Navratri Pujan Vidhi Vidhan

Navratri is a Hindu festival of worship and dance. The word Navratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit; Nava meaning Nine and Ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of shakti/Devi i.e. female divinity are worshipped.

The nine night’s festival of Navratri begins on the first day of Ashwina of the bright fortnight. The festival comes to an end on the tenth day of Vjay Dashmi or Dussehra, when the idols of the Goddess Shakti are immersed in the river. Dussehra, meaning ‘ten days’, becomes dasara in popular parlance. The Navratri festival or ‘nine day festival’ becomes ‘ten day 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 fervour and devotion.

The nine nights are dedicated to the three main goddesses of Hinduism – Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Navratri is separated into sets of three days. First three days of Navratri are dedicated to Goddess Durga, the Goddess of power and energy. Next three days of Navratri are dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. The final three days belong to Goddess Saraswati who is worshipped to acquire the spiritual knowledge.

Goddess Durga is also worshipped under nine different names for the nine days in Navratri. Every day, she assumes a new character, a new look and a new duty. These nine forms of manifestation are Shailaputri, Brahmachartini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamaata, Kaatyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri and Siddhidaatri. For the initial six days Puja celebrations are limited to home. The celebrations acquire a festive form since the seventh day when the festivities of Navratri surround the atmosphere.

Navratri adalah perayaan Hindu ibadat dan tarian. The Navratri perkataan bermaksud sembilan malam di Sanskrit; Nava bermaksud Sembilan dan Ratri bermaksud malam. Sepanjang sembilan malam sepuluh hari, sembilan bentuk shakti / Devi iaitu ketuhanan perempuan disembah.

Pesta ini sembilan malam ini Navratri bermula pada hari pertama Ashwina dua minggu yang cerah. Pesta ini datang berakhir pada hari kesepuluh Vjay Dashmi atau Dussehra, apabila patung-patung Dewi Shakti tenggelam dalam sungai. Dussehra, bermakna 'sepuluh hari, menjadi Dasara dalam istilah popular. Perayaan Navratri atau 'sembilan hari perayaan' menjadi 'sepuluh hari perayaan' dengan tambahan hari terakhir, Vijayadashami yang merupakan kemuncak itu. Pada semua sepuluh hari, pelbagai bentuk Ibu Mahisasura-Mardini (Durga) disembah dengan semangat dan ketaatan.

Sembilan malam berdedikasi untuk tiga dewi utama agama Hindu - Parvati, Lakshmi dan Saraswati. Navratri dipisahkan menjadi set tiga hari. Tiga hari pertama Navratri berdedikasi untuk Dewi Durga, Dewi kuasa dan tenaga. Seterusnya tiga hari Navratri berdedikasi untuk Dewi Lakshmi, Dewi kekayaan dan kemakmuran. Tiga hari-hari terakhir milik Dewi Saraswati yang disembah untuk memperoleh pengetahuan rohani.

Dewi Durga juga menyembah di bawah sembilan nama yang berlainan bagi sembilan hari di Navratri. Setiap hari, dia menganggap watak baru, wajah baru dan tanggungjawab baru. Sembilan bentuk manifestasi adalah Shailaputri, Brahmachartini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamaata, Kaatyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri dan Siddhidaatri. Sejak enam hari awal sambutan Puja adalah terhad dengan rumah. Sambutan memperoleh satu bentuk perayaan sejak hari ketujuh apabila perayaan Navratri mengelilingi atmosfera.