Durga Navaratri – Celebrating the Goddess
Durga Navaratri, or the nine (nava-) nights (-ratri) of Durga, are celebrated in the first 9 days of the bright half of the month (starting from the day after Amavasya) of Aswayuja/Asvina in the Indian lunar calendar (usually in end of September or early October). This period of nine days (October 7th – October 14th, 2021) is the beginning of the festival season in all parts of India as the period of Navratri concludes with Dasehra (or victory day or Vijaya-Dashami) on the tenth day of the festival (October 15th 2021). The nine-day festival honors the role of three prinicipal female Goddesses in the Hindu pantheon – Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
The Story of Durga

A Short Durga Invocation Mantra
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu viṣṇumāyeti śabditā . या देवी सर्वभूतेषु विष्णुमायेति शब्दिता O Devi, the omniscient, the consort of Vishnu
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ ..
नमस्तस्यी नमस्तस्यी नमस्तस्यी नमो नम:
We bow to your majesty again and again. Please bless us.
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नमस्तस्यी नमस्तस्यी नमस्तस्यी नमो नम:
The stories connected with every festival has kept the traditions alive and vibrant for more than five thousand years.
Is it not a gift of our civilisation?