Kankaria Carnival

Kankaria Carnival is a week-long festival being held here in last week of December. Many cultural, art and social activities are organised during carnival.

75 minute long Mega audio visual performance under the theme of ‘Ame Utsav Premi Amdavadi’, involving more than 100 artists

Aero modelling: Unmanned helicopters, gliders, powered Aeroplanes, quoadcopter, hexacopter, line control aeroplane. On 29-30-31 December for 30 minutes on football ground and Naginawadi.

- Aqua scripting: 13 ft long, 21 ft tall, 1 ft deep specially designed gadget.

- Laser show with 3d effect on ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ theme.

- Live characters, bahurupi, avatars.

- Mega magician show, lady magician show

- Branded food courts

- LED backdrop.

- Rock bands.

More: Scuba diving, Rangoli, regional cultural programms, debate, essay, painting competitions. SRP band, Police band, Army band, piper band. Gymnastic, judo karate demonstration. Traditional sports, tricycle rally. Senior citizens sports festival. Gujarat Police’s arms exhibition. Dog show, Horse show. Laughing club gathering, Yoga.

About Kankaria Lake Front
The historical Kankaria Lake having a periphery of about 2.5 Km has been the symbol of Ahmadabad’s identity since almost 500 years. The historic lake around an island garden called Naginawadi has been an evergreen outing place for the people of Ahmedabad. Along with the adjoining Zoo, Balvatika, Aquarium and surrounding hill gardens, it offered a complete entertainment centre. Given an expanse of around 4 sq km of permanently filled water body, it has acted as the lungs of the relatively lower income South Eastern part of the city.

History

The lake is said to have been built during the Solanki period. There are various versions of its origin. The lake is said to have been built next to the Kanmukhteswar Temple. Another version attributes the lake to the Kankana Devi from which it takes its name. A more popular version, based on the existing plate at the site commemorating this event, it was built by Sultan Kutubuddin Shah in 15th century, with the work completed in 1451. According to this plate, its name is placed as Hauj-E-Kutub. (Pond of Kutub). Whether the lake existed before this and was only widened or deepened in 1452 or whether it was created from scratch at that time is something that still remains unresolved.