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Dwarka Festival.

Culture

JanmashtamI is the main festival that is celebrated during August and September with great fervor and piety as it was in the prehistoric times the abode of Krishna. The festival is marked by several night long celebrations to mark the birth of Krishna. Bhajans and sermons are part of the festivities. At midnight there is reenactment of Krishna's childhood in the form of Garaba and Raas Dances. On this occasion, the local boys create a pyramid and a young boy in the costume of Krishna climbs up this pyramid to strike a pot holding butter, an act which Krishna had mischievously performed with the gopis.
Sharda Peeth Vidya Sabha is an educational society sponsored by the Sharda Peeth, which runs an arts college in Dwarka. The city is also home to the N.D.H. High School and P.V.M Girls' High School.




Sports

The underwater ancient city off the coast of Bet Dwarka has been proposed to be developed as a scuba diving
 site. This project is a joint initiative of Adventure Sports Ltd (ASL) and the Government Of Gujarat with investment of ₹13 Crore. This is believed to be the first effort anywhere in the world to exploit a submerged city for tourism. Water and beach sports are also being promoted by the state government, and there are proposals to further promote aero and submarine sports.

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