October 10th is the eight night of Navaratri 2024 for North America, South America, Africa and Europe. Because it’s a lunar based festival, India, Australia and New Zealand will celebrate Durgashtami on October 11th. Navratri is the nine night Indian festival honoring the many forms which the goddess Durga has taken. Thus, the goddesses are known as NavaDurga (nine […]
The eighth night of Navratri is known as Durgashtami. It commemorates the day on which Goddess Durga gained victory over the demon Maheshasura.
Tonight is the first of nine nights of Navratri 2014 in North America. Navratri (or Navaratri) is the Indian festival celebrating the goddesses Kali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. They are all aspects of Shri Durga. Each night of Navratri is dedicated to a particular goddess who represents an aspect of the divine. The nine goddesses of […]