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       Navraatri Introduction:
       By: I-Luv-Rashi Date: October 6, 2013, 1:20 pm
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       Navratri (Hindi:
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       Gujarati:
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       [o&#721;&#637;isa&#721;]), Bengali:
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       Assamese:
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       Marathi:
       &#2344;&#2357;&#2352;&#2366;&#2340;&#2381;&#2352;&#2368;
       Punjabi: &#2600;&#2608;&#2622;&#2596;&#2631; Kannada:
       &#3240;&#3253;&#3248;&#3262;&#3236;&#3277;&#3248;&#3263;
       Kashmiri: &#1606;&#1614;&#1608;&#1585;&#1575;&#1578; /
       &#2344;&#2357;&#2352;&#2366;&#2340; Telugu:
       &#3112;&#3125;&#3120;&#3134;&#3108;&#3149;&#3120;&#3136; Tamil:
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       Malayalam:
       &#3368;&#3381;&#3376;&#3390;&#3364;&#3405;&#3376;&#3391;) is a
       festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga.
       The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, nava
       meaning nine and ratri meaning nights.[2] During these nine
       nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped.
       The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or
       "Dussehra." Navratri is a very important and major festival in
       the western states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka during
       which the traditional dance of Gujarat called "Garba" is widely
       performed.
       This festival is celebrated with great zeal in North India as
       well, including Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and
       the northern state of Punjab.
       The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are
       considered to be important junctions of climatic and solar
       influences. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities
       for the worship of the Divine Mother Durga. The dates of the
       festival are determined according to the lunar calendar.
       Navarathri represents a celebration of the Goddess Amba, (the or
       Power). The Navarathri festival or "Nine Nights festival"
       Worship of The Divine as Mother is a special characteristic of
       the Indian Culture. God is mostly referred as the Father of all
       creation or the Omnipotent ruler of Nature in other religions.
       Navaratri or Navadurga Parva happens to be the most auspicious
       and unique period of devotional sadhanas and worship of Shakti
       (the sublime, ultimate, absolute creative energy of the Divine
       conceptualized as the Mother Goddess-Durga, whose worship dates
       back to prehistoric times before the dawn of Vedic age.
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