Navratri – One Festival, Many Different Ways

Navratri Celebration in Gujarat

Gujarat is the most popular state for the Garba nights. Devotees fasts and worship for Maa Shakti. Women who fast, worship a decorated earthen pot (garbo). The pot symbolizes life within a womb and is considered a source of shakti (power). 

Navratri Celebration in Tamil Nadu

They adore the goddesses Durga, Saraswati, and Laxmi. Married ladies are given bangles, bindi, and different ornaments, the ritual is called Kolu.

Navratri Celebration Andhra Pradesh

It celebrates Bathukamma Panduga and goddess Maha Gauri, the goddess speaking to womanhood. Ladies make flower stacks in the customary style & play out a puja.

The stack is then set above the water on a lake in the end.

Navratri Celebration in Maharashtra

Here Navratri means ‘’New Beginnings’’ the best time to buy property. Hitched women invite their friends to apply haldi and kumkum on their foreheads.

People light ‘Akhand Jyoti’ in their homes and keep it lit for nine days. On Dussehra, the men of the family worship their vehicles, machines, etc.

Navratri Celebration in Himachal Pradesh

Navratri festivals begin in this state when the rest of the nation is winding up festivals. Lord Rama is worshipped, along with other deities.

Navratri Celebration in Punjab

They perform Fast for the first seven days of the Navratri festival. On the last day of the festival, the fast comes to an end by inviting 9 young girls. They give gifts to the girls as an honor. These 9 girls are representatives of nine different avatars of Maa Shakti.

Navratri Celebration in Kerala

In Kerala, the last three days Ashtami, Navami, and Dashmi are considered to be auspicious days. It is the best day to begin the learning process in Kerala.

Goddess Saraswati is worshipped here, she grants knowledge and a lot of wisdom to children.

Navratri Celebration in Chhattisgarh

They hold a 75-day-long celebration, bringing the festivities to a close on the 13th day of Shukla paksha. 

The people of Chhattisgarh follow a five-centuries-old festival called Bastar Dussehra.

The idols of Devi Maoli and her sisters are carried in a procession. They take idols from Bastar to the Danteshwari Temple in Jagdalpur. 

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