Rain fails to dampen garba spirit

INDORE: Indoreans celebrated the sixth day of the Navratri festival with pomp and splendour across the city on Friday. Even showers during the evening failed to be dampen the spirit of the revellers.
Saket Nagar residents swirled to the dhol beats with the aim to grab a garba award. The much hyped Saket Na Garba attracts garba enthusiasts and artists from all over the country.A special team of dancers all the way from Gujarat came here this year.
Starting from excellent formation dances to dandiya performances, dance instructors often get innovative with the traditional raas-garba. This year was no exception. In a special dance, a group of around 30 persons had donned the attire of Lord Shiva by rubbing ash on their torso and face and performed an excellent formation dance.
Young girls were also seen wearing live lights or battery-lit ghaghras for the swirls. "I have been coming to Saket for five years now. The enthusiasm here is such that people travel from far off places to watch and dance to the tunes every year," said 30-year-old Santosh Desai.
From donning different Pagdis to wearing LED lights on their dresses, revellers seem be leaving no stones unturned to have a blast.
Meanwhile, with an aim of to promote the well-being daughters this year, the Saket community has started an initiative called Daughters Family.
"Our motive was to provide a platform to like-minded people. It is for those who conceptually and practically take full pleasure to be the parents of a girl child," said Neeraj Yagnik, an organiser while speaking to TOI.