Lakhs of people came to this three-day exhibition and everyone appreciated these candles made by blind people, after which they started getting orders from many big companies. The turning point of his life came in the year 2007 when, with the help of a friend, he got an opportunity to display the design of 12,000 candles at Tilak Memorial Hall in Pune. Sunrise Candle continues to participate in different exhibitions in many cities including Mumbai, Pune. People started joining him in many cities and the work started increasing.ĭescribing the success of his business as one of the main mantras, he says that whatever work he got, he did it diligently and considered his customers as his brand ambassador.
He taught to sell products to every person who joined him. He believed that if we can speak, we can also sell something. After knowing about him many more blind people started joining him. Where there is more movement of people, they started selling candles by setting up small stalls. Gradually, he started associating many people like him with him. Abdul Kalam’s speech, in which he said, “As much remains in the hands of those who wait, as much as those who try are left.” After that I didn’t stop trying.” In my difficult times, I once listened to A.A. Even as a child, my mother used to tell me inspiring stories. Recalling that time, Bhavesh says, “I always take inspiration from the lives of successful people and great men.
There came a time when he felt that he did not have to stop the work. Business was not much, it was difficult to bring raw materials, pay salaries to people and pay rent. At that time the situation was a bit difficult. Together, they hired eight rooms and set up a small manufacturing unit with five blind people in Sindoda village, six kilometers from Mahabaleshwar. Coming from a prosperous family, Neeta had decided to marry Bhavesh because of her merits, despite not being a disabled person. His wife Neeta had met Bhavesh as a tourist and helped Bhavesh as a helper in making candles for 18 days and later both of them got married. His wife also brought a lot of happiness in Bhavesh’s life. Gradually the situation also started improving. Seeing his courage over time, many people started joining him. Till the year 1998, he alone made and sold candles. Along with this, Bhavesh used to make and take candles of different designs to the exhibitions held in different cities. Mahabaleshwar is a tourist destination, so he started getting many customers. “I hired a hand car for Rs 50 and collected Rs 5000 after massaging people,” says Bhavesh. Later in the year 1994, coming to his father in Mahabaleshwar, he laid the foundation of Sunrise Candle.
Since Bhavesh was also interested in the craft, he spent a year at the National Association for the Blind (NAB) and took various courses including a basic candle making. All the deposits of the house went to his treatment, but even after lakhs of efforts, he could not save his mother.ĭuring her mother’s treatment in Mumbai, she came to know that the city offers creative training courses for differently-abled people. In the meantime, he came to know that his mother had last stage cancer. After studies, the responsibility of working and taking care of the house fell on Bhavesh. Here his father used to look after a dharamsala of the Gujarati Trust. However, later his parents settled in Mahabaleshwar in connection with work. From Gondia itself, he has completed his studies up to MA in Economics.
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