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Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: September13: Rashtriya Kandesh Mahasangha along with Sri Govardani Sarvajanik Seva Sanstha have begun the registration for all religion mass marriage to be held nerly five months from now on 28th January 2007 at CIDCO Ground near Assam Bhavan, Vashi. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: September 11: For Panvel residents the festivities of Ganpati celebration do not end with Ganpanti Visarjan, since it is followed by another gala of Gaura Ganpati for 1 ½ day. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: September 5: Onam, the festival of colours, flowers, peace, love, light, victory, goodness... This is one festival, which is above religion, custom, tradition and rigid beliefs. It binds people of various religions from Kerela who eagerly wait for their goodwill god Mahabali to come to earth and shower his blessings upon them. The day signifies victory of good over evil, peace over destruction and right over wrong. There are certain traditions, which are particularly associated with a festival like Diyas with Diwali, the Christmas tree with Xmas, modaks with Ganesh Chaturthi. Likewise, “Floral Rangoli” is one of the main customs, which has to be compulsorily made in every Kerelite home on Onam day. V2P visited some Kerelites in Navi Mumbai to see their spectacular Rangolis that were adorned with diyas… [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: September 5: Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar, Airoli will soon emerge as a socio-cultural organization and not just a place of worship. The gurudwara which was inaugurated on Sunday last has a host of other community programmes in operation. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: September 3: Today was a historical day for the Sikh community of the world. The day marked the 300th anniversary of the compilation of the holy text. Today is also the 402nd 'Prakash Divas’. Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar, Airoli was buzzing with hundreds of Sikh devotees this morning who had come to attend this ‘prakash divas’ by Sant Baba Narendra Singhji who is the head of Langar Saheb at Nanded. He entered in a plush car with ‘punj pyaare’ (five favourites) at around 10:30am. He was led to the room where the Holy Book was placed. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: August 28: The auto sped into a narrow gully in Vashi, Kopri Gaon to enter what is known as ‘hijron ka ilaka’. There is nothing about the place that enchants you but the filth and familiarity with such dirty narrow lanes makes you feel that you did it wrong by coming here. A fat old eunuch sits at the entrance looking at the world around him cynically. She fervently disallows us to take a snap. “Many reporters came here yesterday and they only agonized us. Nobody dropped us a single penny. Look at our condition. We can’t even celebrate the annual Ganesh Chaturthi with style!” Shanta Bai Poojari who is lovingly called ‘Dadi’ by their community snaps. Nevertheless, we continue clicking pictures before posting in a few queries. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: August 25: The Jains of the city celebrated the birth of their revered God, Maruswami or Mahavir today. The Jain temples at Vashi were buzzing with people who gathered in huge numbers to attend the ‘pravachan’ here. The Jains are celebrating the 8-day long festival, ‘Paryushan’. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: August 9: The regular dissonance and the ‘fishy’ business were missing in the Ladies’ compartment of the local train today. So, where have all the fish sellers gone? Nothing much to worry! They are all busy praying to their god, the Sea. Narali Poornima is the most awaited festival amongst the Koli community. On this occasion, the Swadhya Parivaar, a committee of Kolis organised a mass pooja festival from 4:30 pm at Diwale Village in Belapur. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: August 8: Little Afshan is waiting for her brother Salim Shaikh, a merchant navy to return tonight so she can tie him a ‘Rakhi’ tomorrow. “When my brother was here, I always tied him a Rakhi. But since he got a job, he cannot return for festivals. But this year is different,” gleams the 13-year-old Vashi resident. Similarly, the Timberwala residence in Khandeshwar is abuzz with Raksha Bandhan celebrations. 16-year-old Delnaaz is helping her mother prepare some sweets for her brother for the special occasion tomorrow. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: July 31: International Friendship Day is on the 6th of August and the friendship week begins tomorrow. Friendship day is celebrated on the first Sunday of August every year. On this day when we celebrate the most significant and valuable relationship- FRIENDSHIP! It is that time of the year when you appreciate your friend for the support given to you, for listening to you patiently and giving you a shoulder to cry on. Here, V2P provides you few ideas to express to your friend how much you love them. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: July 26: 26/7, the tragic dateline repeats itself after one year today. Every mumbaikar was expected to sport white today to express their grief for the catastrophe. With the pains, trauma, fear and distress still afresh in the minds of the people, they have accepted these tragedies as an awful part of their life and have moved on. The impact of the catastrophe was such that people are still horrified on seeing heavy rains. Today, one year after the deluge, people recall some of their experiences and reveal the alteration in their life underwent after the calamity. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.com: Navi Mumbai: July 5: The term “chatting” has undergone a makeover with changing times. It has today managed to broaden its horizons, what till some years back was just a medium for dating and making friends is now utilized for more serious activities like business networking, exchanging e books, softwares etc. The inclination of e savvy people has today drifted from the routine affairs to some imperative dealings. The importance of network building through internet is on a constant rise. These associations are now formed with varied motives like business partnership, software trading, fan clubs etc. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: June 26: Vashi2Panvel.Com had organised a road show, a community interaction programme yesterday near Vashi Railway Station at 7pm. The show received tremendous response from the residents. The programme included a Navi-Mumbai based quiz show and a few other interactive games. The residents won several exciting gift vouchers from Bikaner House, Cotton Kutir, Centre Point Hotel amongst others. The programme, though started a bit late, was a great crowd puller. Navi Mumbai based electronic and print media were also present to cover the spectacular event. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: June 16: Sikhs all over the country are celebrating the martyrdom -‘Shahidi Divas’ of their 5th guru Guru Arjun Devji.On this occasion they have arranged a grand ‘Langar’, mass distribution of food. [more...]

Vashi2Panvel.com: Navi Mumbai: June 15: The 17-day cultural festival ‘Kanha Megh Utsav’ that commenced on June 11 has received “quite a good response though not tremendous”. Today the events were initiated after an ‘aarti’ at 7’O clock in the evening. The forte for today is the Manipuri dance performance by Padmashree Darshana Zaveri and her dance troupe. There is also an ongoing free healing session at the venue. The food court is an added benefit for the audience. [more...]