Junagadh: The Girnar Lili Parikrama is held annually for five days starting from Devuthni Ekadashi till Kartik Purnamashi. This year Lili Parikrama will begin on November 4 with a midnight shot of fire in the air as per tradition. In order to maintain a smooth function of the parikrama, the District Collector today called Sadhu Sants, Utra Mandals, NGOs, etc. at the Junagadh District Collector's Office and gave information about 13 committees made by administration for better facilities for ...Read More

Junagadh, October 15, 2022: Usha Breco, the developer of the Girnar Ropeway, has increased its capacity as it gears up to meet the huge rush of devotees at Girnar in the upcoming Diwali festival. Ahead of the beginning of the peak festival season, Usha Breco undertook pre-planned maintenance of the entire ropeway system in Girnar from October 10 to 15 and also increased the ropeway’s carrying capacity. The ropeway began its operations as per plan on October 16. “We have added six cabins to...Read More

Junagarh: The standing committee of the Junagarh Municipal Corporation has completed the bidding process to hire an agency to provide a 10-year road map. The Rs 3.97 crore bid of Ahmedabad-based KPMG Advisory Services Pvt Ltd has been approved. Apart from this, the standing committee has also approved development projects worth Rs 19.17 crore, among which the most prominent one is the plan to secure all employees of the civic body under the Pradhan Mantri Vima Suraksha Kavach. The standing...Read More

Junagadh: The Girnar rope way project has proved to be a blessing for tourists since it was launched in October 2020. Since the launch a whopping 11 lakh people have used the facility, which has also generated Rs 56 crores in revenue. Corona cases have fallen in the last three months and it has led to an increase in the number of tourists in Girnar. Against 59,188 tourists who used the facility in February 2022, the figure stands at 77,796 for March 2022. Revenue also has increased from Rs 3....Read More

Junagadh: The Maha Shivratri Mela at Bhavnath foothills of Mount Girnar in Junagadh will take place from 25th February to 1st March this year. The Maha Shivratri Mela of Bhavnath was not organised for last 2 years due to the covid-19 pandemic. However, the state government has granted approval for organizing the traditional shivratri mela in Junagadh this year as peak of third wave of covid pandemic is over and the number of fresh cases is continuously decreasing day-by-day. Gujarat govt n...Read More

Junagadh: Sant Shri Kashmiri Bapu of Girnar in Junagadh passed away on Sunday, February 6th at the age of 97 years. His samadhi ceremony is taking place today. His original name was Omkargiri Guru Niranjan Dev and he was known as ‘Kashmiri Bapu’ among the devotees. He served as mahant of a place named Amku situated in the forest areas of Girnar foothills. He was admitted to a private hospital after getting a puncture in his lungs due to filling of air. He had recovered after getting...Read More

Junagadh collector Rachit Raj has officially declared today that the Lili parikrama at Girnar in Junagadh this year will take place symbolically in the limit of 400 persons involving only the sadhus, as per the current covid-19 guidelines. It will take place from Kartak sud Ekadashi on 14th November to kartki punam on 19th November. It has been decided that only the sadhus will join the lili parikrama and the persons from any political parties or social organizations will not be allowed in i...Read More

Junagadh: The first 100 passengers, who have taken both doses of Covid-19 will get a free journey in the Girnar Ropeway on Sunday on 24th October on the first anniversary of Girnar Ropeway. The decision was declared by Usha Breco Limited. Regional head of Usha Breco Company Dipak Kaplis informed that PM Narendrabhai Modi had dedicated Girnar Ropeway last year on 24th October. So, it will complete one year on the upcoming 24th October, Sunday. On this occasion, the first 100 passengers will b...Read More

Sarkhej: Senior sant of Dashnami parampara, Mahamandaleshwar Bharti Bapu(93) passed away early in the morning today at 2.30 am at his Sarkhej based Bharti Ashram. His Samadhi ceremony will take place at his Girnar based ashram in Junagadh as per Covid19 protocol later. It's worth noting that recently on April 6, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had organised its foundation day functions across the State. Bharti Bapu had attended one such function at Dholka in presence of State Education m...Read More