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  • Festival of Goddesses – Navratri significance and importance

    Festival of Goddesses – Navratri significance and importance

    Navratri is a Hindu festival of worship and dance. The word Navratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit; Nava meaning Nine and Ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of shakti/Devi  i.e. female divinity are worshipped. The nine night’s festival of Navratri begins on the first day of Ashwina of the bright…