NAVRATRI RECIPES
The Navratri (nine nights) festival
which marks the onset of autumn is celebrated in different ways all over
the country. It is a festival of worship, dance and music and is
celebrated from the first to ninth date of Ashwin Shukla Paksha of the
Hindu Calendar for the worship of Goddess Durga. North Indians celebrate
the 9 days of Navratri watching the annual Ramlila performances under
the post-monsoon skies full of twinkling stars. For 9 days, women wear
their best saris and beautiful jewellery, and attend late night cultural
programmes of music and dance. Coconut laddoos, payash, bundi sweets are
typical Navratra food preparations. Navratri 2006 will be celebrated
from 19th March to 27th March.
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