Diwali is a festival where families of MMUK come together to offer 56 Bhog to Lord Krishana and exchange Diwali Greetings in person.
Preparations for this event begins months before by the organising committee including venue booking in February 2018 Baylis House.
Diwali event theme for this year was “Bollywood Dhamaka”, which received an unprecedented response from the community, more than 300 Maheshwari’s attended the event, so far, the largest Maheshwari gathering since inception of MMUK.For the first time MMUK Midland Chapter members also attended the event in big numbers with full enthusiasm and Bollywood spirit.Bollywood icon life size cut-outs were placed at the grand entrance to welcome all members.
Majority of community member’s right from 3 year old child to senior citizens were dressed up like Bollywood actor/actress in spirit of the theme of the event. To mention few of them – Circuit & Munna (Munna Bhai MMBS), Bajirao Peshwa (Bajirao Mastani), Singham, Sanjay Dutt (Vaastav), Bappi Lahiri, Amitabh Bacchan and much more.
Event began with Annakut Aarti by elders in community and “Chappan Bhog” were offered, which were brought by the community members themselves.
Our anchors were cherry on the cake Mr Ramsagar Sonee & Miss Anuska Sharda (young talent)
During the event, the committee appointed the new president Mr Ramnaresh Sonee and bid farewell to Mr Santosh Gandhi thanking for his contribution to the community.
Fantastic cultural programme full of Bollywood theme performance was presented by MMUK members. The performances included Tribute to Bollywood icon Sridevi, Kids bollywood fashion show and multiple group dances.
Mr Shrin Bajaj of MTC Group, Mrs Nidhi Maheshwari of Linay & Shipp Financial Services, Mr Sumit Agarwal of DNS Associates and Mr Manish Vaid of ICICI Bank were the event supporters.
MMUK Outstanding Achievement Award for this year was presented to Dr Manish Maheshwari for his professional achievements as an Oncologist Consultant as well as his support to the Maheshwari community.
Event was graced by Diwali Greetings via MMS from following personalities, which was played at the event.
Mr Krishnakant Chandak, First President of MMUK
Mr Shyam Sunder Soni, President of ABMMS
Mr Sandeep Kabra, General Secretary of ABMMS
Mr R L Kabra, Treasure of ABMMS
Mr Dheeraj Rathi, International Coordinator of ABMMS
Mr Arun Mundra, International Coordinator of MMNA
At the event a token of love was gifted by Mr Mihir Shah and Ms Sanjana Karnani.
The true success of MMUK event exhibited in the way organising team engaged and mobilised young community members who worked tirelessly for months and were in touch with all attendees individually.
Diwali is mega event of the year, every attendee went back home with the community pride and gratitude for the volunteers who made it happen.
