Navratri is celebrated twice a year. Chaitra Navratri is also known as Vasant Navratri which falls during the spring season every year and is considered auspicious for the farming communities in the country. According to the Georgian calendar, it usually falls in the month of March or April.
The other Navratri is known as Sharad Navratri as it is celebrated during the autumn season. This year Chaitra Navratri will commence on April 13, 2021, and the celebration will last up to April 22, 2021. Chaitra Navratri (nine nights) is particularly celebrated to worship goddess Durga and her nine forms through the nine days. It is to seek her blessings for protection from evil and seek happiness.
Significance of Chaitra Navratri 2021:
The first day of Navratri marks the first day of the Hindu calendar and it falls during the Shukla Paksha of the moon i.e, the full moon phase. The rituals performed during the nine days to praise Godess Durga vary every day.
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