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Navratri Festival is one of the most popular festivals in India and this festival is celebrated for 9 nights which starts on the first night of Ashwina.Participating in the Navratri Festival in Ahmedabad is a fantastic experience in itself and on the concluding 8th and 9th days of the Navratri Festival, Goddess Durga, Vijayashtami and Mahanavami are worshipped with great devotion and dedication and Navratri Festival is followed by Dussera which is celebrated on the 10 th day of Ashwina. Navratri Festival of Ahmedabad is celebrated with great pomp and grandeur and festive spirits engulf the city of Ahmedabad during the span of these 9 days and every year people from different communities and social strata come forward to celebrate this few days of festivities in its true spirits. Ahmedabad is one of the perfect places in India to get engrossed in the joyous spirit of the festival of Navratri and experience a genuinely memorable experience and the ambiance is exhilarating and cheerful in Ahmedabad and the whole city gets ready to relish its Navratri celebration. Navratri Festival at Ahmedabad is religious in nature and this festival is dedicated to the propitiation of Shakti or Divine Mother. Navratri is acknowledged as the festival that epitomizes the conglomeration of religious, devotional, cultural and recreational activities for almost a fortnight and to be fortunate enough to visit Ahmedabad during Navratri Festival is to get the opportunity to enjoy the best that the city has to offer. Navratri Festival in Ahmedabad is celebrated with majestic performances of garba or dandia-ras which are highly popular form of folk dance in Gujarat and thousands of people dresses in their traditional garba or dandia outfit and participate in garba or dandia-ras for all through the night in public squares, open grounds and streets and both garba and the dandia-ras are attaining so much popularity as an integral part of celebrations of Navratri Festival in Ahmedabad that even competitions are held and prizes are given to the best performing dancers.
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