The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, Nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, Eight forms of Lakshmi are worshiped in vaishnava community. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra.
Though, every region in India celebrates
this festival in its own way. In Tamil culture, Navarathri Festival is
dedicated to the 3 avatars of Goddess Shakti - Durga (the warrior Goddess),
Lakshmi (the Goddess of wealth), and Saraswati (the Goddess of knowledge). Navarathri
is observed in the Tamil month Puratassi in Tamilnadu.
In Tamilnadu,the Navarathri festival is
dedicated to Golu doll arrangements. The golu dolls which are collected over a
period of years and some which are traditionally passed from one generation to
another forms part of the golu dolls. But today Navarathri Golu is more famous
for arrangement of dolls by themes. Ayudha
Puja is performed on the ninth day of Navarathri.
Golu
I wanted to share few easy and quick to make sundals recipes here for the occasion. Please see the link
Sundal Varieties
Chitrannam- Variety of Rices Black Pepper Rice
Can't wait for the festival to begin.
ReplyDeleteMe too Praveen. Happy Navrathri
DeleteThis is awesome! Thank you for sharing!
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