MUMBAI: New 12 months Eve Sunday will see Mumbaikars welcome 2024 in their very own cheerful approach by visiting non secular locations to supply prayers or placing collectively small home events at evening. Inns have devised particular menus whereas native golf equipment and eating places are providing reductions.
Massive public gatherings unfold at Gateway of India, Girgaum Chowpatty and Juhu seashores.Sr PI Pramod Bhovte of Colaba police station overseeing preparations at Gateway stated, “Round 30,000-40,000 individuals assemble right here on December 31 as a result of they anticipate a grand spectacle on the midnight hour when the New 12 months arrives. They themselves announce the countdown… 10, 9, 8… 3, 2, 1. However when the second arrives, nothing occurs! There are not any fireworks at Gateway anymore, the lights don’t go off, nothing. So they’re all disenchanted. All these festivities used to happen earlier than the lockdown however have since stopped. So this yr we’ve pasted posters throughout the realm saying ‘No Aatishbazi’ or something will occur right here. The group might nicely disperse to Marine Drive or Chowpatty however they linger at Gateway from 6.00-12.00 pm ready for a grand entry.”
Lots of of devotees go to Siddhivinayak temple in addition to Mahalaxmi, Hanuman Mandir close to Crawford Market and Mumbadevi. South Indian non secular establishments carry out Vishwa Shanthi homams for common peace and prosperity. The Sri Sankara Mattham in Matunga has organised an Atharvaseersha Maha Ganapathi homam, Lakshmi Kubera homam and Nakshatra Shanti homams on January 1.
Shanmukhananda Sabha, King’s Circle, will conduct Akhanda bhajan and Carnatic vocal recitals from night until midnight on December 31 by completely different musicians to welcome the New 12 months.
Of late, mosques in sure localities, notably Andheri West-Jogeshwari, have been organising particular gatherings for Muslim youth on the evening of December 31 to maintain them from idling or using bikes in teams. Fathers carry their younger sons to hearken to discovered clergymen cite passages from the Holy Quran and Hadees, and imbibe ethical classes. Dinner is served afterward.
Church buildings will conduct particular New 12 months Eve mass. Fr Michael Pinto, parish priest of Salvation Church, or Portuguese Church as it’s popularly identified, stated, “We now have put in a brand new LED billboard display screen dealing with the highway. It would show details about eco-friendly dwelling and decisions for individuals who cross by. It is sort of a New 12 months present!”
Salvation Church is among the many few that also conduct New 12 months mass at midnight. “We now have our Holy Hour, which is a time to thank the Lord for all His blessings and to look ahead with hope. It’s also a time to wish for the wants of the world, particularly for peace. It will occur from 11.00 pm to 12.00 am. After that we’ve our mass at 12.00 am. Within the morning we’ve mass in English at 6.30 am, Konkani at 8.00 am adopted by one other English mass at 9.30 am.”
Home events or society gatherings are more and more turning into the favoured mode of celebration particularly given the quite a few supply choices. Mumbai’s dug up roads and relentless site visitors may cause individuals to be caught in irritating jams on the midnight hour.
Lokhandwala Complicated, Andheri, is a haven for bakery and confectionery objects given the huge variety of retailers. “We’re internet hosting an outdated faculty mate who’s visiting city from Australia, and have invited three households in all. We are going to buy desserts and finger meals from the number of outlets within the locality, and order in a festive dinner from a close-by restaurant,” stated businessman Ashish Swamy.
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