Members of the Udaipur Marble Association and Udaipur Marble Processors Association left aside their business and trade for a day and gathered together with their families at the Field Club Ground to celebrate Makar Sakranti with full on masti and dhamaal.

Around 700 members of both the associations, along with their family members were seen having a fun time with sports competitions like, gilli-danda, sitoliya, kite flying, housie, tug-of-war, chair race, 100 meter race, football, volleyball etc.

Mahipal Singh Rooppura, President of the Udaipur Marble Association said, “All the other festivals are celebrated at night or are very busy festivals and this is the only day we can enjoy for the whole day. We celebrate Makar Sakranti as a sports day for the Marble Association.”

This started and has been a successfully conducted tradition since 1995. All the expenses of the day for the sports equipment and lunch are met from association’s funds.

The day’s events, which started at 10 am, were inaugurated by Gajendra Singh Shaktawat (MLA). The prize distribution to the winners of this entire event was done by BJP leader Kiran Maheshwari.

Below are photos of the event, photos clicked by Sayeed Ahmed