Hindi festival
Navratri — नवरात्रि
navarātri
September–October · nine nights
Navratri is the nine-night festival of the divine feminine — Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Devotees fast, perform garba and dandiya raas in Gujarat-style nights, and on the tenth day (Dussehra) effigies of Ravana are burned.
Greetings in Hindi
नवरात्रि की शुभकामनाएँ
navarātri kī śubhakāmanāeṁ
"Happy Navratri!"
universal
दशहरा की शुभकामनाएँ
daśaharā kī śubhakāmanāeṁ
"Happy Dussehra"
tenth day
Customs & traditions
- ✦Daily Durga puja during the nine nights
- ✦Garba and dandiya raas
- ✦Effigy burning on Dussehra
Traditional foods
साबूदाना खिचड़ी
sābūdānā khichaḍī
Tapioca pearl khichdi — fasting dish
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