Ambaji on the edge ahead of Bhadarvi Poonam fair

Rajkot | Monday | 17th September, 2018

Summary:

A notification in his regard was issued by the administration in order to make this biggest religious fair free from plastic. Presently the temple’s lights and its seven gates are illuminated by electricity produced by solar generators, An interesting aspect of this holy place is that there is no idol or picture of Arasuri Mata Ambaji. Nine persons, including Gautam Jain, president of the local traders association, were arrested for rioting. There is simple a cave-like structure in the inner recess of the wall in which a gold-plated Shri Yantra has been kept. Bhadarvi Poonam fair begins on the full moon day, which falls on September 19 and will culminate on September 25.“The biggest religious fair on foot over the earth,” was how veteran journalist Mark Tully had described it in Time magazine in 2006.The temple of Shri Arasuri Mata Ambaji is nestled amid lush green hills of Aravalli range..