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Navaraattri Poosei Oct 15 2023
Navaraattiri (Onbathu IravugaL)
Navaraattri means nine nights. It occurs over 9 days during the month of September–October. It often ends with Vijayadasami celebration on the 10th day.
The festival of the nine nights are dedicated to different aspects of the Divine feminine principle, or shakti. On the first three days, the Goddess is worshiped in the form of Kali who is the destroyer of all our impurities. In the next three days, we adore Goddess Mother in the form of Lakshmi who is considered as the giver of inexhaustible wealth.
In the last three days, the Goddess is worshipped in the form of Sarasuvathii, the giver of knowledge and wisdom.
The eighth day of the festival is popularly celebrated as “Ashtami” and the ninth day as “Maha Navami
One popular ritual is Kanya Puja, which takes place on the eighth or ninth day. In this ritual nine young girls are dressed as the nine Goddess aspects celebrated during Navaarattiri and are worshipped with ritual foot washing and given offerings such as food and clothing.
Why is Navratri Celebrated?
There are spiritual, natural and mythological reasons why we celebrate Navaraattiri for nine days every year. Mother Nature undergoes a major change, and that is welcomed through the Navaraattiris by celebrating Goddess Shakti, who is an embodiment of Nature itself. She is the inherent energy which propels the work of creation, preservation, and destruction.
People worship Her with full devotion so that Goddess DurgaI can remove miseries from their lives and fill their lives with happiness, joy, and prosperity.
Navaraattri means nine nights. It occurs over 9 days during the month of September–October. It often ends with Vijayadasami celebration on the 10th day.
The festival of the nine nights are dedicated to different aspects of the Divine feminine principle, or shakti. On the first three days, the Goddess is worshiped in the form of Kali who is the destroyer of all our impurities. In the next three days, we adore Goddess Mother in the form of Lakshmi who is considered as the giver of inexhaustible wealth.
In the last three days, the Goddess is worshipped in the form of Sarasuvathii, the giver of knowledge and wisdom.
The eighth day of the festival is popularly celebrated as “Ashtami” and the ninth day as “Maha Navami
One popular ritual is Kanya Puja, which takes place on the eighth or ninth day. In this ritual nine young girls are dressed as the nine Goddess aspects celebrated during Navaarattiri and are worshipped with ritual foot washing and given offerings such as food and clothing.
Why is Navratri Celebrated?
There are spiritual, natural and mythological reasons why we celebrate Navaraattiri for nine days every year. Mother Nature undergoes a major change, and that is welcomed through the Navaraattiris by celebrating Goddess Shakti, who is an embodiment of Nature itself. She is the inherent energy which propels the work of creation, preservation, and destruction.
People worship Her with full devotion so that Goddess DurgaI can remove miseries from their lives and fill their lives with happiness, joy, and prosperity.