AHMEDABAD, INDIA, September 14, 2008: Gujarat’s biggest religious congregation is happening at Ambaji, with over 600,000 pilgrims visiting the temple town in just four days. “The authorities are expecting about 2.5 million pilgrims to take part in the congregation,” said P.K. Jadeja, the administrator of the Ambaji temple, about 124 miles from here.
Volunteers from Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad and Vadodara as well as the locals are managing camps and stalls to provide free food and refreshments to the pilgrims.