{"id":34,"date":"2012-06-30T06:58:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T06:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/?p=34"},"modified":"2012-07-16T00:07:33","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T00:07:33","slug":"the-nine-fortunate-nights-of-navratri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/navratri\/the-nine-fortunate-nights-of-navratri.html","title":{"rendered":"The Nine Fortunate Nights of Navratri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrated twice a year, in March-April and in September-October, Navratri<\/a> is an important Hindu festival meaning \u2018nine fortunate nights\u2019.Navratri Festival<\/a> is devoted to the worship of the dynamic and supreme powers of Goddess Durga<\/a>. The festival is observed in sets of 3 days with each day dedicated to a unique form of the deity as follows;<\/p>\n

\"Navratri<\/p>\n

The First Set of 3 days:<\/strong>she is invoked to get rid of defects, evil and contamination.<\/p>\n

She is referred as;<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 1:<\/strong>Shailputri – Companion of lord shiva<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 2:<\/strong>Brahmacharini – repentance<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 3:<\/strong>Chandraghanta – for beauty and bravery<\/p>\n

On the Second set of 3 days:<\/strong> the goddess is worshipped as the source of spiritual wealth, she is addressed as;<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 4:<\/strong> Kushmanda – creator of universe<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 5:<\/strong> Skand Mata – mother of the chief warrior in the army of God<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 6:<\/strong> Katyayani -the goddess with 3 eyes and 4 hands seated on a lion<\/p>\n

The final set of 3 days: <\/strong>worshipped for spiritual enlightenment and success.She is referred as;<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 7:<\/strong>Kalratri -Fearless<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day8:<\/strong> Maha Gauri – for calmness and wisdom<\/p>\n

<!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–>Day 9:<\/strong> Siddhidatri -worshipped by all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrated twice a year, in March-April and in September-October, Navratri is an important Hindu festival meaning \u2018nine fortunate nights\u2019.Navratri Festival is devoted to the worship of the dynamic and supreme powers of Goddess Durga. The festival is observed in sets of 3 days with each day dedicated to a unique form of the deity as follows; The First Set of 3 days:she is invoked to get rid of defects, evil and contamination. She is referred as; <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 1:Shailputri – Companion of lord shiva <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 2:Brahmacharini – repentance <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 3:Chandraghanta – for beauty and bravery On the Second set of 3 days: the goddess is worshipped as the source of spiritual wealth, she is addressed as; <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 4: Kushmanda – creator of universe <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 5: Skand Mata – mother of the chief warrior in the army of God <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 6: Katyayani -the goddess with 3 eyes and 4 hands seated on a lion The final set of 3 days: worshipped for spiritual enlightenment and success.She is referred as; <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 7:Kalratri -Fearless <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day8: Maha Gauri – for calmness and wisdom <!–[if !supportLists]–>\u00b7<!–[endif]–>Day 9: Siddhidatri -worshipped by all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navratri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/365greetings.com\/Festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}