Navratri Festival in Gujarat

Navratri Festival in Gujarat: The Great Parades of Tradition and Dedication

Navratri which translates into ‘Nine Nights’ is one the most glorious festivals of Gujarat that is celebrated enthusiastically each year. It is the one celebrated with much pomp and essence which is dedicated to the Goddess Durga along with her nine forms. Here we have music and dance combined and celebrated into a festival of spiritual and cultural significance which draws people from all over the world to come and experience the festivity.

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The Cultural Significance of Navratri

Navratri is purely a cultural and religious event. It symbolizes the defeat of the evil forces and celebration of the win of Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura. Every day of the festival is dedicated to different forms of Durga and on the festival days, people wake up early, take fast, offer prayers and perform rituals. Culture of Gujarat is such that it gets inclined towards celebrations and thus these nine days become important. SACD is an annual Harvest Festival held towards the end of September or the beginning of October in correspondence with the lunar calendar.

Garba and Dandiya: The Main Attraction Of Navratri
The two most popular and attractive dance forms Navratri festival in Gujarat are Garba and Dandiya Raas. Garba is a dance featuring twisting and turning around a deity and it’s a form of worship. Dandiya, on the other hand, is a nice dance form which is done holding sticks in their hands representing the fight between Durga and Mahishasura.
Garba Nights:
Through the colorful and glamorous lehenga cholis and kediyu, gathered people dance to Garba forms inside large and open halls known as pandals. The music is rhythmic and played on traditional instruments, which results in a charged up feeling.
Dandiya Raas:
In the later hours the ‘Dandiya Raas’ begins in which dancers move sticks in coordination with the flow of folk music figures. It is festive and people-oriented with members of the community across the generations responding to it well.
Experience Navratri with Gujarat Trips

If you are thinking to indulge more in the cultural aspects of the Gujarat state especially during Navratri festival, Gujarat Trips provides an organized tour package so that one does not miss anything important. Whether you want to shake a leg in Garba nights or want to wander lost in the artistic pandals, Gujarat Trips takes all your burdens.

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The benefits of contacting Gujarat Trips are:
● Customized packages including the premier Garba locations.
● We have guides who give directions about the Navratri festival along with the traditions related to it.
● We offer a good place to stay and good arrangements of transport.
We help you plan the best Navratri vacation. Gujarat Trips offers you an amazing Navratri, where you can explore true devotion, cultural splendidness, and happiness.

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