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

Chaitra Navratri, a nine-day festival honouring Goddess Durga and her nine forms, commences on March 19, 2026. Celebrated ...

Astrologically, Chaitra Navaratri is considered a highly auspicious period for spiritual purification, karmic cleansing, and new beginnings. The cosmic energies during these nine days are believed to ...

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 ...

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.

To celebrate the Hindu holidays of Vijayadashami and Navaratri, Duke’s Hindu Student Association (HSA) held a Navaratri event on Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm in the Duke Chapel. The annual ...

Guests dressed in brightly colored traditional Indian attire gathered at the Wyndham Lancaster Resort and Convention Center in East Lampeter Township for a Navaratri festival. The South Asian ...

From the outside, Srinivas Jayashankar’s East Meadow home is like any other on its suburban block. But as one gets closer, it becomes clear that something very special awaits. The first clue is the ...

Navaratri is one of India's most widely observed Hindu festivals. People celebrate with music, dance and worship of the Goddess and many observe partial or full dietary fasts for spiritual reasons.