FESTIVAL OF NAVRATRI

The festival of Navratri (literally meaning nine nights) is one of the most widely celebrated Hindu festivals.

It is celebrated to honour Goddess Durga who symbolizes power and purity.

Navratri is famous for the ritual of fasting or avoiding food grains like rice, wheat and pulses for nine consecutive days.

Along with Goddess Durga (and her other forms like Goddess Shakti), her daughters Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati are also worshipped during Navratri.

Devotional music like bhajan renditions and also the garba dance in Gujarat mark Navratri celebrations.

This year, Navratri begins on September 29 and ends on October 7, and the 10th day that is Vijayadashami and Dussehra falls on October 8.

Ponkiya Keval A

(President- INDIAN STUDENTS UNION GRODNO)