There are many Marathi-speaking families in and around Visakhapatnam working in prestigious
organizations including the shipyard, Indian Navy, HPCL, BHPV and the
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, besides a number of other defence establishments.
People keep visiting the City of Destiny as
tourists, besides taking business trips or relocating professionally.
The salient business areas include the melting and purification of gold, bullion
trade and refinery workshops. Maharashtra Mandal provides an excellent meeting point for all of
them.
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Every year,
Maharashtra Mandal celebrates important festivals including Makara Sankranti,
Shiva Jayanti, Ugadi (Gudi Padva), Maharashtra
Day, Independence Day (August 15), Shri
Ganesh Festival for
10 days, Dassehra, Diwali, Kojagiri
Purnima, besides organizing
get-togethers and annual picnics (vana bhojanam). Several dignitaries
including the Late Y. B. Chavan, Deputy Prime Minister of
India, Finance Minister Late C. D. Desmukh, Vocal Maestro Pandit Bheemsen Joshi,
Jitendra Abhisheki, Malini Rajurkar, S. K. Patil, Mayor, VMC Commissioner, ACP and DCP of
Visakhapatnam have
visited Maharashtra Mandal, graced various functions and appreciated the
work done by Maharashtra Mandal. In the recent past, Narmada
Bachao Andolan leader Smt. Medha Patkar and singer Asha
Bhosle have visited Maharastra Mandal. |
Maharashtra Mandal would like to expand its activities further and create better
facilities for all sections of society. For this purpose, we urge you to
donate generously, with the commitment that your contributions would go
a long way towards the development of Maharashtra
Mandal, which
has now emerged as an important landmark in the city of Visakhapatnam.
Donations in
the form of cheques / demand drafts favouring Maharashtra Mandal,
Visakhapatnam, are welcome.
For further information, kindly contact:
The
Manager, Maharashtra Mandal, 9-26-6, Asilmetta Jn Vishakhapatnam - 530 003.
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