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| Why is Navratri celebrated!! Significance |
Navratri is around the corner. Navratri is one of the major festivals of India which is celebrated with lots of excitement, dance, fasting, and worshiping Goddess Durga.
Navratri is a Hindu festival that is celebrated in Ashwin Maas(seventh month of Hindu calendar). Ashwin maas as per the Gregorian calendar usually occurs around September-October. Navratri, in Sanskrit, means nine nights.
In a year, Navratri is celebrated twice. One is in Chaitra Maas and another is in Ashwin Maas. The one which occurs in Ashwin maas is called as Sharad Navrati. Sharad Navratri has its own significance and is celebrated all over India with lots of excitement by performing pooja, Garba/Dandiya, and much more.
People celebrate Navratri in various ways. Navratri celebration includes fasting, worshiping Goddess Durga, getting dressed up in colorful clothes, and playing Garba/Dandiya. Fasting, Simply detox your body, Worshiping Goddess Durga detox your soul, and playing Garba/Dandiya detox your mind.
People fast for nine days of Navratri, usually, people perform fasting by eating only one wholesome meal a day(OMAD), fruit fasting, and even water fasting.
You can see Goddess Durga Pandals on almost all crossroads in India during these nine days of Navratri. People perform Garba/Dandiya which is a very graceful dance performed in these pandals by a huge number of devotees.
Garba is a joyful dance that originated from Gujrat. The word Garba is derived from the word ‘Garbha’ which in Sanskrit means a womb. Garba is performed in circular motions around a big lamp or around the statue of Goddess Durga. Dandiya is another similar joyful dance but the difference is that it is played with help of dandiyas(Colorful Sticks). Dandiya is originated in Vrindavan.
People welcome Goddes Durga statue on the first day of Navratri, celebrates her presence for nine days of Navratri, and with a heavy heart performs Murti visarjan on Dashmi i.e the tenth day. This is believed to be the day when the Goddess departs to Kailash, her heavenly abode, and bids adieu to her people.
Navaratri has a very interesting story associated with it. It was the battle between Goddess Durga and the demon called Mahishasoor. Mahishasoor was given the gift of immortality by Lord Brahma with the only condition that he can only be killed by a woman. He attacked the Earth, Heaven, and Hell. No God was able to defeat him. In the end, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva created Goddess Durga to kill Mahishasoor. Goddess Durga fought with Mahishasoor for fifteen days as he keeps changing his forms to confuse Goddess Durga, but finally, he gets killed when he turned into a buffalo. Goddess Durga killed Mahishasoor on the day of Mahalaya with her Trishul.
Navratri signifies the victory of good over evil. This is the major festival held in honor of the divine feminine.
Wish your loved ones with beautiful wishes...
May Goddess Durga bless you with - Shanti, Shakti, Saiyam, Sanmaan, Saralta, Safalta, Samridhi, Sanskaar, Swaasthya.
Happy Navratri!
May the energy of the universe bless you in all her nine forms.
Happy Navratri!
May the divine blessings of the goddess be with you on all days.Wish you very Happy Navratri days!
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