Kankaria Carnival

Kankaria turns into a massive canvas

29 December 2010

Awareness for social issues like saving the girl child, water and environment and promoting communal harmony dominated the canvas painting competition held on Monday, the third day of the Kankaria Carnival in the city. Participants mainly comprising youngsters painted their thoughts and opinions on these social issues. Many paintings were also made on the theme [...]

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Kankaria Carnival to get bigger this year

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Come Saturday and you can start floating on Kankaria in a water-bubble. The inaugural function of the Kankaria Carnival promises many entertainment options like this. The carnival organisers have procured these huge balloons to surprise Amdavadis. “The huge polyurethane balloons will be filled with oxygen and then the rider shall be sealed inside it. The [...]

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Modi inaugurates Kankaria Carnival

25 December 2008

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a week long Kankaria Carnival at Kankaria lake here. The event has been organized by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to open the toy train for kids, garden and other entertainment fecilities developed under lake front development project. Modi named the toy train as’ Atal Express&aposafter the first name [...]

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Kankaria Carnival : Soon, all roads will lead to Kankaria

19 December 2008

Cops and municipal employees in the city have one focus these days – Kankaria Carnival. Though it is still a week ahead, preparations are in full swing. Police officials have already begun security checks on tableaus. City cops are also burning midnight oil, assessing security arrangements. A special security cover for the chief minister, who [...]

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