Wishing Happy Navratri to All.May Divine mother be with us all!
Navratri is a Hindu festival of worship and dance. The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit;
During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi i.e. female divinity are worshipped.
The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother. The dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar.
Dasahara, meaning ‘ten days’, becomes dasara in popular parlance. The Navaratri festival or ‘nine day festival’ becomes ‘ten day festival’ with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami which is its culmination. On all these ten days, the various forms of Divine Motrher (Durga) are worshipped with fervour and devotion.
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