From today youth and people of Ahmedabad will dance up to Garba tunes as Navratri begins. This Navratri will be 10 days long as After some 16 years, the festival is will be a 10 night duration, because of overlapping dates according to the Hindu calendar, adding to the delight of Garba participants.
The streets of Law Garden, Rani no Hajiro and Nehrunagar were crowded all week as people kept shopping till last moment on Friday night. Most garba organisers are fully geared for a good show and most are expecting footfalls of 10,000 and upwards, depending on the size of their venue.
There are religious celebrations in walled city and apartments in the city with Garba in small groups like Sheri Garba of former days. 9 days are considered to be auspicious for launch of new projects, business ventures, purchase of property and vehicles and for social occasions. There is a traditional celebration of Navratri in walled city and small towns.
In contrast, there is a big Navratri celebration in clubs and party plots with DJ party and popular singer/performers with extravagant lighting and sound effects, live coverage, entry passes, big event organizers and celebrity visits at the site.
People keep lamp lighted in their houses with worshipping of Goddess Amba by doing bhajans and taking Darshan, preparing special Prasad and offering it to goddess. Devotees observe fast for 9 days. Temples are full of devotees coming for Darshan.
Celebration of Navratri is very famous in Gujarat and India. Even in abroad countries like USA, UK, Canada and Australia engage Indian Garba artists and enjoy Garba on large scale. NRIs Non Resident Indians connect with India from abroad. Their body is in foreign land by soul is in Indian soil.
