Dance to Noble Tunes: Showglitz Navratri Utsav 2019 to donate proceeds for Maharashtra flood relief

Mumbai: This Navratri, get ready to step up and match the beats that reverberate in your heart to a cause! The sugary notes of Falguni Pathak, as she takes to the Borivali stage will be combined by a fund-raising exercise for the recent floods. Falguni Pathak announced at the Bhoomi Pujan for "Showglitz Navratri Utsav 2019".

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Keeping in mind the tragedy and toll that the recent floods have wreaked across Maharashtra, the organisers of the "Showglitz Navratri Utsav 2019" have decided to donate a day’s worth of collections from the mega event to the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. The collections would be specifically donated for relief work required in Kohlapur and Sangli districts.

This announcement came through at the Bhumi Pujan ceremony for the mega festivities on Saturday. Organised by Showglitz Events and Entertainment, the "Navratri Utsav with Falguni Pathak" and Ta-Thaiya is a 9-day extravaganza with vigour, enthusiasm and dance-induced mayhem. The organisers donated Rs. 11,00,000 today to the CM relief fund on the occasion of Bhoomi Pujun and announced that out of the 9 days of Navratri, the organisers have chosen to earmark all collections from Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, as donation to the CM’s Relief Fund.

Traditionally, the Navratri extravaganza begins with a holy consecration, or Bhoomi Pujan, which took place on Saturday. The event was attended by attended by BJP MP Gopal Shetty, ministers from Maharashtra, Vinod Tawde (Minister of Higher and Technical Education), and Yogesh Sagar (Minister of State for Urban Development). They were joined at the occasion by sitting MLAs Manisha Chaudhary, Vijay Bhai Girkar, Vilas Potnis and Aslam Shaikh.

“We are thankful for the guidance of Gopal Shetty, Vinod Tawde, Ashish Shelar and Yogesh Sagar in making this year’s festivities at Borivali a reality. We hope that our contribution bring succour and the Goddess’ blessings to all those people who are reeling under the impact of these floods,” said Santosh Singh and Shiva Shetty, Organisers, Showglitz Event and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.