{"id":1399,"date":"2012-11-07T21:53:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T21:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/2012\/11\/central-zone-garba-2012\/"},"modified":"2020-07-16T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:13:16","slug":"central-zone-garba-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"Central Zone Garba 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Kishan Rabheru<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>NHSF (UK) Campus Team<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On <i>Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup> October<\/i> at the Radha Swami Rasilia Satsung Centre in Birmingham; <strong>13 Universities<\/strong> across the midlands gathered on the auspicious day of Dussera to celebrate a night of Navratri like no other!!<\/p>\n<p>Navratri, also referred to as Nine Nights, is one of the great Hindu festivals signifying the triumph of good over evil. The tenth day is known as Dussera, meaning <i>remover of ten<\/i> which refers to Lord Rama\u2019s victory over the ten-headed demon King Ravan in the battle of good vs evil, therefore the day of dussera is seen as an extremely auspicious day.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The event, organised by the National Hindu Students\u2019 Forum (NHSF (UK)), saw <strong>over 900<\/strong> students and local community gather to celebrate a night of colour, rhythm and tradition. Through careful planning and a lot of effort by a young team of students-the evening saw a spectacular extravaganza take place and what can only be described by the local community as an \u2018Amazing\u2019 night of celebration. It was also inspiring for the older generation to see so many young Hindu\u2019s gather and be a part of such a great festival united together to worship God through Navratri.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the night consist of singing and dancing, it showcased the core values of NHSF (UK); through sewa and learning stalls, as well as supporting the NHSF (UK) national charity &#8211; Manav Sadna. The event also supported the Anthony Nolan Trust in raising awareness about bone marrow and how people can get involved to help save lives.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the evening was described as one of the <strong>best garba events<\/strong> in NHSF (UK) history amongst the students and the local community. Showcasing a variety of religious dances, traditional Indian cuisine, the support of major charities and the unity of a wider community across the UK; this event has definitely set a high standard for others to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kishan Rabheru NHSF (UK) Campus Team On Wednesday 24th October at the Radha Swami Rasilia Satsung Centre in Birmingham; 13 Universities across the midlands gathered on the auspicious day of Dussera to celebrate a night of Navratri like no other!! Navratri, also referred to as Nine Nights, is one of the great Hindu festivals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[739],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zonal-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhsf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}