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The Navratri (nine nights) festival
which marks the onset of autumn is celebrated in different ways all
over the country. It is a festival of worship, dance and music and
is celebrated from the first to ninth date of Ashwin Shukla Paksha
of the Hindu Calendar for the worship of Goddess Durga. North Indians
celebrate the 9 days of Navratri watching the annual
Ramlila performances under the post-monsoon skies full of twinkling
stars. For 9 days, women wear their best saris and beautiful jewellery,
and attend late night cultural programmes of music and dance. Coconut
laddoos, payash, bundi sweets are typical Navratra food preparations.
Navratri 2006 will be celebrated from 19th March to 27th March. |
Khuskhus Aloo
