Thursday, 8 September 2016

CHAITRA NAVRATRI AARAMBH AND GUDI PADWA

GURI PARVA
NAVRATRI
DATE -- 28 MARCH 2017   DAY -- TUESDAY


Chaitra Navaratri or the nine  nights of Durga, are celebrated in the first nine days of the bright half of the month of Chaitra It is starting from the day after Amavasya . The nine day period is marked as a period of “cleansing” and fasting by all devotees of Devi .

Gudi Padwa is celebrated as Ugadi by the people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Both Gudi Padwa and Ugadi are celebrated on the same day. Gudi Padwa or Samvatsar Padvo is celebrated as the first day of the year by Maharashtrians and Konkanis.

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