ડફાળ જાત્રા.

ḍaphāḷa jātrā.

Literally: A drum-beating pilgrimage.
What it means: Said of a chaotic, noisy, or completely unproductive undertaking.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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