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Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Devi are worshipped. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or Dussehra. Navaratri is an important major festival and is celebrated all over India. Like any other city, Nagpur is all set to welcome and celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm.
The rhythmic clashing of dandiya sticks is central to this celebration and garba is the heart and soul of expression in these auspicious days. The women wear traditional dresses such as colourful embroidered cholis, ghagras and bandhani dupattas dazzling with mirror work and heavy jewellery. The men wear special turbans and kedias, but can range from area to area. Like with every Nagpurkar, we look forward to the hottest garba venues for this year. Here they are –
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Friday 22 Nov. 2024
RASS RASIYA
Raas Rasiya is a pre-Navratri event that will held on 30th September 2016. Raas Rasiya is a one-day garba night organised by Parendra Sontakke. Shruti Pathak, a well known singer, who has sung the famous song Shubharambh will be performing at this grand garba event. A cash prize of 1 lakh for all age groups has been decided to boost the enthusiasm of the participants.
LOCATION : 7 VACHANN, OLD BHANDARA ROAD, NAGPUR
ORGANISER : Parendra Sontakke
CONTACT : 9850424940
DAINIK BHASKAR GARBA MAHOTSAV
Garba Mahotsav Organised by Danik Bhaskar promises to be one of the best Navratra events this year as it has been in the past 14 years. It’s a 4 day event scheduled from 7-10 October 2016 at Kasturchand Park. Grand prizes of two-wheelers have been announced for the male and female winners of the event.
LOCATION: KASTURCHAND PARK
REPRESENTER: Yashwant Singh Chandel
CONTACT: 8411900777
LOTUS MAHA RAAS GARBA
It’s a non-traditional event where the main objective is to encourage all the Maharashtrians to join and enjoy Gujarati culture by playing and participating in Raas. It has enjoyed 12 years of success where more than 2000 people play garba at one time. A 10-day event with prizes like best male dancer, female dancer, best couple, best kid dancer and many other daily prizes – this is definitely a fun-filled event to look forward to!
LOCATION : CHITNIS PARK
Director : Nalin Kanabar
CONTACT : 9822221523
RAISONI’S DHAMAL DANDIYA
Organized by the Raisoni Group, this 10 days event is scheduled from 1 October 2016 to 10 October 2016. It’s the 10th year of this event where girls and boys from the college will be performing with the proper costume and makeup. Ketan Arkeshta has been called to play the Raas music. Celebrities include Ragini Khanna, Asmita Sood, Debina Banerjee and many others are invited as a guest for this grand event.
LOCATION : AMRIT BHAVAN ANDRA ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTER : Amit Gadhare
CONTACT : 8805982205
SANKALP
This organisation formed by an elite group of 17 businessmen from Nagpur for promotion of arts and cultural heritage holds one of the best Navratri celebrations in the city. Sankalp remains the traditional favourite for a lot of people for these 9 days of celebration.
CHAIRMAN: Vipin M Kamdar
LOCATION: SUKH SAGAR
CONTACT: 9850251299
