Lucknow: Women and young girls brought the festive spirit alive with vibrant dandiya and garba performances at Udaan Dandiya Utsav 2026, organised by the social and cultural organisation Udaan on the occasion of Dussehra at Raghuvar Marriage Lawn on Chandan Road, Indira Nagar, Lucknow.
The programme, featuring devotional music, began with the worship of Gauri and Lord Ganesha. The event was inaugurated by chief guest Babita Singh Chauhan, chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Women, along with special guests and councillors Kalpana Verma and Pooja Jaswani, Rahul Gupta, Vandana Singh and senior folk dancer Sarita Singh. They lit the ceremonial lamp and offered floral tributes to Goddess Durga.
Women including Savita, Bharti, Seema, Sapna, Abha, Piyali, Kalpana, Khushboo, Shalini and others presented a captivating dandiya performance to the devotional song “Dharti Gagan Mein Hoti Hai Teri Jai-Jaikar Maa”, expressing their devotion to Goddess Durga.
Later, under the choreography of Sarita Singh, Shalini Trivedi, Poonam Shukla, Sudha Rai, Pratima Singh, Shreya Chakraborty, Kavita Srivastava and other participants performed garba and dandiya to popular film and non-film songs, including “Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje” and “Nagada Sang Dhol Baaje”.
Narendra Yadav delivered the vote of thanks, while Manish Pandit hosted the programme.
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