SHIV JI KI SAVARI - VADODARA

Shivji ki Savari is a grand chariot procession of Lord Shiva organized by Satyam Shivam Sundaram Samiti on the auspicious day of Mahashivratri every year in Vadodara city in Gujarat. The procession carries the idol of the family of Lord Shiva on chariot around the city. This Statue has the idol of Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati and their sons – Ganesha and Kartikeya seated on huge Nandi. There is also an idol of Naradmuni present on the chariot. As per the tradition the procession starts from Runmukteshwar Mahadev temple in Pratapnagar in Vadodara with chants of har Har Mahadev and ends at Udaynarayan Temple.. Folk dance mandals, , bands dol and other groups march ahead with the procession . The chariot is kept in a huge shade of glass wall in the campus of the Udaynarayan Temple near the Baroda Medical College. Thousands of devotees join the procession.