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Seattle's Navratri mostly happens on the eastside and south, not downtown, because that is where the halls and the community are. Expect garba and raas nights at community centres, school and high school gyms and large function halls across Redmond, Bellevue, Renton and Kent, organised by Gujarati samaj groups and the area temple communities, with the Bothell and Sammamish mandirs running aarti and Devi puja through the nine nights. Weekend nights sell out online, and family or season passes make sense if you plan to go more than twice. Expect a live singer on the headline night, a long dinner line, and a crowd in full festive wear from the Bellevue, Redmond and Kent Indian stores. Venue parking fills by 8pm and the 405 and I-5 slow at closing. Seattle in October is cold, dark early and wet, so plan a coat over your outfit. Browse the Seattle area listings below.

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Warm up for garba

Get the beat in your feet before the first night in Seattle: 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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