Navratri! Festival with combination of enjoyment and true devotion to ma Durga
The customs of India are well known throughout the world. It is seen that in India there are large number of festivals that are being celebrated. People have true interest and devotion in celebrating the festivals with true feel. Whether it is an old person or the youth, all enjoy the festivals with great enthusiasm. There are a wide range of festivals as mentioned above. Few of them include diwali, rakhi, makar sakranti and the most important Navratri. Navratri is considered to be one of the longest festivals of India that continues for nine long days. If you do not have much knowledge about Navrathri then the following information can surely make this more interesting for you.
Navrathri means nine nights. This is considered to be a major festival in the Hindu religion. Navratri puja that is being conducted on this day brings great prosperity in life. This occasion of Navratri basically is for Maa durga. This generally falls in the month of September or sometimes in October. During these nine days, people worship the Lordess and have dances for all nine nights. This dance that is performed for Maa Durga is known as Garba. Not only this, people also do fast for complete nine days. Some of them do not have anything for the complete day whereas some of them are entirely on fruits diet. It is their firm belief that with this they can make Lordess Durga happy.
To know more about this Navratri festival, it is essential to know that this festival basically belong to Gujrat. This is celebrated in Gujrat with huge fervor. People do preparation for this from many days before this occasion. People of all walks of life participate in this festival. Even the contests of dance are being arranged so as to raise the level of and enthusiasm.
As far as the reason for celebration of this auspicious occasion is concerned, this is celebrated to solute the act of Godess Durga that how she defeated and exterminate demon Mahishasura. She proved that good always win over bad.
In the eastern India, and more particularly in West Bengal, this occasion is distinguished as Durga Puja. This is the most renowned festival of Bengalis. The roads and routes of Kolkata turn out to be alive during this time. At each and every corner, the festivals are celebrated with full fervor. Cities are also decorated with huge pandals where the idol of Ma Durga is placed. People spend huge sum of money in decoration through flowers, lightening etc. People at these time move all around in the city to see the decorations. They even worship the lordess in arti and puja done. After completion of nine days of Navratri puja on the last day of Navratri, the idols that are placed are taken for visarjan in rivers or sea.
This is how Navrathri puja is enjoyed. So if you want to enjoy Navaratri 2012, then make sure that you know the Navratri dates well in advance. Wish you enjoy a blissfull Navratri 2012.
