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Navratri (Hindi: नवरात्री Gujarati: નવરાત્રી ଓଡ଼ିଶା [oˑɽisaˑ]) Bengali: নবরাত্রী Kannada: ನವರಾತ್ರಿ Assamese: নৱৰাত্রি Marathi: नवरात्री Punjabi: ਨਰਾਤੇ Kashmiri: نَورات / नवरात Telugu: నవరాత్రీ Tamil: நவராத்திரி Malayalam: നവരാത്രി) is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped.
