NEW YORK (TIP): The Nartan Rang Dance Academy of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan organized its 3rd annual Navratri celebration on Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Garden City, Long Island. With the melodic musical stylings of Naishad Pandya & his orchestra, nearly 250 people gathered to offer their prayers to Goddess Durga and to mingle and dance to old & new garba/raas tunes and celebrate the nine day joyous festival of Navratri, which turned out to be a special treat that the celebrations coincided with Sharad Poornima.

Nartan Rang prides itself on hosting Navratri annually for the sole purpose of getting people together to dance and meet old and new friends, young & old alike, on an auspicious and joyous occasion. The director of Nartan Rang Dance Academy, Swati Vaisnav announcing the 2015 Navratri celebrations said, “Watch out for Saturday, October 17th, 2015 for the next dandiya raas; certainly not too far away!”