The Panvel Municipal Corporation’s Women and Child Welfare Department will organise the ‘Modak and Puran Poli Festival 2026’ on Saturday to provide women running home-based food businesses with a platform to showcase and sell their products.
The festival will be held from 5pm to 9pm on August 22 at Virupaksha Mangal Karyalaya in Panvel. The initiative aims to promote traditional Maharashtrian food culture while providing women home entrepreneurs an opportunity to expand their customer base and businesses.
Festival brings together women food entrepreneurs from across Panvel civic limits
With demand for modaks rising during the Ganesh festival, and traditional puran poli and other homemade delicacies enjoying popularity among residents, the civic body has brought together women entrepreneurs from Panvel, New Panvel, Kamothe, Kharghar, Kalamboli and other parts of the municipal corporation area.
Stalls will be set up at the venue, where visitors can purchase different varieties of modaks, puran poli and other homemade food products prepared by participating women.
PMC focuses on quality, hygiene and product presentation for better market access
The civic body has already registered women entrepreneurs as part of its preparations for the festival. Attention is also being given to the quality and hygiene of the products, their presentation and ways of helping the entrepreneurs reach a larger customer base.
The initiative has been organised at the initiative of Mamta Pritam Mhatre, chairperson of the PMC Women and Child Welfare Committee. Officials said the festival is intended to go beyond a one-day sales event and create long-term business opportunities for women engaged in home-based enterprises.
Festival planned as long-term platform to promote women-led businesses
The civic body is also compiling information on women running home businesses in its jurisdiction and plans to connect them with training programmes, civic initiatives and new business opportunities.
The initiative is aimed at creating a direct link between local women entrepreneurs and customers, which could help the entrepreneurs secure regular orders and build a permanent customer base.
“We have several women in Panvel who prepare excellent-quality homemade food products. They need access to the right market and opportunities to reach customers. Through this festival, we want to provide them with a platform to build their identity and expand their businesses. I appeal to residents of Panvel to visit the festival in large numbers and support local women entrepreneurs,” said Mamta Pritam Mhatre, chairperson, Women and Child Welfare Committee.
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