Observing the completion of three years, Anant Mandi, an organic farmers’ and local artisans’ market organised a grand market in Gandhi Bhavan from Friday.
Starting off the event's first day, this humbly grand celebration of Anant Mandi, Anant Mahotsav, was inaugurated by eminent Gandhian Rajagopal PV; CBI’s former Director Rishi Shukla; Secretary, Gandhi Bhawan Trust Dayaram Namdev; Social worker Mita Wadhwa, Shibani Ghosh, Jill Carr Harris; and others.
Rajagopal PV congratulated the youth group for the successful completion of three years of Anant Mandi and appreciated their efforts and instigated them to start such initiatives in other parts of India as well. He emphasised on the grave need to educate people about organic and sustainable lifestyle.
Sarang Phagre, a young vocalist from Bhopal charmed the audience with a beautiful classical musical performance.
More than 40 stalls have been put up at Anant Mahotsav by people from different parts of Madhya Pradesh (Itarsi, Balaghat, Katni, Raisen, etc) covering a diverse range of organic and handmade products such as vegetables, oils, grains, spices, jute handicrafts, handmade diaries, upcycled products, jewellery, aromatics, and a lot more.
Anant Mahotsav has a wide range of yummy food items made of organic ingredients like Dosa, Darjeeling Momos, Tacos, Biryani, wheat-based cakes, Tacos and much more brought by young entrepreneurs and homecooks. Organic fruits, seeds and saplings, along with cold press oils, ghee, A2 milk, organic grains, organic fertilizers, homemade spices and masalas to name a few were a huge hit on the first day.
Ending the beautiful and energetic first day of the three-day event, Adirohah, a sufi band, set the vibe of the night with their music performance.