Aarambh The First Night of Navratri at Sharad Ratri 2026, Ahmedabad
The First Night. The First Flame.
Hosted on the first night of Navratri. Theme: Red & Gold. The invocation. The first step into devotion, colour, rhythm and shakti.
Festive, powerful, intimate.
The evening is designed around the energy of invocation, shakti and auspicious beginnings.
Aarambh is festive, powerful and intimate. It is the night where the season begins, where rhythm returns, where the circle forms again.
Red. Maroon. Antique gold. The glow of a diya in cupped hands. The first drumbeat.
- Occasion
- First Night of Navratri
- Theme
- Red & Gold
- Entry
- Strictly by invitation
- Guests
- Approximately 1,100
- Bhojan
- Saatvik, prepared in the pure tradition
- Mood
- Diya glow, brass, marigold, rhythm
Red, gold, and the first flame
Maa Durga, draped in red
Matkis, marigold and fairy lights
Bells on the sacred tree
The garba deep
The first aarti
A diya, passed hand to hand
The garden, before the first guest
The youngest dancers lead the circle
A twirl under the fairy lights
Chaniya in motion
The circle, in full rhythm
Pure laughter
Lost in the beat
Red, maroon, gold, together
White saree, red bangles, fairy lights above
A twirl beneath a sky of lights
The moment the beat takes over
The whole garden, spinning
Hands up, heart open
Maroon and gold, mid-spin
Lost completely to the dhol
Arriving together for the first night
Conversations between circles
A warm reunion
Our people, under one sky
One more for the memory
Families at Aarambh
Red, maroon, and pride
Hugs and homecoming