Navratras 2019

NAVRATRA:- Navratras belongs to nine night. This nights are celebrated in chaitra and ashawani Indian months. Navratras are celebrated in the worship of goddess Ma Shakti Durge.

Nine Nights:-

·      Each night is devoteed to each goddess .

·      9 night is dedicated to 9 different forms of shakti godess.

·      1^st navratra is dedicated to Shailputri.

·      2^nd navratra is dedicated to Brahmacharini.

·      3^rd navratra is dedicated to Chandragantha.

·      4^th is dedicated to kushmanda.

·      5^th is dedicated to Skandamata.

·      6^th is dedicated to Katyani mata.

·      7^th is dedicated to Kalaratri.

·      8^th navratra is dedicated to Mahagauri.

·      9^th is dedicated to Siddhidatri.

Different forms of celebrations of navratras:-

·      Some  parts of India like gujrat celebrates these navratraas by dancing Dandiaa dance.This form of dance is most famous in all world.

Dandiaa celebrations:- Dandiaas are bamboo sticks which is held by dancers and on trumph of dholak and sangeet dancers hit their bamboo sticks with others dancer bamboo sticks. Dancers swirl around in circle and dance with enthusiasm .

Dresses of dancers are also shows gujrati culutre and tradition.

·      Ashawani magh navratraas also celebrated with picturisation of Rama life by Ramleela.

·      Temples are decorated with fruits and flowers and lighting. This decoration of temples gives a pious feeling and atmosphere in all over is imbued with smell of sweet fregnence of agarbatiis and kaphoor.

·      In morning and at night special aartees are sung in the keensheep of goddess Durga. At the end of aartee prasadam is distributed among devotees.

·      People follow vratas in respect of goddess Durga. They just eat fruits and juices and potatoes in their vratas. At night they eat “ kitu ka atta” chapaties because people don’t eat wheat chapatees in their vrats.

·      Most of the people organize zagrata at home oe publically. In this jagraatas song of goddess Durga is sung by singers.