Navratri, meaning ‘nine nights’, is one of the most popular and widely celebrated Hindu festivals in many parts of India.
Gujarat, however, is the only state that erupts into a nine-night dance festival
, perhaps the longest in the world.
- Punjab. In the Punjabi culture, most of them fast for the first seven days of the Navratri occasion. …
- Gujarat. Gujarat is the most popular state for the Garba nights. …
- Tamil Nadu. Unlike different states, Tamil Nadu has its exceptional method for praising these nine days. …
- Kerala. …
- Maharashtra. …
- Andhra Pradesh.
A
nine-day celebration
, Navratri in Tamil Nadu is equally a grand festival as it is in other parts of the country. The making of dolls of Golu/Kolu for display on wooden steps marks the celebration as a bit different from rest of India.
4. Eastern India and
West Bengal
. The Navratri is celebrated as the Durga Puja festival in West Bengal. Durga Puja festival marks the battle of Goddess Durga with the shape-shifting, deceptive and powerful buffalo demon Mahishasura, and her emerging victorious.
| People performing garba (dance) in Vadodara during Navratri festival. | Instrument(s) Singing and Sitar as well as Dhol | Origin Gujarat, India |
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Is Garba a Gujarati?
Garba is a form of dance, as well as a religious and social event that originates in
Gujarat
, India. Garba is a community circle dance from the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.
Cutting your
nails and hair during Navratri is strictly prohibited
. It is believed that doing so enrages the goddess and one has to face her wrath. If you have to go to the office, then you can shave once or twice, but avoid cutting hair and nails for nine days.
For the people of North India,
nine days of Navratri means fasting
. The major celebrations happen in the last three days of Durga puja. … Poojavaippu is performed on the evening of the Durgashtami day.
| Tamil: Bomma Kolu Telugu: Bommala Koluvu Kannada: Gombe Habba | Dasara dolls arrangement | Observed by Residents of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka | Type Hindu | Celebrations Navratri |
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In
Kerala
, the festival is called Ayudha Puja or Saraswati Puja as part of the ten-day puja ceremonies, also named as the festival of autumnal equinox that is observed three weeks from the date of the equinox.
1.
Kolkata, West Bengal
– Durga Puja. In the eastern part of India, across places to visit Kolkata, Navratri is mainly celebrated as Durga Puja in the days of Saptami, Ashthami, Navami and Dashami- the last four days of Navratri.
Gujarat
.
Gujarat
is the only place where all nine days of Navratri are celebrated with utmost enthusiasm. People in all over the state gather in open spaces to celebrate feminine divinity.
Chaitra Navratri Day 6:
April 18, 2021
(Sunday) Shasthi.
The festival of Navratri is dedicated to Goddess Durga and her nine avatars. … During Navratris, Hindu devotees keep
fasting for nine days to please and seek blessings of Goddess Durga
.
What are the 9 avatars of Durga?
The nine forms of Durga or Parvati are:
Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri, and Siddhidatri
.
What are the 9 forms of Durga?
- Goddess Shailputri. Goddess Shailputri is the first manifestation of Goddess Durga. …
- Goddess Brahmacharini. …
- Goddess Chandraghanta. …
- Goddess Kushmanda. …
- Goddess Skandmata. …
- Goddess Katyayani. …
- Goddess Kaalratri. …
- Goddess Mahagauri.
