Shivji ki Savari is a grand chariot procession of Lord Shiva, organized by Satyam Shivam Sundaram Samiti on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. The procession carries the idols of the family of Lord Shiva on a chariot around the city.
The statue has the idols of Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati & their sons Ganesha and Kartikeya seated on a huge Nandi (Bull – Vehicle of Lord Shiva). There is also an idol of Narad Muni present on the chariot. The chariot is kept in huge shed with glass walls in the compound of the Udaynarayan Temple near the Baroda Medical College.
Thousands of devotees join the procession & chant ‘Bum Bum Bhole’, with the procession ending in an “aarti” of Lord Shiva & family is held at the Sursagar Talav (lake).
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