Navratri Celebration: A Festival of Devotion and Dance

Navratri, a vibrant and spiritually significant festival, is celebrated with immense enthusiasm and fervor across India. This nine-night festival, dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, brings people together to revel in devotion, music, dance, and traditional rituals. In this blog, Apnahumsafar.com takes you on a journey into the heart of Navratri celebrations, exploring its cultural significance and the joy it brings to people's lives.

Navratri: The Festival of Nine Nights

Navratri, which means "nine nights," is celebrated in the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin (usually September or October). It marks the triumph of Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon Mahishasura, symbolizing the victory of good over evil.

The Significance of Navratri:

    Devotion and Worship:  Navratri is a time for devotees to seek the blessings of Goddess Durga, who represents feminine power and divine strength. Devotees fast, pray, and perform aarti (ritual worship) to honor the goddess.

    Dance and Music:  Navratri is renowned for its vibrant Garba and Dandiya Raas dances. People of all ages come together to dance in circles, accompanied by lively music. These dances symbolize the joy of life and the victory of good over evil.

The Colors of Navratri:

Each day of Navratri is associated with a specific color, and devotees wear clothes in those colors to symbolize their devotion. The colors include:

    Day 1 (Pratipada): Yellow
    Day 2 (Dwitiya): Green
    Day 3 (Tritiya): Grey
    Day 4 (Chaturthi): Orange
    Day 5 (Panchami): White
    Day 6 (Sashti): Red
    Day 7 (Saptami): Royal Blue
    Day 8 (Ashtami): Pink
    Day 9 (Navami): Purple

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Navratri as per meaning signifies Nine nights which are dedicated to the Divine Mother or Shakti. This festival is celebrated in the month of  Ashvin Sud from 1 to 9 (September- October) in 2019 Navratri are from 29 September to 7 October. Navratri is the longest celebrated Indian festival. Navratri"s are the best time for Indian to perform all shubh activities like property registration, buy new vehicles, buy new house, marriage, roka ceremony or any thing new...so if you plan your child marriage or want to get register for marriage or for any shubh mahurat then navratri"s are the best time. Navratri days are very good for marriages or want to get register for marriage, so apnahumsafar.com is best matrimony and matrimonial website in India. apnahumsafar.com wish you all happy Navratri....

                                                              Navratri History

The practice of goddess worship was prevalent in India since the time immemorial even before the advent of Aryans. Our ancestors have always placed Devi or Stree (as she was referred to) into the highest pedestal of the prevalent social system at that time and they worshiped her as Shakti. There are references in our Shastras which confirms the existence of such practices. There are several myths and legends associated with celebration of this Navratri Festival.

As per one legend Mahishasura the mighty demon worshiped Lord Shiva and obtained the power of eternity. So he started to kill and harass innocent people and set out to win seven lokas. Intimated by his power all the gods from swargaloka appealed to Lord Shiva to tame the demon. Then Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar (Shiva) united their supreme powers and created a divine being called Shakti or Durga the Warrior Goddess. Mahishasura who happened to see this divine beauty Durga got mesmerized by her beauty and approached her with the intention of marriage. Goddess Durga agreed to marry him but in one condition that Mahishasura should win over her in duel. Mahishasura who was proudy of his power agreed for the duel. The duel went on for 9 nights and the end of 9th night Goddess Durga beheaded Mahishasura. So the nine nights for which the war was fought is called Navrathri. The tenth day is celebrated as Vijayadashmi.

According to other legend King Daksha of Himalayas had a beautiful and Virtues daughter Uma who had a wish to marry Lord Shiva. As a result she worshiped Lord Shiva and pleased him. Lord Shiva married Uma. Once Uma visited her parents to participate in a Yagna conducted over there, during that time King Daksha insulted Lord Shiva unable to bear the insults meted on her husband Uma decided to end her life by jumping into the agnikund where she was united with the eternity. Henceforth she was also known as Sati. Sati was reborn again and peace was restored between her and parents. In that birth also she married Lord Shiva and lived happily thereafter. It is believed that Sati comes to stay with her parents for 9 days in every year and that time is celebrated as Navarathri.

One hypothesis states that in ancient times Kshatriyas debarred themselves from participating any warlike activities during monsoon season. Once monsoons got over they found the time to start afresh with their war activities. So before the start of their war journey these Kshatriyas worshiped different aspects of Devi for 9 days which is today celebrated as the Navratri.

According to one legend Lord Rama who wanted to release Sita from the clutches of mighty demon king Ravana prayed Goddess Durga in nine aspects for nine days in order to gather the strength and power to kill Ravana. Those nine nights became to be known as Navrathri and on the tenth day Rama killed Ravana that day is called Vijayadashmi or Dussehra .

