Navratra Celebrations
All over world Hindus
celebrate Navratras with great devotion.  Navratras
literally means "nine
nights". These nights are devoted to
the worship of Goddess Durga. Navratras, are
celebrated twice in a year. Once in the
bright two-week period of Shukla Paksha of the
lunar month of Ashwani (Asuj in Kashmiri) –
corresponding to September/October) from the 1st
to the 9th date of the two week period.
These days of Navratras
are celebrated with great fervor especially in
West Bengal where it is known as "Durga Puja".
The Gujrati Hindus celebrate it with nine days of
Garba dance. The second Navratras are celebrated
during the first nine days of the bright two-week
period of Shukla Paksha of the lunar month of
Chaitra – corresponding to mid-March to
mid-April.
The timing of the
celebrations correspond to the autumnal and vernal
equinox which is also the time when seasons change
and we harvest crops which adds to the glory of
these celebrations.
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Navratras
The Navaratras begin
on 28th Sept. These nine days are dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga.
It is a well-known fact that in the ‘Bhakti marga’ or the devotional path
of Hindus there are three main streams, those of Shiva, Vishnu and Shakti.
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