Navratri Festival 2013, Saturday, 5h October Navaratri is a festival of nine days, in which the Devi, or divine mother, is worshipped. It is celebrated all over India. It happens twice a year, but the main celebration usually comes end of September or beginning of October, depending on the astrological calendar. It is said that this creation is governed by 64 aspects or energies of the Devi, and these energies are all contained within one’s awakened consciousness. The celebrations during the nine nights of navaratri rekindle those energies, harmonize the environment and bring depth to our lives. The Sanskrit word ‘navaratri’ is made up of a two parts: ‘nava’, which means ‘nine’, and ‘ratri’ which means ‘night’. ‘Ratri’ actually refers a period where you are ‘in rest’, where the consciousness turns inward. ‘Ra’ also means ‘giving solace’, and ‘tri’ refers to the ‘three aspects of our life’, the body, mind and soul. So when the consciousness turns inward, it gives solace to these three aspects of our life.