Happy Navratri - [Sept. 28th - Oct. 5th 2011] - Page 5

veejays

@veejays

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Posted: 12 years ago

Hi, Why you left South India like chennai

There also Navratri will be celebrated in a very grant manner. In South India depending on their convenient they arrange steps like 9, 7, 5, 3 and keep dolls like Pilliyar, Lakshmi, saraswathi , sivan etc. etc. in that. All the nine days they do pooja and invite all ladies including children and give them bital leaves, kumkum and some sweets or some eatables. They decorate the house nicely. Daily they put rangoli. In south Indian temple the God will be dressed each day in a different manner like Saraswathi, Lakshmi ,Durga . All nine days evening ladies wear new dress and go to their friends. Ladies go to their mother's house and take blessing of their mothers and elderly people.

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Shamma Vanat

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Posted: 12 years ago

Happy Navratri to all! Nice post...very informative...being a muslim only know bits and pieces but love playing garba and dandiya! Been going for years! 😳 My fav garba/dandiya song has to be dholi taro dhol baaje from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanaam and Mehndi Rang Lagyo by Lata Mangeshkar...garba is incomplete without these! Going to miss playing garba and dandiya this year 😔

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576012

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Posted: 12 years ago

Happy Navratri to all!

lovely post Thanx :)) Edited by Mitaly.. - 12 years ago

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Cutiepie_Rani

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Posted: 12 years ago

Originally posted by: veejays
Hi, Why you left South India like chennai

There also Navratri will be celebrated in a very grant manner. In South India depending on their convenient they arrange steps like 9, 7, 5, 3 and keep dolls like Pilliyar, Lakshmi, saraswathi , sivan etc. etc. in that. All the nine days they do pooja and invite all ladies including children and give them bital leaves, kumkum and some sweets or some eatables. They decorate the house nicely. Daily they put rangoli. In south Indian temple the God will be dressed each day in a different manner like Saraswathi, Lakshmi ,Durga . All nine days evening ladies wear new dress and go to their friends. Ladies go to their mother's house and take blessing of their mothers and elderly people.

I am sorry I missed this section of India. My bad.

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Simibrar

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Posted: 12 years ago

awesome post ...👍🏼
Happy navratri to all...

from ...simibrar...😃
Edited by simibrar1990 - 12 years ago

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Cutiepie_Rani

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Posted: 12 years ago

can't wait to go to garba saturday night!

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554090

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Posted: 12 years ago

Happy Navratri Everybody!

A great time of the year where everyone enjoys themselves!

A great post too! Thank youu :) I learnt some things I had no idea about :) I also thought Navratri was a Gujarati thing :$ Lol. Obviously not..

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Cutiepie_Rani

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Posted: 12 years ago

^ well even i always have known navratri to be more of a gujju thing. i mean most hindus know about it too, but i think it is more lavishly a gujju festival. i may be wrong though.

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Posted: 12 years ago

I don't think it's just a Gujju thing. It's an all Hindu thing.

Atleast, I think, because I'm from Andhra Pradesh, South India and we celebrate BIG on Navaratri. It's a huge festival (: My favorite actually!

Happpyyy Navaratri to all! Jai Devi Maiyya! 🤗

Edited by aishi.muffin - 12 years ago

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