An Engineer Built a Free Map of Garba Nights Across India
In short
- Rajesh Hadiya built Nearby Navratri in two days with an AI tool and has added events since.
- The free map lists garba and dandiya nights across 35 cities, from Bhuj to Mumbai.
- It needs no app or login, shows passes from Rs 49, and lists small society and temple nights.
Why the Good News Desk likes this one
Garba joined UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage in December 2023. The map helps people find free society and temple nights, which often sell nothing online. It runs on free tools, with the domain name as the main cost.
Something you can do: Browse the map at nearbynavratri.in to find a garba or dandiya night near you.
From The Better India
Every Navratri, Rajesh Hadiya, a 30-year-old software engineer in Pune, found himself asking the same question: where are the garbas near me? The Gujarati garba lover never found the answer easily, and the search frustrated him year after year. This October, he decided to stop searching and start building. On 10 October, 2026, the night before Navratri began, he put a free website online that places garba and dandiya nights across India on a single map. From a yearly frustration to a two-day build Hadiya has more than eight years of experience with Android and mobile apps and runs a...
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A man in Pune made a map on his phone. The map shows where people can dance garba and dandiya during Navratri. It is free, so families can find a fun night near them. What is your favourite way to dance?
