This post is to indicate the dates or period of Navratri or Navaratri in 2009. This Navrathri is also known as Sharad Navratra as it falls during September or October and is the most famous Navratri.
September 19th – Navratri, Festival of Nine Nights begin.
September 24th – Durga Puja Begins - Durga Sashti puja.
September 25th, 2009 – Maha Saptami Puja/ Saraswati Avahan Puja in some parts in North India
September 26th – Durga Ashtami Puja.
September 27, 2009 – Navratri Ends. Mahanavami Puja/ Saraswathi Puja and Ayudha Pooja in South India
September 28th – Vijaya Dashami and Dusshera
Chaitra Navratri
Chait Navratras, also known as Chaitra Navratri, as the name indicates is observed during the Chaitra month (March – April) in a established Hindu calendar followed in North India. The festival is committed to Goddess Shakti and three of her mainly popular forms– Goddess Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati – are worshipped during the period. It begins on the first day of the Chaitra month and ends with Ram Navami.
Chaitra Navratri is known by different names like Ram Navaratri, Basant Navrathri, Vasant Navratri and some people also refer it as Spring Navaratras.
Chaitra Navratri is observed when Mother Nature undergoes a significant climate change. It also marks the beginning of the summer season. There is a popular belief that the fasting during Chaitra Navrati is to arrange the body for the ensuing summer season.
Chaitra Navratri is more famous in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh and in other parts of North India. Some of the majority important temple fairs in the Shakti Temples in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand take place during this period.
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