A glorious Saturday morning ( 07/11/15 ) with a searing heat beating down on the streets of our city. This was the canvas on which more than 40 decorated floats with hundreds of followers and tens of thousands of visitors lined the streets to pronounce that the HINDU festival of DIWALI had arrived. The traffic came to a standstill and many disgruntled motorists raised their fists in dismay. The morning belonged to us.

Our special thanks to LASHIKA & PRINT ELEGANCE ( SHANA & PRASHANTH ) for their beautiful designs, prints and final presentation. Our appreciation goes out to our officials & affiliates from far & wide for their support & contribution to make our float a success. Everyone outdid themselves & enjoyed a cultural feast – my Namaste to each one of you & your families.

The DIWALI theme “ LIGHT IS LIFE “ was beautifully displayed. The ARYA SAMAJ took this theme seriously to display our contributions to the community. The banners displayed a series of high impact messaging of community work, social activity, harmony with nature & nation building. Did we achieve our objective ? YES !!!!!!

Do we need an annual float procession? The simple answer again : YES !!!.