana Sahab near Lahore in Pakistan in 1469. Guru Nanak is the first Guru in Sikh faith. Guru Nanak was born in a middle class family. From his childhood he had great qualities. He had great learning skills. He was keen to learn Vedas and Sanskrit. He also studied Persian and Arabic as he got association with the Muslims when his father worked for a Muslim landlord. Thus he became learned in Hinduism and Islam. There are so many miraculous incident took place in Guru Nanak Dev’s childhood and young age. He believed in Oneness and Supremacy of God. Guru Nanak Ji was a great saint, poet and a preacher of peace, love and truth.

Holy book of  Sikhs known as ‘ Guru Granth Sahib ’ written by Guru Nanak Dev which is revered as scripture by all his followers. Through this holy book he has spread divine message for his devotees.

Guru Nanak Saheb Ji

There are 3 important principles that every Sikh is supposed to follow:-

  • Meditation on the Holy Name is the sublime method to connect oneself to the Supreme Lord and chant the name of holy God.
  • Every Sikh should earn honestly and work hard. There is no place for laziness in spiritual discipline. One should adopt the lifestyle of simple living and high thinking and always think of winning the approval of God.
  • Charity is an important feature of Sikhism. One should be compassionate to the needy and have a sharing tendency. One should also be equal to all without bias of religions, caste, creed and nationalities.

Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated with great devotion and dedication. The day starts with morning procession from Gurudwara. Three day study of Guru Granth Sahib is done by the authorities of the temple. The works and life of Sri Guru Nanak Dev are glorified. Sikhs take this day as the day to commit to Sikhism more intensely.People decorates their houses and special prayers are held in Gurudwaras*. The prayers also include the recital of ‘Akhand Paath’. In Akhand Paath’ is read continuously from beginning to end for three days. On the main day the holy book ‘Guru Granth Sahib’ is decorated and carried in a palanquin (Palki) in a procession. The procession also includes five armed guards or ‘Panj Pyaras (Five Beloved Ones)  . The Sikh flag known as the Nishan Sahib is carried in this procession too . Grand feast is organized in Gurudwaras, where people eat free of cost. The feast is known as ‘ Guru ka Langar ’ in which people do ‘seva’ or service. The service is offered in form of food preparation, serving food, serving water etc. The procession ends in Gurudwara where community devotees have lunch.
There are large numbers of Sikh family living in Udaipur, so Guru Nanak Jayanti celebration is being held in Udaipur too. There are 5 Guru Dwaras is Udaipur. They are fully decorated and Akhand Paath is being read over there too. All these five Gurudwaras will also be organizing Langer for udaipies  …..So Enjoy !!!!!!!

JO Bole So Nihal …… Sat Sri Akal !!!!!!!!

Wahe guru Ji Ka Khalsa Wahe guru Ji Ki Fateh

A post by Monika Jain