Navratri

Navratri is one of the most important festival in all parts of India, especially very famous in northern parts of India and west Bengal. It is the Hindu festival dedicated for Goddess Durga. Navratri , literally means 9 nights and 10 days and we worship nine different forms of Shakthi during these 9 days. 10th day is called as Vijayadasami or Dusshera.

First 3 days of the Navratri, we dedicate to 3 different forms of Goddess Durga

Second 3 days of Navratri, we dedicate to 3 different forms of Goddess Lakshmi

Last 3 days of Navratri, we dedicate to 3 different forms of Goddess Saraswathi

Recently I studied a detailed article about Navratri which has detail on the decoration, Neivedhyam, flowers for pooja, fruits etc and I feel this would be more helpful if I share this here.

Day	Decoration	Flowers	Fruits and Leaves	Neivedhyam Dishes
Day 1	Maheswari	Jasmine and Vilvam	Banana and Vilvam	Venn Pongal and Karamani Sundal
Day 2	Kaumari	Thulasi and Mullai	Mango leaves and Thulasi	Mango, Puliyodharai and Puttu
Day 3	Varahi	Hibiscus,Maru, Sampangi	Jack fruit, Maru	Sakarai Pongal, Jack fruit, Yellu Podi
Day 4	Mahalakshmi	Jathimalli	Guava	Curd Rice and Pattani sundal
Day 5	Vaishnavi	Shenbaga poo	Pomegranate	Pongal, Payasam and Mochai payiru sundal
Day 6	Indrani	Kunguma poo	Narathai, Sandhanam	Coconut Rice, Pomegranate, Sweet lime, Channa dal sundal
Day 7	Saraswathi	Thazhambu, Thumbai	Dates	Lemon rice, Sweet Sundal
Day 8	Narasimhi	Marudhani, sampangi	Grapes	Paal sadham, appam
Day 9	Chamundeswari	Marikozhundhu, Lotus	Naval pazham	Vella sadham, Chick peas sundal
Day 10	Maha Durgai	Sevvarali, Roja	Sevvazhai	Sakarai Pongal, Thayir sadham, Puliyodharai

Mainly in Gujarat and Maharashtra, during Navratri, there is a tradition of wearing different color dresses during these 9 days. Given below are the colors for each day.

1, October, 2016	Grey
2, October, 2016	Orange
3, October, 2016	White
4, October, 2016	Red
5, October, 2016	Royal Blue
6, October, 2016	Yellow
7, October, 2016	Green
8, October, 2016	Peacock Green
9, October, 2016	Purple