Ezeego1.com, the online travel Meta search site offers its religious customers a comfortable trip to Shirdi by helicopter to look for the blessings of Sai Baba. This pilgrimage will offer comfort as well as reduce the travel time to just one hour. The helicopter ride starts from Mumbai and includes VIP Darshan, transfers and food and drink. The offer is valid for bookings ended till 31st December 2011 and for travel till 31st January 2012.

The actual price of Rs. 26,600 for the package has been discounted to Rs. 19,999 per person who is valid for booking of four passengers traveling together. The service will be available only on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. To benefit this offer, one needs to enter coupon code EZDOM104 on the payment page at the time of booking.

Commenting on this, Ms. Neelu Singh, COO, Ezeego1.com said, “Pilgrim tourism has seen a continuous growth in India and we are glad to offer a package like this to the devotees. This offer will not only provide a comfortable journey but will also save a lot of their travel time.”

For more information, all one needs to do is log onto www.ezeego1.com or call 18002090800 or 9867565900.

Holidays in Maharashtra for year 2011 in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad and other cities of Maharashtra state are declared as per Negotiable Intruments Acts (NIA).

The State government of Maharashtra has notified following days and festivals as general holidays during 2011. The General Administration Department has issued a GO listing the general / optional holidays.

Under the Explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) read with the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No.20-25/26/Pub.I, dated 8-6-1957, the State Governments of various states are required to declare that in addition to Sundays expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said “Explanation” the other days that shall be observed as Holidays in the their State during the year.

The list of general holidays in Maharashtra is as follows:

According to one tradition, Ganesh Chaturthi is also considered as the birthday of Ganesha. This festival of Ganesha is also called as the Tilo Chauth or Sakat Chauthis in Uttar Pradesh, where Ganesha is invoked on behalf of the son of a family. It is also called as Tilkund chaturthi in Maharashtra.

Holidays in Maharashtra – Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad

Following is a list of Public Holidays declared by state Government of Maharashtra in India. the above holidays are to be followed for declaring holidyas under negotiable instruments act. Refer the attached notification (attached file) by the state Government for more details.

Muharram 08-01-2009 Thursday

Republic Day 26-01-2009 Monday

Chatrapati Sivaji Maharaj Jayanthi 19-02-2009 (Only for State Govt)

Mahashivratri 23-02-2009 Monday

Id-e-Milad 10-03-2009 Tuesday

Holi 11-03-2009 Wednesday

Gudi Padwa 27-03-2009 Friday

Annual closing of accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks. 01-04-2009 Wednesday (Only for banks)

Ram Navmi 3-04-2009 Friday

Mahaveer Jayanthi 07-04-2009 Tuesday

Good Friday 10-04-2009 Friday

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Birthday 14-04-2009 Tuesday

Maharshtra Day 01-05-2009 Friday

Buddha Purnima Day 09-05-2009 Saturday

Independence Day 15-08-2009 Saturday

Parsi New Year Shahenshahi 19-08-2009 Wednesday

Ramzan 21-09-2009 Monday

Dasara 28-09-2009 Monday

Half yearly closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks. 30-09-2009 Wednesday (Only for banks)

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi 02-10-2009 Friday

Deepavali Amavasya Lakshmi Pujan 17-10-2009 Saturday

Deepavali Bhaubeej 19-10-2009 Monday

Guru Nanak Jayanti 2-11-2009 Monday

Bakrid 28-11-2009 Saturday

Christmas 25-12-2009 Friday