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GRAND DIWALI CELEBRATION

Gujarati Samaj marks Festival of Lights with NYC Mayor

Eric Adams and NYC Deputy Commissioner Dilip Chauhan

OUR BUREAU
New York, NY
raditional dresses and authentic
food and musical program and
Thappy crowd, all went into mak-
ing the Gujarati Samaj of New York’s
Diwali celebrations made it very suc-
cessful event in Queens. The celebra-
tions were capped by a visit from the
Mayor of New York City Eric Adams,
and Deputy Commissioner Dilip Chau-
han along with President Harshad
Patel and Executive Committee
members who lit the traditional lamp. Gujarati Samaj of New York Committee pose with NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Deputy Commissioner Dilip Chauhan. (From left): Shailesh Pathak,
Emceed by Dr. Sheetal Desai,
the event highlighted the accomplish- Ameet Trivedi, Bhaat Patel, Virendra Banker, Hiren Vyas, Raju Patel, Ajay Patel, Deputy Commissioner Dilip Chauhan, NYC Mayor Eric Adams,
ments of Gujarati Samaj of New York President Harshad Patel, Mahesh Patel, Divyesh Tripathi, Manikant Patel, Bipin Patel, Jatin Upadhyaya
since last five decades which includes
number of community activity includ-
ing health camp, cultural program and
many more.
President of Gujarati Samaj of
New York Harshad Patel – mentioned
that he is very humble d by the Pres-
ence of New York City Mayor Eric
Adams, First time in the last 48 years
of Gujarati Samaj New York City
Mayor attended Our event and visited
Gujarati Samaj and Also he applaud
the presence of Deputy Commission-
er Dilip Chauhan who is always there
to help the community whether we
have questions related to MWBE or
any permission related Mr. Chauhan NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Deputy Commissioner Dilip Chauhan President Harshad Patel, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Deputy Commis-
always helped our community, “Their
presence and support boosted moral welcomed with Traditional Garland and Shawl sioner Dilip Chauhan enjoying the Program.
within our South Asian community.
We left the weekend festivities with
renewed inspiration and hope to con-
tinue to serve NYC in whatever way
possible for years to come.”
Gujarati Samaj President Harshad
Patel and his wife Daxa Patel wel-
comed Hon. Mayor Eric Adams with
Traditional Garland and Shawl, and
Program Manager Divyesh Tripathi
and his wife Ami Tripathi welcomed
Deputy Commissioner Dilip Chauhan
with Traditional Garland and Shawl.
Also, melodious Musical Pro-
gram was performed by Dhruv Shah
and Ujjaval Vyas, and program was
attended by 700 Gujarati Community
People including Past President Ra-
man Patel, Dr. Bhupi Patel, H.K. Shah
and many dignitaries including Sena- The Mayor addressing the Audience Emcee of the Event Dr. Sheetal Desai with Gujarati Samaj Members
tor John Liu.

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