Articles tagged under: Navratri 2016

In pictures: 21,000 oil lamps create Mataji’s footprint at this Garba ground

October 10, 2016
In pictures: 21,000 oil lamps create Mataji’s footprint at this Garba ground

Gandhinagar: Presented here are pictures of Ashtami Maha aarti of Navratri at Gandhinagar Cutlural Forum Garba event in Gujarat. Aatham according to Gujarati Hindu calendar and the ninth night is uniquely celebrated every year at Gandhinagar Cultural Forum Garba event. This auspicious day is celebrated as Maha Aarti where prayers are performed lighting 21000 diyas with everyone present in the ground holds one lamp and performs aarti. At the end of Maha Aarti, prasad is distributed to all. This...Read More

Live video streaming of United Way Vadodara Navratri

October 08, 2016
Live video streaming of United Way Vadodara Navratri

Vadodara: Live streaming United Way, Vadodara: This Garba ground is widely considered as capital of Gujarati Navratr. <iframe width="800" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RD3BMzCDhIo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Read More

Rain threat to lessen, Garba goers gearing up to make up for loss

October 07, 2016
Rain threat to lessen, Garba goers gearing up to make up for loss

Ahmedabad/Rajkot: In a respite to the Garba lovers, the met department today did not issued any heavy rains warning for the coming days giving some hope for the remaining four nights of Navratri, the most liked and colourful festival of Gujarat, to remain some-what dry and full of fun. However the met bulletin says that till the morning of October 10 the last day of Navratri this year, there might be light to moderate rains at isolated places. However after 10 th morning the weather is l...Read More

Gujarat completes nearly 90% rainfall of monsoon, rain in October higher than June

October 06, 2016
Gujarat completes nearly 90% rainfall of monsoon, rain in October higher than June

Gandhinagar: With the latest round of showers across Gujarat, the state has completed 89.60% (nearly 90%) of average monsoon rain(last 10 years average rain). The figure is upto 8.00 am today(October 6, 2016). During last 24 hours, the state had 12.71 mm rain across 33 districts and 182 talukas. Maximum rainfall was witnessed in Visavdar taluka of Junagadh district which was 96 mm. In just the month of October, Gujarat has received 61.58 mm rainfall which is higher than June in which there was 3...Read More

Navratri Garba events live videos from across Gujarat

October 05, 2016
Navratri Garba events live videos from across Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Presented here are live Navratri webcast videos via YouTube. United Way Baroda - Day 5 - Live Stream Pushpanjali Navratri with Falguni Pathak : Day 5 Live Gandhinagar Cultural Forum Navli Navratri 2016: Day 5 Garba by Dipti Desai- Amit Thakkar Group Navdurga Garba Utsav Mandal - Garba Live Day 05 Hindu Yuva Sangathan - Mega Navratri Mahotsav 2016 - Anjar - Day 5 Napad Navratri Live 2016 Raipur Navratri Live Ishvarp...Read More

Navratri: Amdavadis keep their fingers crossed for 5th night, Met issues very heavy rain warning

October 05, 2016
Navratri: Amdavadis keep their fingers crossed for 5th night, Met issues very heavy rain warning

Ahmedabad: The Garba lovers of Ahmedabad have put their fingers crossed for the fifth night of Navratri today even as the city has experienced around an inch of rain till this evening and the Met Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for the next 48 hours across the state. Rain god who was merciless for many parts of the state in last 24 hours during which 210 talukas of all the 33 districts saw light to very heavy showers, had shown some leniency to Amdavadis wh...Read More

Rain god looking in ‘no mercy’ mood for Garba lovers

October 04, 2016
Rain god looking in ‘no mercy’ mood for Garba lovers

Ahmedabad: The rain god seems to be in 'no mercy' mood for the Khelaiyas or Garba-participants in Gujarat as downpours across several parts of the state continued on the fourth consecutive day of Narratri disrupting this most colorful festival to a big extent. Even as rain lashed 181 talukas of 32 districts (of the total 33) in the last 24 hours forcing many Garba events to cancellation including the main state event of Vibrant Navratri in Ahmedabad, Many parts of the state including Jun...Read More

Garba goers wish for no rain, but for farmers, its raining ‘gold’

October 03, 2016
Garba goers wish for no rain, but for farmers, its raining ‘gold’

Ahmedabad/Rajkot/Surat: Rains in many parts of the state with some seeing over four to five inches in a matter of few hours today seems hail bent to spoil the pleasure of Garba once again on the third consecutive night of Navratri tonight with disappointed Khelaiyas seemingly uttering the famous nursery rhyme 'Rain Rain Go Away- Come Again Another Day, Little Johny Wants To Play'. But howsoever 'harsh' and 'villainous' the rain seems to the younger lot desperate to dance and mer...Read More

Rains intervention likely to dampen Garbas for a few more days

October 02, 2016
Rains intervention likely to dampen Garbas for a few more days

Ahmedabad: After playing the spoiler on the very first day of the Navratri at many places in Gujarat yesterday, the rain is likely to disrupt the Garbas across state disappointing the Khelaiyas for a few more days as the Met department has now issued two days of heavy rain warning across the state instead of that of one day issued earlier. The Met Department bulletin today said that owing to the movement of the system over Telangana towards Gujarat and the system over Madhya Pradesh hea...Read More

Gujarat CM inaugurates ‘Lamp of Humanity’

October 02, 2016
Gujarat CM inaugurates ‘Lamp of Humanity’

Ahmedabad: A 34-feet long 'Lamp of Humanity' was inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in the city here as part of the Gujarat Vibrant Navratri 2016 celebrations. The lamp is made up of stainless steel and has a diameter of 15.8 feet, with the authorities claiming that the initiative has already entered the Guinness Book of World Records, as the 'world's biggest lamp'. The lamp, which was lighted in the GMDC ground in the city yesterday as part of Gujarat Vibrant Navratri 20...Read More