2011 Falguni Pathak Dandiya Raas Venue in Mumbai

Last year, Falguni Pathak had opted to celebrate the Navratri festival in Gujarat. This year, the dynamic performer is back at her favourite venue at  the Goregoan Sports Club.

Address and Entry Fees for Falguni Pathak's Dandiya Raas Performance

Venue: Goregaon Sports Club, Malad Link Road, Mumbai 
Time: 7p.m. onwards

Name: Sankalp Dandiya, Navratri 2011

Who will Perform: Falguni Pathak, Hemangini Pandit, Tushar Trivedi, Sanjay Sawant and others.
Special Feature: Pyrotechnics

Entry Fees: Rs.300/- on weekdays / Rs.600/- on weekends. Season pass also available.
Ph: 26161212 / 26192525 / 8291700226/7/8/9


For the 2012 event, tickets information here: 2012 Falguni Pathak Dandiya Raas event

2011 Top 6 Navratri Dandiya Raas Venues in Mumbai

Here's a list of 2011 dandiya nights venues in Mumbai for the Navratri festival

1. Goregaon Sports Club

Name: Sankalp Dandiya, Navratri 2011

Who will Perform: Falguni Pathak 
Special Feature: Pyrotechnics

Entry Fees: Rs. 3,00/- Season Pass; Rs.300/- on weekdays; Rs.600/- on weekends.
Ph: 8291700226/7/8/9

2. Ghatkopar Police Grounds (West)

Who will Perform: Pinky and Preeti
Special Features: Sufi bollywood songs & surprise packages for particpants

Entry Fees: Rs. 100/- and Rs.200/- for daily pass/ Rs. 800/- Season Pass

3. Ekta Ground, Borivali (W)

Who will Perform: Bhumi Trivedi (Indial idol contestant)
Special Feature: There will be one celebrity every day

Entry Fees:  not known

4.Kora Kendra, Borivali (W)

Name: Kora Kendra Navratri 2011

Who will Perform: Singers from Surat
Special Feature: Only Gujarati songs

Entry Fees: Rs.360/- for weekdays / Rs. 450/- for weekends / Rs. 2,5200/- season pass.
Ph: 9769385111

5.  Navratri Ground, Sector 7, Kandivili (W)

Name: Navratri Raas Garba 2011

Who will Perform: Himesh Reshammiya, Vaishali Samant, Raja Hasan, Swaroop Khan, Rajpal Yada, Ketki Dave, etc.
Special Feature: All the proceeds from sale of tickets will go to charities for cancer and blind patients.

Entry Fees: Rs. 200/- weekdays / Rs. 350/- weekend pass / Rs. 2,000/- season pass.

6. Prerna Raas Mulund
Who will Perform: Arpita Thakkar, Hanif Aslam, Kirtidhan Gadhvi
Entry Fees: not yet fixed

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During the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, there are numerous pandals spread across Mumbai. This blog post gives a list of some of the most popular Ganapati pandals locations in Mumbai.

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Gold jewellery designs for Gauri Ganapati idols

During the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, many families bring home both Ganapati and Gauri idols. Both idols are bedecked with glittering gold ornaments to give them a glorious aura.

The jewellery shown below are exclusively of M.V.Pendurkar and Co. Jewellers, Mumbai (address & phone nos. at the end of this post).

Silver chatri (umbrella) placed above an idol

Gold jewellery for Gauri idol

A seated Gauri dressed in traditional Nauvari saree ~ note the ornament around waist and jewellery around wrists & fingers

A standing Gauri ~ note the tight choker jewellery around neck & varying lengths of other necklaces

Closeup of the standing Gauri ~ note the nosering and ear jewellery pieces, with gold flowers on shoulders

Ganapati and Gauri

Gold jewellery for Lord Ganesha idol

Golden crown befitting a Lord (note earrings hooked on to each ear - detailed image below)

Closeup of earrings and neck pieces

Gold Om symbol on right hand of the idol

Golden mouse holding golden modak & draped with cloak

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Gold accessories for Ganapati Gauri idols

Gold 5-petaled flower and gold elephant

Holy offerings: (from left to right) apple, banana, pear, coconut, pomegranate, mouse with modak

Contact information of M.V.Pendurkar and Co. Jewellers Mumbai

8-A, New Popatlal Building,

opp. Saraswat Bank,

Ranade Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai - 400028

Ph: 022-24302452/24225003

Contact persons: Ajit M.Pendurkar & Mrs.Aarti A. Pendurkar

Specialists in: Gold, silver, diamond & pearl jewellery and retailers of various gemstones.

