Navratri 2017
About Navratri-
India is a place of different customs and traditions. Do you know about Navratri? Yes, we are talking about the nine days Navratri festival which is going to start on 21st September 2017 and will end on 29th September 2017. This nine days festival is very much popular among Hindus and is celebrated with great faith in God all over India. This religious festival comes twice in a year in which people worship Goddess Durga. What is the logic behind worshipping the Goddess Durga? Goddess Durga is worshipped so as to destroy the evil. This festival is very much popular in Gujarat where people celebrate these nine days with the traditional dance known as Garba by wearing colorful dresses. This nine days festival ends with the Dussehra, being celebrated on the 10th day which is also known as Vijayadashami in entire South Asia. It is one of the most awaited festivals in Gujarat where people worship the goddess for nine days by having the fast and performing the Aarti of Maa Durga. These nine days Navratri Festival is also known by the names “Dussehra” and “Durga Pooja”.
About Navratri Celebration-
- Do you know how the Navratri festival is celebrated in Gujarat? Yes, people keep after for this nine days festival by worshipping the Goddess Durga and keep the earthen pots and diyas inside and outside their houses in the evening time. Garba dance is very much popular in Gujarat which is performed every night for these nine days.
- This Navratri festival is celebrated in the last four days in the entire West Bengal. Bengali women wear the red colored traditional saree during the Durga Puja.
- During this Navratri festival;l, friends, neighbors, and other relatives are usually invited and gifts or jewelry are exchanged between them in Tamil Nadu. A staircase is also prepared during this festival containing the 9 stairs and each one of them is beautifully decorated with the dolls and idols of the goddess.
- Women wear the new saree and jewelry during the Durga Puja and prepare a beautiful flower stack called Batukamma in Andhra Pradesh. This flower stack is usually put in the Puja and then it is floated in the late on the last day of the festival.
- This festival is celebrated by keeping the fast which ends on the 8th day, known as Ashthami or on the 9th day, known as Navami, how? The fats end by worshipping 9 little girls and a boy by serving them the traditional “Chola” and “Puri” in Punjab.
The Navratri, 2017 is going to be more energetic and enjoyable as it is always full of lights and happiness all around. Hindus always celebrate this festival with great devotion and enthusiasm. This festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil. It also encourages positivity all around us by eliminating the presence of negativity from everywhere. The Navratri festival is celebrated throughout India with great devotion and happiness. It is celebrated in different ways at different places but yes, people have a lot of faith when it comes to Navratri. Just get prepared for Navratri, 2017.