Navratri

               Short Info

Begins      :-   Ashvin Shukla Prathama

Ends      :-   Ashvin Shukla Navami

Celebration  :-  9–10 days
Frequency  :-   6 month

Introduction 

In  Navratri  The word Navaratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakt i/Devi are worshiped. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra" . Navratri is an important major festival and is celebrated with great zeal all over India. Diwali the festival of lights is celebrated twenty days after Dasara.

                This festival corresponds to a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar, which is observed primarily by the ethnic Chinese ofMin Nan linguistic group in Southeast Asian countries likeMyanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and also the Riau Islands called the Nine Emperor Gods Festival.