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Chaitra navratri 2024: Nine colours you should wear during nine days
Chaitra Navratri, honoring Goddess Durga, spans April 9-17, 2024, with devotees fasting, praying, and celebrating across India. Each day signifies specific attributes of the goddess.You can channelise divine energy through color choices, enhancing spiritual experiences during the festival. Chaitra Navratri signifies a period of spiritual rejuvenation and purification for believers across India.
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Chaitra Navratri 2024 Fasting rules: Here is what you can eat and what to avoid during nine days
Chaitra Navratri 2024 has commenced, focusing on devotion to Goddess Durga through fasting and spiritual practices. Followers adhere to dietary restrictions and spiritual rituals for mental clarity and purification. The period emphasizes inner cleansing and growth, with guidelines for consuming specific foods and maintaining celibacy.
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Pre-Diwali orders still on shelves, kiranas cut back on fresh orders with FMCG companies
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Navratri Day 5: Celebrate Maa Skandamata, the epitome of motherhood
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Fasting for Navratri? A list of things to do, and not do for 9 days
A Navratri fast must be balanced by maintaining a Sattvic diet. This diet includes eschewing non-veg, heavily fried and processed foods and eating fresh fruits and seasonal vegetables.
Navratri Day 3: An ode to Maa Chandraghanta, the serene form of Goddess Durga
A more tranquil version of the Goddess, Maa Chandraghanta is known for her calm demeanour. She appears with a silhouette resembling a bell-shaped half moon.
Navratri Fasting: Here is what you can eat and what can't
Navratri is a time of prayer, fasting, and cultural expression, fostering spiritual growth and well-being. The festival brings communities together through dance, music, and vibrant attire. During Navratri fasting, devotees follow specific guidelines to purify their bodies and minds. They engage in devotion and prayer, consume sattvic food, stay hydrated, and maintain cleanliness.
Intermittent fasting can be secret to better heart health & longer life
During the Navratri, devotees often hold a nine-day-long fast as a sign of devotion to Goddess Durga. However, religious significance notwithstanding, fasting has some proven health benefits!
Want to end Navratri fast with something yummy? These savoury tacos are easy to make & taste great
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Why people keep fast on Ramzan, Navratri, Lent and other holy days across religions
Fasting across religions is practiced for a wide range of reasons that include spiritual purification and self-discipline. In Hinduism, fasting is not an obligation, but a voluntary act of spiritual purification. While abstaining from all food and drink and sexual intercourse from dawn to sunset during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is regarded as an act of piety.
Chaitra Navratri Day 3: Maa Chandraghanta story, puja vidhi, and significance
Maa Chandraghanta, the third incarnation of Goddess Durga, is worshipped on the third day of the Chaitra Navratri.
Navratri 2023: Check health benefits of fasting during nine days
While some people follow Navratri fasts for whole nine days, others just keep the first two or the last two in a joda (couple).
Chaitra Navratri 2023: Here are some healthy snacks you can try during this fasting period
During Navratri, devotees as part of the festival celebrations also prepare a number of traditional snacks at home and perform bhajans to seek the blessings of Goddess Durga. Devotees observe a fast for all nine days, with people preferring to fast for the first two or last two days of the festival, because it is popularly believed that Goddess Durga fulfills the prayers and wishes of those who fast on these days.
Chaitra Navratri 2023: Everything you need to know about the first day of Navratri
With the arrival of the auspicious Navratri festival, let's find out all about the first day of Chaitra Navratri in 2023.
Happy Chaitra Navratri 2023: Greetings to send your friends and family during this auspicious time
People celebrate Chaitra Navratri by fasting, eating special Navratri foods, dressing in the nine colors of Navratri, and praying to Goddess Durga and Lord Ram. Check out the greetings, messages and best wishes for this special day.
Maha Ashtami: Who is Maa Mahagauri? Know the significance, shubh muhurat, Kanya puja vidhi, mantra
Maha Ashtami 2022: According to Hindu mythology, Mahagauri attained "Gaur Varna" by rigorous penance. The name 'Mahagauri' means the one extremely bright. She mounts on the ox. On this day, people also perform Kanya/Kumari Puja or Kanjak. Devotees invite small kids at home to offer food and worship them as Devi and Launguras. The day is also observed as Durgashtami by those who observe Durga Puja.
IRCTC offers Durga Puja special menu for passengers travelling in eastern region
Passengers can call on 1323 to book their meals and get them delivered to their seats, officials said. This is the latest offering from the Rail PSU, which started its 'Vrat Navratri' special thalis last year for passengers on fast during the festival.
Happy Navratri 2022: Best wishes, messages, and greetings to share on Facebook & WhatsApp
It is believed that Goddess blesses her devotees with good health, wisdom and strength during these days. Across India, the festival is celebrated with zest and fervour in every household, where some devotees also observe fast for nine days, while others consume only satvik or non-vegetarian food cooked without using onion and garlic.
Break your Navratri fast with low-fat makhana kheer, sabudana khichdi and other healthy dishes
Here are five must-have delicacies that will help you get through this fasting spell.
Navratri diet tips: Why fasting can be the perfect opportunity to start your fitness journey
Although fasting is a very traditional ritual and most people fast for spiritual purification, there is no denying that if you keep yourself nutritionally in check, it can be therapeutic for the body.
When fast food is good for health
Navratri meals should become regular inflight options as they are keto-compliant.
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