Chaitra Navaratri, the spring edition of one of India’s most vibrant festivals Navaratri, will be celebrated with devotion, ...

Chaitra Navaratri symbolizes renewal, growth and fresh beginnings. In many ways, the festival is a time to pause, reflect and ...

Chaitra Navaratri, or Vasanta Navratri, is a nine-night Hindu festival dedicated to worshipping Durga in nine forms, ...

As many parents know, the line between passing along cultural traditions and mortifying your children in public can be perilously thin. For one mother, that dilemma arose this year ahead of Navaratri, ...

Navaratri, a nine-day Hindu festival celebrated in India as well as by believers on Long Island, begins on Sunday. This week’s commenters discuss the observance of the festival, which is celebrated ...

(RNS) — Throughout the United States, South Asian Americans young and old have come out to dance garba, the folk dance that began as a devotional form of worship and has now become a cultural ...

From kalash to coconut and flowers to bhog, here's a complete list of Puja items that you need for the nine days of Chaitra ...

Ram Navami is the celebration of the avataran or birth, of lord Rama. The King of Ayodhya was born in the Shukla Paksha of ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The annual nine-night Hindu celebration of Navaratri officially began on Monday.

His soulful renditions aim to deepen the spiritual connection with Maa Durga.

The nine days of Navaratri are fundamentally divided into three *gunas*—Rajas, Tamas, and Sattva—which are also collectively ...