LED Screens for Navratri, Garba Nights & Dussehra
What organisers actually book for the nine nights — garba floor relay, stage backdrops, sponsor loops — and the two decisions that must be made before the truss goes up.
Navratri 2026 runs 11 to 19 October, with Dussehra on the 20th. For a screen, it is a different brief from a wedding or a conference: the same rig has to earn its keep for nine consecutive nights, the audience is standing and moving rather than seated, and half of them are filming. Here is what organisers actually book, and the limits on each.
1. Live relay of the garba floor
The one that changes the event. On a big garba night the floor is the performance, and everyone past the first few rings can see only the backs of the ring in front. A camera on the floor feeding the screen lets the whole ground watch — and people dance harder when they can see themselves. It needs an operator moving with the camera; a fixed tripod at the back produces a distant, unwatchable image.
2. The stage backdrop
Behind the aarti mandap or the performance stage, running a slow devotional or festival visual. The same rule as any devotional backdrop: it should read as a setting, not compete for attention. Switch it to the sponsor loop or the DJ visuals only between rounds — mixing sponsor content into the aarti is the fastest way to collect complaints.
3. Sponsor recognition that sponsors can see
Nine nights of footfall is why garba events attract sponsors, and scheduled screen slots between rounds are worth far more than one more printed banner in a row of twenty. Sell slots, not a static logo — a screen that shows each sponsor properly for thirty seconds beats a collage nobody reads.
4. Round announcements and timings
Round numbers, prize announcements, aarti timings, lost-and-found, exit guidance on the final nights. Unglamorous, genuinely useful at two in the morning, and it costs nothing once the screen is up.
5. Dussehra day
If the ground hosts a Ravan Dahan or a procession, the screen is usually still rigged on the tenth day. A camera relay of the effigy burning is watched by the whole ground, not just the front rows. Plan the content for it when booking rather than improvising on the day.
Sizing and placement
Outdoor grounds read from 8–20 m want P4–P5; a large ground with the crowd further back can take P6. A 12 × 8 ft screen suits most community events; big commercial garba grounds run 16 × 9 ft or larger beside the stage. Ground-stacked truss is the default — very few temporary structures should have a screen flown from them.
What a nine-night hire costs
Single-day rental starts around ₹15,000 for a small screen, and a 12 × 8 ft screen with rigging, an operator and de-rig typically runs ₹35,000–₹80,000 for one day. Multi-night festival hires are quoted as a package rather than day-rate times nine — the rig and de-rig happen once, the operator is the recurring cost. Tell us the ground, the nights and the screen size and we will quote the package.