Some of the most happening dandiyas in city Everyone is excited and the stage is all set for you to groove and have a great time this Navaratri festival

Some of the most happening dandiyas in city

Everyone is excited and the stage is all set for you to groove and have a great time this Navaratri festival


The entire satellite city will be dressed in its best for the next nine days, with lights, colourful curtains and great foot-tapping music played everyday. The stage is all set for you to groove and have a great time this Navaratri. Everyone in the city is excited since the festival brings forth the time when people, irrespective of their age, dress at their best and dance to their heart's content. Since you might be all set and done with the Navratri preparations, we give you a quick lowdown on some of the most happening dandiya and raas garbas in the city.
One of the oldest dandiya raas in Navi Mumbai is the one celebrated by Shree Utsav Mandal (a trust) in sector-6, Shantivan in CBD-Belapur and organised by the Cosmos Cricket Club. This the 27th year of celebration for their Navratri and the venue for which is the central shopping area in the sector. "There are about 3,000 to 4,000 people coming in to dance at our raas every day; in fact there are dance and singing competition, fancy dress competitions that are also held from 7 pm to 8 pm every evening wherein kids are awarded for their performances," informed Ramesh Shetty, president of Shree Utsav Mandal and Cosmos Cricket Club.
The dandiya raas organsied at Fam Society in Ssector- 11, Koparkhaiarne is also very well-known that is being organised since the past six years now. As many as 5000 residents from 49 buildings from more than 1,750 flats and 60 shopping centres besides other people attend this dandiya every day. "The society has made a hard court in its premise which doesn't stop the play even if it starts raining. Most of the crowd that attend the raas is from the APMC fraternity and we indeed have great fun out here," mentioned Rajesh Shah, member of the society.
Shri Pragati Seva Mandal organises one of the most famous Navratri Utsav with well-known orchestra Aryan Beats. This being the seventh year of celebration, this dandiya raas is the one that takes place at the Tilak College grounds in Sector-28, Vashi. Mostly attended by youngsters comprising of college students, the dandiya also has people from various age groups coming and dancing their hearts out at the raas. This raas happens in an extremely extravagant style and attended by as many as 3000- 4000 people every day. "We as organisers make sure that people have a great time as this being one of the most oldest Navratri in Navi Mumbai," mentioned Narendra L Ravasia aka Rajabhai, president of the mandal.
This being the ninth year of celebration for the Seawoods Darave Mitra Mandal Navratrotsav, it is organised at the Central chowk of Sector-23 and 25, right opposite Seawoods railway station on the eastern side. A total number of 7000 to 8000 people attend the celebration on a daily basis for all the nine days of Navratri. "Every year, our Navratri utsav has a great celebrity presence with some prominent faces coming over; one of the major attractions this year would be noted choreographer-director Farah Khan who has tentatively agreed to come over and grace the celebration," mentioned Sandeep Sutar, president of the mandal.

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