Ambaji: Bhadarvi Punam Melo in pilgrim town Ambaji will not take place this year due to Coronavirus pandemic, said district collector Sandip Sangle who is also Chairman of Ambaji Devasthan Trust. He said, darshan of Ambaji Mandir and Gabbar will not be possible for public during 24 August to 4 September. Both mandirs will remain closed for this period of 12 days for visitors. Sangle said, the unlock-3 guideline by the Centre has banned religious, social gatherings. Even the State government ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s top pilgrimage centre Ambaji has been included under the Central Government’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) Scheme of the Union Ministry of Tourism. The Ambaji yatradham situated in north Gujarat region was among the five new such pilgrimage centres added to PRASAD across the country. According to a note by the State government, this development took place after Gujarat Tourism Corporation (TCGL)'s request to the Union Ministr...Read More

Ambaji: The famous religious Adhyashakti Peeth Ambaji Dham, located in North-Gujarat, has become the first ISO 9001: 2015 certified Yatra Dham of Gujarat. The UK based International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) institution had selected the Adhyashakti Peeth Ambaji Temple for the ISO certification for the well-organized management of the entire temple premises, amenities developed at Gabbar as well as easy management of offerings and other food items as well as Yatri Niwas facilitie...Read More

Ambaji: Danta - Ambaji highway four lane conversion work is underway. While initially the road was declared closed for traffic for the month of December, now the closure has been extended to entire month of January, as per a new notification issued by district collector of Banaskantha. Alternative route has been given on Danta - Kanabiyavas - Kuvarsi - Boradiya - Beda - Hathipagla - Sanali - Hadad, Machkoda - Ganapipli - Chikhla - Ambaji highway. Due to frequent accidents at Trishuliya ...Read More

Palanpur: At least 21 people died in a road mishap near Trishuliya ghat close to pilgrimage town of Ambani in Banskantha district in North Gujarat. In yet another road accident in the district 5 people had died earlier near Kuchavada teen rasta in Deesa rural police station area. On a day of road mishaps, five other people had died in car-truck collision in Mehmadabad area in Kheda district. SP Banaskantha Ajit Rajiyan said that the speeding bus slipped and turn...Read More

Palanpur: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today speaking here announced that 500-metre area around Ambaji Shaktipith temple and Somnath Jyotirling temple as ‘No Non-Veg Zone’, with ban of non-vegetarian. He said the government decided to start development works worth Rs.338-crore for Banaskantha district for drinking water, stairway leading up to the Ambaji temple, skywalk, two-way ropeway, toilets, CCTV cameras, public address system, dining hall for 2,000 at a time, new Prasad grih, rooftop...Read More

Ambaji: Nita Ambani, wife of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman and billionaire Industrialist Mukesh Ambani, chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation and a non-executive director of Reliance Ltd today visited famous Ambaji temple in North Gujarat to perform special puja and place daughter Isha Ambani's wedding invitation before the mother goddess Ma Amba. Ambani family is among major donors to Ambaji Temple Trust. Ambaji temple was decorated with flowers on Ambani's arrival....Read More

Ambaji: Mumbai based pilgrim Bhavik Mohanlal Sanghvi has donated 522 gran gold in the form of Jaldhari to Ambaji Mandir Trust. The donation is valued at Rs 15.16 lakh. Navratri is one of seasons during which the temple trust receives huge amount of donation. The other period during which gold and cash donation inflow is witnessed in high proportion is Bhadarvi punam fair which concluded recently. DeshGujaratRead More