Navaratri is here!
@Shyamalaa (525)
Udaipur, India
October 12, 2015 12:40pm CST
Navaratri is one of the most colourful of the Indian festivals.
It is also a festival which is celebrated differently in different parts of India.
For example, you have Durga puja in Bengal, Garba and Dandiya in Gujrat, Ramlila and Ravan dahan in the north and so on.
In the southern part of India, we have Devi puja at home. We also have this custom of decorating dolls stepwise, inviting women and children from neighbouring homes and distributing paan, supari, soaked chana, bananas and/or coconuts to all the ladies and girls.
This is mainly a girls' function and I used to enjoy it immensely as a child, feeling very important and grown up, as I was allowed to distribute the stuff.
How do you celebrate this festival? Do you have any memories or experiences to share?
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
13 Oct 15
By learning about traditions, we can gain insights into the local culture. 
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@piyushk15 (86)
• Bhopal, India
12 Oct 15
Jai mata di :) Happy Navratri to All ! Stay blessed!
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
13 Oct 15
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 Devi (Goddesses) are worshiped.
Navarati festival has become part and parcel of our life. It is celebrated in every part of India, though in different forms. I believe each of us does enjoy it and remains a part of it.
Happy Navaratri to you.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Oct 15
That sounds like a very fun festival to participate in!
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
13 Oct 15
Festivals are fun particularly for children! 
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@sanketwagh (224)
• India
12 Oct 15
Rest all you said I agree with that.........
But "Ravan dahan" it's done on Dussehra and not on Navaratri.........
@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
13 Oct 15
Dussehra and Navaratri are celebrated on the same days, is it not? Vijaya dashami is the culmination of the nine days resulting in the victory of good over evil! In some places Goddess Durga is worshipped, in others it is the victory of Lord Ram.
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
14 Oct 15
@sanketwagh true, but Ramlila is enacted during the nine days which ends in Ravan dahan!
@sanketwagh (224)
• India
13 Oct 15
@Shyamalaa yaa but ravan dahan is not been done for 9 days.........
