page_title: Mavjinjava
section_title: Festival
hierarchical_section_title: Mavjinjava / Culture / Festival
caption_attribution_description: A statue of Ganesha.This statue is face of elephant.It has beautifully decorated in a type of stones.
context_page_description: Mavjinjava is a small village near Bagasara in the Amreli district of the Saurashtra region in the state of Gujarat, India. There is a population of around 10,000 people in Mavjinjava. More than 7000 people live outside of Manjinjava in places like Surat, Ahmedabad & Mumbai.
context_section_description: Garba, a dance form, is popular both with men and women and is performed during the Navratri festival. The dance starts before midnight and continues until dawn. Mata Ambe, who rides a Lion, has a special reverential status with any highly religious Gujarati. The 'Janmastami Mela' organizes by  for five days at the Bagasara city Grounds to celebrate Janmastami. Diwali is the New Year for Hindus and people celebrate by doing Ma Laxmi Pujan.  People clean and paint their houses and purchase new clothes to wear on New Year's Day. Dhuleti is the colour festival and Mahashivratri is God Shiva's day. People also celebrate Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) on 14 January by flying kites from their terraces. Other holidays are Ganesh Utsava, Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti etc.
caption: Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in Mavjinjava., involves worship of Ganesha.
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