Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Vadodara Plans Free Garba Event and Guinness Record Attempt
Vadodara is planning a special Garba celebration for Navratri 2026.
People will be able to enter for free.
Organisers hope thousands will dance together at one venue.
They want to set a Guinness World Record for the most people playing Garba at one ground.
Singer Atul Purohit and his group are expected to perform.
The event will also include promises to help keep the city clean and support other community goals.
Organisers say the celebration will connect Garba with the idea of a developed India by 2047.
The record attempt is planned, but the article does not say whether it has happened yet.
Vadodara is planning the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Garba’ during Navratri 2026.
The event will have free entry, unlike United Way of Baroda’s regular Garba celebrations.
Organisers plan an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most Garba players at one ground.
Garba singer Atul Purohit is scheduled to perform with his group.
The event will include pledges focused on cleanliness, women’s empowerment, civic responsibility and Viksit Bharat 2047.
- Who
- United Way of Baroda and the Vadodara Municipal Corporation are partnering on the event; Atul Purohit is scheduled to perform.
- What
- A free-entry Garba event called ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Garba’, including an attempt at a Guinness World Record for the largest number of Garba players at one ground.
- When
- During Navratri 2026; no specific date is stated.
- Where
- The United Way venue in Vadodara, Gujarat.
- Why
- To bring people together through Garba and public pledges focused on cleanliness, women’s empowerment, civic responsibility and Viksit Bharat 2047.
- Event
- Viksit Bharat Sankalp Garba
- Timing
- Navratri 2026; exact date not stated
- Entry
- Free for citizens
- Venue
- United Way venue, Vadodara
- Record attempt
- Highest number of Garba players performing at a single ground
- Performer
- Atul Purohit with his group
- Organisers
- United Way of Baroda, in partnership with Vadodara Municipal Corporation