International kite festival 2013(Gujarat)
The
International Kite Festival-Gujarat 2013 is all set to initiate its 25th
edition starting on 7th January this year.
The
festival will be organized at 11 places this year.
According to Tourism minister Saurabh
Patel, the festival will be organized at Ahmedabad,
Vadodara, Surat, Saputara, Dhordo, Somnath, Modhera and Mandvi, Modhera,
Saputara and Somnath will be witnessing the festival and its grandeur for the
very first time this year.
Saurabh Patel also said
the Gujarat Tourism will organize night kite flying event for the first time
this year. He said the kite festival will also be organized in Mumbai and Delhi
on 7 January. Vadodara and Surat will host the festival on 8th January while
Surat and Modhera will follow-on the next day. Mandvi, Dhordo and Somanth will
host the festival on 11th January in the following week. The 25th International
Kite Festival will culminate in Ahmedabad, at the Sabarmati River Front on 12th
& 13th January and in old quarter of the city on 14th January 2013.
More than 100 Kitists from 40 nations including United Kingdom,
France, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Brazil, South Korea,
Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Curacao, Ukraine, Israel, China,
Belgium, New Zealand, Cambodia, Lithuania and Malaysia,are going to participate
in the festival. Kite flying enthusiasts from more than 10 states across India
will also be participating in this event.
AT Ahmedabad
AT Kutch
AT Kutch
AT Mandvi Beach
AT Mandvi Beach
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