Nine different manifestations of Durga are worshiped during Navratri they are

1. Durga :goddess beyond reach

2. Bhadrakali the auspicious power of time

3. Amba or Jagdamba: mother of the world

4. Annapurna: giver of food and plenty

5. Sarvamangala: auspicious goddess

6. Bhairavi: terrible, fearful, power of death

7. Chandika or Handi: violent, wrathful, furious

8. Lalita: playful

9. Bhavani: giver of existence.

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The nine day festival is reminiscent of red clad kanjak devis, boiled potato dishes, bhajan recitations in the form of maa jaagran or mata ki chownki, morning and evening durga aarti, devotional garbha dance and much more. Accompanied with the traditional rituals is a certain element of devotion and self-control exemplified in the temporary renunciation of tamsic food, alcohol and beverages. Not only does this hint at the acceptance of the inherent negativity in the above said substances and practices, but also a certain desire of positivity and goodwill which would arrive with the renunciation of tamsic food, alcohol and other “negative acts’. if you plan your child marriage or want to register for marriage or for any shubh mahurat then Navratri are the best time to do so..

The 9 day festival is symbolic of the victory of good over evil, right over wrong but the mere practice of rituals fail to mask the real evil in the society. This reality is quite evidently being depicted by the growing crime, violence, drug abuse & afflictions, epidemics, natural disasters and environmental degradation etc.

His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj ji often says that the root cause of every corrupt deed is the corrupt mind behind it. It is only through redirecting our thoughts towards the Divine that we can be fully awakened with the discretion of right and wrong, the good and the evil. It is only then that together we can create a true ‘Humane’ World devoid of social eclipses.

The worship of Maa Shakti emphasizes at the need to know and realize the true nature of Devi which is Shakti and is present in its elemental form within all of us but is lying dormant. Navratri is the time to awaken this dormant Shakti or cosmic feminine energy, the better half of Lord Shiva in His Ardhanareshwara Avatar.  Together Maa Shakti and Lord Shiva symbolize a unique state of balance,
which is called SANTULAN; the distortion of which in any form be it quantitative or qualitative, creates imbalance or “asantulan” in nature. Both are incomplete without each other and are present in equal but opposite natures.

Likewise in the case of Lord Rama and Maa Sita; Maa Sita is referred to as Bhakti - the cosmic feminine energy or divine feminine energy. And when talking about Laxmi-Narayan avatar; Narayan is the supreme consciousness and Laxmi is His better half – the incessant energy. Symbolically all the above-mentioned avtars of Gods and Goddesses signify the same fine balance of cosmic feminine and masculine energy.

Navratri signifies overcoming nine doors of delusions and reaching the tenth that is the ‘dasham dwar’ – the divine eye, the door to go within. This divine door can be entered only through divine knowledge – BrahmGyan bestowed through a perfect master of the time. And when one gets spiritually initiated, the real meaning of Vijaya Dashmi – the victory of truth, falls into place.

According to other legend King Daksha of Himalayas had a beautiful and Virtuos daughter Uma who had a wish to marry Lord Shiva. As a result she worshipped Lord Shiva and pleased him. Lord Shiva married Uma. Once Uma visited her parents to participate in a Yagna conducted over there, during that time King Daksha insulted Lord Shiva unable to bear the insults meted on her husband Uma
decided to end her life by jumping into the agnikund where she was united with the eternity. Henceforth she was also known as Sati. Sati was reborn again and peace was restored between her and parents. In that birth also she married Lord Shiva and lived happily thereafter. It is believed that Sati comes to stay with her parents for 9 days in every year and that time is celebrated as Navarathri.

One hypothesis states that in ancient times Kshatriyas debarred themselves from participating any warlike activities during monsoon season. Once monsoons got over they found the time to start afresh with their war activities. So before the start of their war journey these Kshatriyas worshiped different aspects of Devi for 9 days which is today celebrated as the Navratri.

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Navratri | Navaratri | Navratri Celebration

Navratri is the celebration of the end of the darkness of ignorance and evil. It is said to bring
knowledge, goodness and bliss, thus spiritually enlightening the human mind. Navratri is celebrated through the first nine days of the Hindu month of Asvij.                                                              

                                                                           At one stage the God felt powerless against the onslaughts
of demonical forces headed by Mahishasura. In answer to their prayers for protection, they were ordered to part with a portion of their divine power, to form into a new goddess. It was thus that Mahishasura Mardini took physical form as the combined might of 33 crores of Gods. The dreaded demon Mahishasura was killed by her after a ceaseless fight of 9 days and night.
                                                                         Celebration og Navratri :- first 3 days of navratri is
dedicated of Mahishasura-- the buffalo headed demon. Buffalo represents tamoguna in us. That is a quality of laziness, darkness, inertia and ignorance. Therefore by worshipping  mother Durga, We invoke the divine power within us to destroy our animalistic tendencies. The next 3 days are dedicated to mother Laxmi. By invoking her grace we are not only blessed with virtuous qualities but also by Davi Sampatti and by gaining victory or self control over the mind. Last 3 days are dedicated to mother Saraswati who is the bestower of light of knowledge. She removes the ignorance and darkness and grants us the higher knowledge of self.
                                                                   Navratri signifies victory over our own mind. Navratri
is to destroy the ill thought and replace them with virtuous qualities. It signifies the process by which one removes the layers of ignorance and achieves the state of self- realization.
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