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NavratriEvents in Boston 2026
Celebrate Navratri 2026 in Boston with exciting Garba nights, Dandiya events, Raas Garba, Durga Puja celebrations, cultural festivals, live performances, Garba classes, exhibitions, and family-friendly festivities. Whether you're looking for traditional celebrations, celebrity Garba nights, or Navratri passes and tickets, discover the best Navratri events happening in Boston.
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ACTON GARBA & Dandiya Raas + Navratri Food Festival
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Sasa Garba Night a Fundraising in Boston
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Gurjar Garba
Warm up for garba
Get the beat in your feet before the first night in Boston: Spotify’s Garba Nights, from dhol-heavy folk classics to the songs every circle dances to.
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Before you dance
The story of Navratri
Nine nights, a goddess, two demons and one very big bonfire.
01The boon
A demon no god could kill
Mahishasura, the buffalo demon, won a boon: no man and no god could kill him. Fearless, he stormed the heavens and drove the gods from their thrones.
02The goddess
Durga rises from their light
So the gods poured their powers into one blaze, and from it rose Durga. Each gave her a weapon — Shiva his trident, Vishnu his discus — and the mountains gave her a lion.
03Nine nights
Nine nights, then victory
For nine nights she fought him as he changed shape — buffalo, lion, elephant, man — and each night of Navratri honours one of her nine forms. On the tenth, Vijayadashami, she struck him down: good over evil.
04The Ramayana
Rama prays to the goddess
Ravana carried Sita away to Lanka. In one telling, Rama worshipped Durga for her blessing before the war — then crossed the sea to bring Sita home.
05Dussehra
The ten-headed king falls
Rama's arrow brought down Ravana on the same tenth day. That is why the festival's last day is Dussehra too: one victory, told twice.
06Today
Ravana goes up in fireworks
Across north India, towering paper Ravanas are packed with crackers and lit at dusk on Dussehra — and the crowd cheers as evil burns.
And that is why we dance
Garba circles the garbo — a clay lamp, the goddess’s light at the centre of life — and the circle never stops, like time. The dandiya sticks are said to be her swords, clashing in the battle all over again.
Upcoming Navratri garba events in Boston
| Date | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Durgapuja 2026 featuring Smt. Usha Uthup on 18th Oct | Winchester High School 80 Skillings Rd | |
| Garba & Dandiya Raas + Naratri Food Festival | 75 Spruce St, Acton | |
| Vibha Boston Garba 2026 - An Evening of Dance, Culture & Giving | 457 Walnut St, Newton | |
| Sewa Garba 2026 | Minuteman High School, Lexington | |
| LPA Navratri/ Bollywood Night 2026 | Harrington School, Lexington | |
| Vibha Boston Garba 2026 - An Evening of Dance, Culture & Giving | Walnut Street, Newtonville Square | |
| ACTON GARBA & Dandiya Raas + Navratri Food Festival | Acton, Massachusetts | |
| Sasa Garba Night a Fundraising in Boston | Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington | |
| Gurjar Garba | Stony Brook School, Westford | |
| SABA Garba Night at HBS | Batten Hall, Boston |