Ekta Nagar: In celebration of the 149th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, observed as National Unity Day on October 31, a Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Parade will take place at Ektanagar-Kevadia in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of District Collector Sanjay Modi to discuss the planning and implementation of this parade and Deepotsav Parva to be held on the eve of National Unity Day .

On the eve of National Unity Day, on October 30, a Deepotsavi Pragatya Parva-2024 will be celebrated at Gora Narmada Ghat, near the Shulpaneshwar Mahadev Temple. The program will feature Aarti, fireworks, and Deepotsav, during which the Prime Minister will initiate the Narmada Maha Aarti by lighting a lamp, with elected public representatives and senior state officials participating in the event. More than 150,000 lamps will illuminate this sacred ghat, which will be beautified and decorated with flowers. DeshGujarat