Udaipur Deemed ‘Most Vegan-Friendly City’ of 2023 by PETA India 

For Immediate Release:

23 November 2023

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Hiraj Laljani; [email protected] 

Sanskriti Bansore; [email protected]  

Udaipur – This World Vegan Month (November), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is recognising Udaipur as India’s Most Vegan-Friendly City of 2023. In thanks for fostering an environment that encourages vegan-friendly establishments and a growing vegan community, the group’s certificate is on its way today to Shri Govind Singh Taunk, mayor of Udaipur Municipal Corporation. 

Home to the headquarters of India’s game-changing vegan meat brand GoodDot and several locations of its offshoot chain of eateries GoodDO, Udaipur is also a hotspot for numerous other vegan-friendly establishments offering Western and Rajasthani food (which is often naturally vegan if ordered without ghee).  

Those wishing to keep animals out of their wardrobes can head to Maati by Neha Kabra’s outlet in the city, which sells high-quality, cruelty-free fashion and accessories, and vegans and the vegan-curious can get together through Udaipur Vegan India Movement on social media.  

“Udaipur has helped revolutionise how India and the world eats by being home to businesses like GoodDot and introducing tourists to delicious meat-free traditional cuisine,” says PETA India Manager of Vegan Projects Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India is recognising this wonderful city for being hospitable to animals and visitors and for helping to showcase India as one of the most vegan-friendly cultures in the world.” 

By going vegan, each person can spare nearly 200 animals every year and help combat speciesism – the belief used to defend treating other animals as tools for experiments, food ingredients, fabric, or playthings. This human-supremacist mentality contributes to the deaths of billions of animals each year, the climate catastrophe, and the emergence of zoonotic diseases- like bird flu- linked to the rearing of animals for food.. 

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – notes that the vegan street food scene in Udaipur is also thriving, with quick and easy access to aloo pyaaz ki kachori, poha, mirchi vada, and many other delicious snacks. 

PETA India opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram. 

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