Navratri 2025 Colours, Goddess Forms & Their Spiritual Significance

Shardiya Navratri 2025 begins on September 22 and ends on October 2. These nine auspicious nights are dedicated to the nine divine forms of Maa Durga, each symbolizing unique virtues like strength, wisdom, love, and transformation. Wearing a specific colour each day aligns you spiritually with that day's goddess energy.

What is Navratri and Why Is It Celebrated?

Navratri—literally meaning "nine nights"—is a vibrant Hindu festival that honours the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasura, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. Each day is marked by prayers, fasting, music, dance, and rituals that celebrate the divine feminine energy in her various forms.

Nine Days of Navratri 2025: Goddess, Colours & Meaning

Tip: Wearing the designated colour each day is believed to attract the positive vibrations of that goddess's qualities.

Forms of Goddess Durga & Daily Worship Essentials

Each goddess represents a stage of spiritual evolution. Daily offerings, foods, and mantras can help deepen your connection.

• Shailputri: Strength & earth energy | Offer: Desi Ghee

• Brahmacharini: Devotion & penance | Offer: Sugar

• Chandraghanta: Courage & grace | Offer: Kheer

• Kushmanda: Creative power | Offer: Malpua

• Skandamata: Nurturing & protection | Offer: Bananas

• Katyayani: Fierce protector | Offer: Honey

• Kalaratri: Destroyer of darkness | Offer: Jaggery

• Mahagauri: Purity & forgiveness | Offer: Coconut

• Siddhidatri: Completeness & wisdom | Offer: Sesame Seeds

Fasting & Ritual Guidelines for Navratri

Fasting Types:

• Full 9-day fast or only Day 1 & Day 9

• Allowed foods: Dairy, fruits, rock salt, potatoes, pumpkin

• Avoid: Grains, onion, garlic, meat, processed food

Puja Ritual Essentials:

• Sow barley in a pot symbolizing new beginnings

• Set up a Kalash (holy pot) with mango leaves & coconut

• Keep an Akhand Jyoti (eternal flame) throughout

• Perform aarti and chant Durga mantras daily

Kanya Pujan (Worship of Girls)

On Day 8 or 9, young girls (symbolizing divine energy) are invited, worshipped, and offered food and gifts. This ritual is believed to complete the Navratri vrat (fast) and bring blessings

Spiritual Decor Tip: Bring Goddess Home with Tanjore Art

Tanjore paintings are not just art—they are sacred visual meditations. Placing a Tanjore painting of Maa Durga during Navratri can:

• Energize your space spiritually

• Create a divine altar at home

• Attract blessings of the Goddess

Explore Tanjore Paintings of Durga

Important Muhurat Timings (2025)

• Ghatasthapana (Kalash Sthapana): Sept 22, 06:09 AM – 08:06 AM

• Ashtami Tithi Begins: Sept 29, 09:33 AM

• Navami Tithi Begins: Sept 30, 06:06 PM

• Vijaya Dashami (Dussehra): Oct 2

  • Aparahna Puja Muhurat: 1:22 PM – 3:44 PM

  • Vijay Muhurat: 2:09 PM – 2:56 PM

Navratri Do’s and Don'ts

Do’s

• Wear bright/sacred colours

• Stay clean, meditate & fast

• Perform daily puja and aarti

• Drink plenty of water

• Use only natural ingredients in food

Don’ts

• Avoid black clothes during puja

• Don’t cut hair or nails

• Avoid arguments or negativity

• No consumption of meat or alcohol

• Don’t disrespect elders or women

Final Thoughts

Navratri is not just a festival—it’s a spiritual journey to purify the self, seek blessings, and awaken inner power. By embracing the day-wise rituals, colours, fasting, and devotion, devotees align themselves with higher energies.

Make this Navratri special by inviting the divine into your home with handcrafted Tanjore Paintings from Ethnic Tanjore Arts.