Navaratri, a sacred Indian festival, celebrates Goddess Durga over nine nights, symbolizing the victory of good over evil.

Chaitra Navaratri symbolizes renewal, growth and fresh beginnings. In many ways, the festival is a time to pause, reflect and ...

Chaitra Navaratri, the spring edition of one of India’s most vibrant festivals Navaratri, will be celebrated with devotion, ...

Chaitra Navaratri, or Vasanta Navratri, is a nine-night Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping Durga in nine forms, beginning March 19, 2026. Key rituals include daily puja, fasting, and devotional ...

Astrologically, Chaitra Navaratri is considered a highly auspicious period for spiritual purification, karmic cleansing, and new beginnings. The cosmic energies during these nine days are believed to ...

The nine days of Navaratri are fundamentally divided into three *gunas*—Rajas, Tamas, and Sattva—which are also collectively ...

(RNS) — Throughout the United States, South Asian Americans young and old have come out to dance garba, the folk dance that began as a devotional form of worship and has now become a cultural ...

Navaratri, a nine-day Hindu festival celebrated in India as well as by believers on Long Island, begins on Sunday. This week’s commenters discuss the observance of the festival, which is celebrated ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The annual nine-night Hindu celebration of Navaratri officially began on Monday.

As many parents know, the line between passing along cultural traditions and mortifying your children in public can be perilously thin. For one mother, that dilemma arose this year ahead of Navaratri, ...

The Trigunas: Rajas, Tamas, and Sattva The nine days of Navaratri are fundamentally categorized into three qualities known as *gunas*: Rajas, Tamas, and Sattva, collectively referred to as the ...