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SHAKTI IN MOTION: THE DIVINE ESSENCE OF NAVRATRI
Hindustan Times Delhi
|August 31, 2025
Navratri is more than just a festival; it embodies a profound experience rooted in centuries of faith and tradition.
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From fasting and meditation during the day to devotional singing and communal dancing at night, the festival unites people across age, caste and community in the spirit of 'Shakti-Sadhana', or the worship of feminine divine energy. Families set up altars for daily puja at home and light lamps to pay obeisances to the Goddess Durga. Temples are adorned with marigold garlands, and women wear nine different colours over the nine nigh
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