LONG ISLAND (TIP): Long Island Punjabi Circle celebrated 4th annual Vaisakhi Mela, supported by Event Masters, Metropolitan Caterers, NC Asian American Affairs, IAAC, New York Kabaddi Club, Femina Spa , and LIDC on Sunday, May 19. The marketplace attracted a large number of buyers. Clothes, jewelry, and shoes vendors did good business. Corporates showcased their products and services.
United Mortgage was the main attraction with a huge booth setup and banners all over as they were the Grand Sponsors of the event. Top Caterers like Metropolitan, Punjabi Dhaba, Badshah, Royal, Momos & Yass Tea had sumptuous food and drinks, with the unending line of customers.
The Kids Section sponsored by Patel Brothers, Hicksville, had free games, rides, Choo Choo Train, Cotton Candy, Popcorn, Pony rides, Drinks, and Ice Cream.

The Raffle booth decorated with vibrant chunnis was a showstopper as KIA Car was the First prize to win. Lots of prizes including Big Screen TV’s, Jewelry sets, I-Pods, and other prizes were encouraging people to buy the raffle tickets.
Famous Punjabi singer and heart throb Gulab Sidhu, Indian Idol Khuda Baksh, Voice of Punjab Harmanpreet Kaur and others gave great performances and made everyone dance to their tunes.

Bhangra & Giddha showcased the Punjabi cultural roots

The administration of Nassau County including the office of Asian Affairs were given the credit with gratitude by Mela team. The County Executive Bruce Blakeman, NYS Senator Steve Rhoads, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, NYS Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz, NYS Assemblyman John K. Mikulin, NC Human Rights Commission Chairman Bobby Kumar Kalotee, ICCI T-20 World Cup Chairman Harry Singh Bolla, Senior Advisor Akram Chaudhary and many more graced the Stage with Citations and Proclamations apart from enjoying the event.

Every Year Mela Team helps a family with generous donation, and this time they chose a family of their own, team member, volunteer Late Davinder Singh. Apart from the $2500 contribution from Mela, Harry Singh Bolla of Bolla Oil donated $5000. The Vaisakhi Mela Organizers consisting of Onkar Singh, Rajeev Maini, Deepak Bansal, Jay Sharma and Jasbir Jay Singh thanked Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers, and the team who worked hard behind the scenes to make the event a great success.

They also thanked Metropolitan Caterers for Dinner, the celebrated singers Gulab Sidhu and Khuda Baksh as well as the Sponsors Richard Hernandez, Ravi Chopra, Purushottam ji and many others.
Gagan and Guri of One Touch Studio who took care of photography and also supported the event were also profusely thanked. The 5th edition of the Mela will be held on 3rd Sunday of 2025.