NavratriEvents in Singapore 2026
Singapore runs two Navratris at once. The Tamil side fills the Little India temples with Golu displays, kolu dolls on stepped shelves and nightly bhajan and kummi at the Sri Veeramakaliamman and Sri Srinivasa Perumal temples, while the Gujarati and north Indian community takes over function halls, clubhouses and the larger community centres for garba and dandiya raas nights. The dance nights cluster on Friday, Saturday and the public holiday if one falls in the window, and tickets go online early because halls are small and air-conditioned capacity is strict. Expect a dress code, a catered vegetarian counter and strict end times. The MRT gets you to Little India and most suburban venues, which beats finding parking there during the festival. Serangoon Road shops stock chaniya choli, sticks and kolu dolls. Humidity makes the floor warm, so carry water. The Singapore listings below cover both sides of the season.
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Garba Events in Singapore
Warm up for garba
Get the beat in your feet before the first night in Singapore: Spotify’s Garba Nights, from dhol-heavy folk classics to the songs every circle dances to.
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 Singapore
| Date | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Dandiya Utsav 2026 | Singapore Khalsa Association, Hall | |
| SINGRELI DANDIYA DHAMAKA NIGHT 2026 | Singapore Khalsa Association, Toa Payoh |