Ahmedabads Culture
Ahmedabads Culture Ahmedabad has vibrant and different colours of cultural life. Different festivals are rejoiced here throughout the year. The famous of all is the festival of nine nights i.e navratri that usually falls in the month of September or October. During this time you can find people playing Garbas all over the city. Other [...]
Navratri The Festival of Nine Nights
Dedicated to Goddess Shakti, the festival of Navratri in Ahmedabad city is celebrated with great gaiety and fervor. The best part of this festivity of the nine nights is the folk dance called Garba. It is unique of the state of Gujarat. Each day of the festival begins by performing aarti. People perform Garba around [...]
Non-Gujaratis gearing up to add zing to Navratri
As the Navratri fever catches on, the non-Gujaratis living in the state are also gearing up to dance in tune with the garba crazy crowd of Gujarat. Gujarat has a sizeable percentage of non-Gujaratis, who are flocking to the garba training centers across the state to learn the traditional dance steps. Even the ones who [...]
Indian Festivals – Durga Puja of West Bengal & Navratri of Gujarat
Durga Puja or Navaratri commences on the first and ends on the tenth day of the bright half of Aswayuja (September-October). It is held in commemoration of the victory of Durga over Mahishasura, the buffalo-headed demon. In Bengal Her image is worshipped for nine days and then cast into water. The tenth day is called [...]