Gujarat gears up for the International Kite Festival after a two-year halt

The International Kite Festival will be organised in Ahmedabad and other cities of Gujarat from January 8 to 14, based on the G20 theme of 'One Earth, One Family, One Future'. In this picture, a special kite printed with image of PM Narendra Modi and the newly introduced cheetah in India can be seen at a kite making workshop in Kalupur in Ahmedabad. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Kite makers in Gujarat are busy ahead of the festival. Here's a picture from a kite-making workshop in Kalupur, Ahmedabad, ahead of the Uttarayan, the International Kite Festival. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Sattarbhai Belim Pathangwala, 86, who hails from Jodhpur in Rajasthan, is seen making paper kites at the workshop. Sattarbhai is among the third generation of kite makers in his family, and has been making paper kites from the age of 12 following the footsteps of his grandfather who used to make kites for the Maharaja of Jodhpur. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

The festive cheer can be seen all around Ahmedabad. In this picture, children fly kites at a playground in Sola, Ahmedabad. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

The festival, to be held after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be attended by people from across the country as well as G20 countries. Here, a veteran kite flying master, kite collector and archivist Arvind Thakkar shows his special collection of kites to be displayed at the upcoming Kite Festival in Ahmedabad. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

A theme pavilion to be set up at the festival will display the history of kites and workshops on making and flying kites. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Different types of kites have been put on display for sale at a store in a kite market located in Jamalpur. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Coloured kite strings are being prepared by workers on a roadside at Shahpur, Ahmedabad. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Ahead of the festival, plastic PVC printed kites are also being made by workers inside a store at Jamalpur kite market, Ahmedabad. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)

The kite-making workshop in Kalupur, Ahmedabad is emerging as a hub of workers' talent, ahead of the festival. Besides other larger kites, a miniature kite measuring 1 cm was made with paper and bamboo by kite maker Yunusbhai Pathangwala. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)