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Shakti Devi Vijayadashami: Jagadamba

Navaratri is a nine night Hindu festival where nine forms of the goddess Shakti or Devi are worshipped. It celebrates the goddess Durga as the manifestation of divine feminine energy or shakti. The festival lasts ten days including the tenth day of Vijayadashami, which marks the culmination of the celebrations. During Navaratri, devotees worship the different forms of Durga across the nine nights and celebrate her victory over the demon Mahishasura.

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Shakti Devi Vijayadashami: Jagadamba

Navaratri is a nine night Hindu festival where nine forms of the goddess Shakti or Devi are worshipped. It celebrates the goddess Durga as the manifestation of divine feminine energy or shakti. The festival lasts ten days including the tenth day of Vijayadashami, which marks the culmination of the celebrations. During Navaratri, devotees worship the different forms of Durga across the nine nights and celebrate her victory over the demon Mahishasura.

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The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratrimeaning nights.

During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped. The 10th day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or Dussehra. The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother. The dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar. Navaratri represents celebration of Goddess Durga, the manifestation of Deity in form of Shakti [Energy or Power]. The Navaratri festival or Nine Nights festival becomes ten days festival with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami which is its culmination. On all these ten days, the various forms of Mother Mahisasura-mardini (Durga) are worshipped with fervor and devotion.

Nine forms of Shakti are worshipped during the Navaratris. The Devis worshipped depend on the tradition of the region.

Durga, the inaccessible one Bhadrakali Amba or Jagadamba, Mother of the universe Annapoorna devi, The one who bestows grains (anna) in plenty (purna: used as subjective) Sarvamangala, The one who gives joy (mangal) to all (sarva) Bhairavi Chandika or Chandi Lalita Bhavani Mookambika

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