India GONavratri in Delhi
Nine nights India dances until dawn
Delhi keeps Navratri in two registers: queues from before dawn at the goddess temples of Jhandewalan, Kalkaji and Chhatarpur, and Ramlila stages by the Red Fort every evening, building to Dussehra.
Where to watch
Jhandewalan Devi temple: one of the city's most visited goddess temples at Navratri, by Jhandewalan metro station; traffic around it is diverted during the festival.
Kalkaji Mandir: the Kali temple opposite Nehru Place, with queues and road diversions through Navratri; Kalkaji Mandir metro station.
Chhatarpur temple complex: the Katyayani temple on the Mehrauli side of the city, with queues from as early as 04:00 on Navratri mornings; Chhatarpur metro station.
Red Fort grounds: the big Ramlilas (the Lav Kush Ramlila, and the Shri Dharmik Leela Committee at Madhav Das Park) stage an episode every evening up to Dussehra, with a free evening fair around them.
Chittaranjan Park (CR Park): Delhi's Bengali neighbourhood, with Durga Puja pandals from Shashthi to Dashami.
🎟 Free viewing
- The Ramlila fairs on the Red Fort grounds, free to enter in the evenings
- The Durga Puja pandals of CR Park
- The temples themselves: darshan is free, the queue is the only cost