Commander Dilip Donde joins Admanya.com as a Star Guest

Online, June 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Commander Dilip Donde, the first solo sailor from India to complete a circumnavigation of the globe joins Admanya.com as a Star Guest.

With 20 years of naval experience under his belt as a sailor and clearance diver, Donde embarked upon the Navy's daunting project 'Sagar Parikrama' on August 19, 2009 in INSV Mhadei, the first fiberglass yacht constructed entirely in India. In his challenging journey around the world on the yacht, Donde covered 21,600 nautical miles sailing through the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arabian Sea and along the Equator and ultimately steered back to the Mumbai harbor after 276 days of arduous journey where he was welcomed by Vice President Hamid Ansari.

Also an avid blogger, Dilip Donde will feature in Admanya.com as a star guest. Admanya members can now interact with him, sign his guestbook, get to know more about his ride on the choppy waters around the globe, read his exclusive interviews and see never published pictures captured by him while on this journey.

In a special message sent out to his Admanya fans and admirers, Mr. Dilip Donde said, "It will be my honour and pleasure to join Admanya as a Star Guest. I thank you all for following my trip! The knowledge that so many were following me and wishing me luck helped me put in that extra bit to tide over a situation when the chips were down."

Commenting on the occasion, Mr Jaydeep Bhattacharjee, Founder and CEO of Admanya.com said, "It is indeed a great honour for Admanya to have naval hero, Commander Dilip Donde as a Star Guest. We at Admanya salute him for his historic prowess and are delighted to provide our members a once in a lifetime chance to interact with a real hero."

Admanya.com is a consumer portal which provides consumers and marketers a platform to voice opinions and interact with each other. It also offers cool networking features like blogging, photo blogging, making friends, and much more.

For further information please contact:

Sakuntala Ganguly
Manager - Corporate Communications
Admanya.com
(0)9674953551
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