Gandhinagar: State education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said he had taken a pledge not to eat sweet till the time favorable, positive solution of Ram Jamnabhoomi Mandir dispute arrives. He said he has resumed eating sweet after a gap of 29 years now. He said he was offered a sweet by his mother Kamlaba and his grand daughter Yashodhara. Chudasama said he had taken a pledge during Lk Advani's Somnath to Ayodhya yatra. It's worth noting that the Supreme court yesterday gave a verdict paving ...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan opened Kartarpur Corridor from both ends yesterday. Village Kartarpur is located at the west bank of river Ravi where Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent last 18 years of his life. Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak is about 1 km from the Indo- Pakistan border and on the east bank of River Ravi. To the west side of the river is located the town of Kartarpur, Pakistan. Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib falls in district Narowal of Pakistan...Read More

New Delhi: A 5-judge Constitution bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer today pronounced unanimous verdict for construction of Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya on 2.77 acre  land in question. Centre will formulate a scheme within three months and set up a trust which will takeover the management of the construction of a temple. A suitable plot of land measuring five acre shall be given to Sunni Waqf Board by the State or the Central...Read More

Prabhas Patan: Shri Somnath Trust today announced that with departure of Maha cyclone without any adverse impact, the Trust has decided to hold annual Kartiki Purnima fair as per schedule. The fair will begin in the evening of 11th of November and conclude on November 15. Apart from various rides and cultural programmes, the fair will have added attraction of exhibition of traditional turbans and another exhibition n 70 years of Somnath temple. Prisoners of Ahmedabad's Sabarmati jail will a...Read More

Ahmedabad: Thousands of devotees, mainly the natives of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh thronged the river banks and other ghats made near various water bodies across Gujarat to celebrate Chhath festival and offer puja and holy water to sun god. They will again assemble tomorrow morning to offer holy water to rising sun to mark the completion this most popular festival of Bihar and Eastern UP. In Ahmedabad they assembled on the banks of river Sabarmati near Indira bridge and Meghaninagar, ...Read More

Ahmedabad: It's the biggest festival of Gujarati people during the year. It's a new year day as per Gujarati Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. While Vikram Samvat calendar is also used by people in several north Indian states and it is also the national calendar of neighbouring country Nepal, the Gujarati Vikram Samvat calendar is different from others. The new year in Gujarati calendar is celebrated a day after Diwali. One can see footfalls in temples 10-fold on new year day which is popula...Read More

In pictures: Diwali evening at Jagannath Mandir in Amdavad, Gujarat In pictures: Gujarati traders, businessmen performing 'Chopda Pujan' ceremony in which they worship the Gujarati new year (starting from tomorrow) account books and take oath of honesty and fair practices in business during the year   Festivities in pictures: Diwali celebration at Jagannath Mandir in Jamalpur, hu...Read More

Gujarati Calendar 2020: Vikram Samvat Gujarati year of 2076 Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 26 October, 2019 We have created Gujarati calendar 2019 with added Gujarati flavor. In our endeavor to cater the best that Gujaratis across the world need, we are launching Gujarati Calendar consequently for second year. This year we have created a Gujarati calendar in bigger size, so that you can make a wall-paper out of it for your pc. Some Gujaratis related affairs are added in relevant date boxes o...Read More