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2011 Dahi Handi locations in Mumbai and Thane

A day after Krishna Janmashtami, it is time to indulge in the playful childhood activity of Lord Krishna - breaking handis to steal curds! Maharashtra is where you need to be on this day, as it is in cities like Mumbai, Pune and other small towns & villages that you will see groups of people forming human pyramids to reach the handi dangling from a rope high above their heads. The celebration, though, is not just about breaking the symbolic handi, but winning a cash prize too for the group. Each year, the cash prizes for breaking the handis have increased phenomenally, with politicians primarily offering the largest amounts.

Where to go for Dahi Handi celebrations in Mumbai and Thane

1. Dadar Dahi Handi: (a) in front of Nakshatra Mall, near the wholesale vegetable market. (b) Ranade Road - there is one usually in front of V.M.Pendurkar Jewellers. (c) R.K. Vaidya Road.

2. Shivaji Park Dahi Handi: (a) in front of Ashray Hotel, in lane opposite Monginis cake shop. (b) in lane opposite Corporation Bank. (c) in front of Nebula Gypsy restaurant, Keluskar Road (South).

3. Worli Dahi Handi: The main dahi handi celebrations take place at Jamboree maidan, BDD chawls.

4. Kalachowki Dahi Handi: (a) Ganesh Galli, near Lalbaug market. (b) Shahid Bhagat Singh maidan, Abhyudaya Nagar. (c) behind Abhyudaya Bank, in compound of Coop. Society building.

5. Mazgaon Dahi Handi: Tadwadi

6. Chembur Dahi Handi: (a) Khardev Nagar naka. (b) Shivaji Chowk, Pandjarpole circle, near where Dr.C.Gidwani Road meets V.N. Purav Marg.

7. Ghatkopar Dahi Handi: (a) Gangawadi maidan. (b) On the Ghatkopar-Goregaon Link Road, near the signal before Shreyas cinema theatre. (c) LBS Marg, near Life Force Center

8. Kurla Dahi Handi: Bail Bazaar, behind Sheetal Cinema.

9. Vikhroli Dahi Handi: Kannamwar Nagar No.3, near the bus stop.

10. Bhandup Dahi Handi: (a) Bhandup Village Road, Shiv Sena Shaka Office. (b) Gadhavnaka, Sanman Singh Road, ahead of Kokan Nagar Society. (c) Pratap Nagar, near junction of Pratap Nagar Road and Quarry Road.

11. Dombivili Dahi Handi:(a) Baji Prabhu Chowk, near junction of Kelkar Road and Manpada Road. (b) DNC maidan, near DNC Multipurpose High School, Nandivali Road. Note: at both places, lots of cash prizes being offered!

12. Bhiwandi Dahi Handi: Kalyan Bhiwandi naka.

13. Borivali Dahi Handi: (a) Devipada maidan, Boriviali (East); (b) Kajupada. (c) Kora Kendra maidan, opp. Parekh Nagar.

14. Thane Dahi Handi: This is where some of the biggest cash prizes are being offered depending on the number of tiers of the human pyramid. Special prizes for women govinda groups too! .(a) Vartak Nagar. (b) Sangarsh, Open House Panchpakahadi - at this venue, a special group of acrobats from Catalunya, Spain, known as the Colles Castelleres, will be competing with the local govindas. The Castelleras are a group of 175 members & are world famous for being skilled at making a 9 tier human pyramid.