Shubh Navratri

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ is one of the most revered Hindu festivals to honour Mata Durga. It spans over nine nights and ten days. Navratri is observed to celebrate the victory of โ€œ๐†๐จ๐๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐šโ€ over the powerful demon Mahishasura i.e. the victory of โ€œGood over Evilโ€.

The word Navratri is derived from two Sanskrit wordsโ€”’Nava’ meaning nine and ‘Ratri’ meaning night. These nine days are dedicated to Durga and her nine avatars. Each day is associated with the incarnation of the Goddess.

๐๐€๐•๐‘๐€๐“๐‘๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ: ๐’๐‡๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐€๐๐”๐“๐‘๐ˆ

The first day of Navratri also known as ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ, this day is associated with ๐’๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข (“Daughter of Mountain”), an incarnation of Parvati. It is in this form that Durga is worshipped as the wife of Shiva, she is depicted as riding the bull, Nandi, with a trishula in her right hand and lotus in her left. ๐’๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข is considered to be the direct incarnation of Mahakali. After the self-immolation of Goddess Sati, Goddess Parvati took birth as the daughter of Lord Himalaya. In Sanskrit, Shail means the mountain, and the Goddess was known as Shailputri, the daughter of the mountain.