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Finding a Garba partner

Find a Garba partner for your next night

Looking for someone to attend Garba with? Start with the night you want, see who else is planning it and decide how you want to meet — one partner, a small group or a whole Circle.

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GarbaMate is for adults 18 and over. It is a friendship and community product, not a dating app.

Two adults planning their next Garba night beside a lantern-lit festival ground, one holding a phone.
Illustration · not a photo of a real event

Start with the night

Find someone going to the same Garba

The easiest plan is built around one event. Choose a Garba night you actually want to attend, then look for people who have marked the same night.

  1. Pick a city and a date that genuinely works for you — a partner plan starts with a shared event, not a cold introduction.
  2. Mark the night as a plan so the people attending it can see that you are going.
  3. Send a limited number of connection requests, so reaching out stays deliberate rather than endless.
  4. Chat inside GarbaMate once a request is accepted. Phone numbers are never part of the introduction.

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How GarbaMate works

A short, consent-first path to a plan

Every step is designed so nobody appears in someone else’s messages without choosing to accept first.

Create your profile

Sign in with a mobile number verified by a one-time code. During onboarding the current build records an adult self-declaration. Your number is used for sign-in and account messages only, and it is never shown on your profile.

Choose your Garba

Browse the public event directory or search by city, area and date. Mark “I’m going” on a night to add it to your plans and see who else is attending.

Send a request, not a message

A request is an invitation. The recipient decides. Until they accept, no chat exists in either direction, and acceptance is the only thing that opens one.

Plan the practical details

Once you are connected, agree on a meeting point, arrival time and how you will recognise each other. Keep the coordination inside the app until you are comfortable.

One-to-one or a group

Find a partner or join a group

Some people want one friend to walk in with. Others would rather join a small group. GarbaMate supports both, and you can change your mind between nights.

A Garba partner

Connect with one person who is planning the same event. You keep your own plans and boundaries, and there is no obligation to meet again after the night.

How partner planning works

A Garba Circle

A Circle is a small group heading to the same Garba. Every Circle has a host: asking to join sends a request, and the host decides before you appear in the group or its chat.

How Circles work

Friends you already have

You do not need to meet someone new to use GarbaMate. Plan with the friends you already go with, and use the event directory and checklists to organise the night.

Plan a night with friends

By city

Discover Garba events by city

Every supported city has a permanent directory page with dates, venues and pass details. Choose where you want to dance.

Pune

Garba and Navratri events listed for Pune, with dates, venues and available pass information.

Garba events in Pune

Respect and safety

Meet respectfully and stay safe

GarbaMate can help you find people and make plans. The choices that keep an evening comfortable are still yours, so keep them simple and explicit.

  • Meet in the public Garba venue — never a private location for a first meeting.
  • Agree on a meeting point and a rough arrival time before the night.
  • Tell a friend or family member which event you are attending.
  • Keep phone numbers and personal contact details private until you decide otherwise.
  • Respect a no. A declined request is a complete answer, and blocking is always available.
  • Leave whenever you want. No plan obliges you to stay or to meet again.

GarbaMate is not an emergency service and does not verify identities, ages or backgrounds. Read the full safety guidance before your first meet-up.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

How can I find a Garba partner?

Start with a Garba event you want to attend, mark yourself as going, then connect with people planning the same night. GarbaMate is pre-launch, so matching is not publicly open yet — the early-access list is the way in when it opens.

Can I join a Garba group instead?

Yes. Garba Circles are small groups heading to the same Garba. A host creates the Circle, and people ask to join. The full walkthrough is on the Garba Circles page.

Can I choose my Garba event?

Yes. Browse the public event directory by city, area and date, then choose the night that suits you. Plans are always organised around a real listed event.

Can I meet people attending the same event?

That is the core idea. You see people who have marked the same night, and you reach out through a connection request. Nothing opens in either direction until the recipient accepts.

How does GarbaMate protect privacy?

Your phone number is never shown on your profile and never shared with another member. There is no contact-number unlock and no public people map. Chat stays inside the app, and you choose what to share beyond it.

Is the GarbaMate app available yet?

Not publicly. GarbaMate is in pre-launch and the mobile app is opening soon. You can join the early-access list for launch updates, and use the public event directory and guides today.

Plan your next night

Find your Garba people.

Join the early-access list for launch updates, or start with the events already listed near you.

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