Ahmedabad gears up for Sharad Purnima garba

Now that Navratri is over, the citizens of Ahmedabad are busy for Sharad Purnima. The city will witness various flavours and colours with different activities taking place all over the city on Tuesday.

On the one hand many citizens will swirl to garba beats again on Tuesday’s full moon day, and on the other, many households will not miss a chance to relish the traditional doodh pauva (sweet dish of milk and parched rice) as it is considered a must to eat this on this day.

Also, various temples and havelis of the city will hold special programmes on the occasion of Purnima. Speaking to DNA, public relation officer, ISKCON Temple, Satellite, Daamodara Dhananjay Daasa said, “We will put on a special Purnima dress on Lord Krishna. The Lord, in his entirely new attire, will be open for darshan to devotees from 7.30 am when the aarti will take place.”

Devotees will get to see the Lord in a beautiful Purnima dress of dark blue with white and silver stars and a full moon. Also, there will be a Raj bhog for the Lord in the afternoon of doodh pauva, which will be distributed as a prasad to the devotees as well.

Similarly, at Vrajdham Haveli, the devotees will be able to witness a beautiful arrangement where the idol of the Lord will be placed in a garden with the idols of several Gopis (female cowherds) dancing around Lord Krishna. A volunteer at the haveli, Mayur Parikh said, “There will be a beautiful manorath in the haveli’s garden. Around 7 pm when the devotees arrive, they can witness rasotsav (garba) performance and its replication. We have also arranged for doodh pauwa as prasad for the devotees. Nearly 2,000 of them are expected to attend the celebration.”