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Navratri

Nine nights, nine colours: a different colour to wear each day, and mirrored skirts whirling in the garba.

Arati at the rakshitbARi puja in Giridih , Jharkhand (Earlier in Bihar ). The priest is performing a ritual dance with the lamp.
Photo: Mukerjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Navratri

Navratri is nine nights of worship of the goddess in her nine forms, ending on the tenth day, Dussehra. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, and now much further, each day has a colour to wear, and offices, trains and colleges turn one colour at a time. The nine are usually white, red, royal blue, yellow, green, grey, orange, peacock green and pink. The order is not fixed: it follows the weekday on which the festival begins, so the list changes every year and is published in newspapers beforehand. The custom is modern and was spread by the press in Mumbai. In Gujarat the nights are for garba and dandiya, danced in chaniya choli, wide skirts in red, pink, yellow and green, embroidered and set with mirrors.

#FFFFFFNavratri whiteOne of the nine: peace and purity.
#D21F2BNavratri redOne of the nine: the power of the goddess.
#1F3FA8Royal blueOne of the nine.
#F7C81ENavratri yellowOne of the nine: brightness and joy.
#0F8C7APeacock greenOne of the nine.
#F47B20Navratri orangeOne of the nine: warmth and energy.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

Royal blueOne of the nine daily colours.RedThe colour most tied to the goddess.GreyAn unusual festival colour, one of the nine.PinkOne of the nine.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Navaratri" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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