Navratri

Nine nights honouring the nine forms of Goddess Durga

Ghatasthapana

📅 Ashwin Shukla Pratipada

lunar

Installation of the sacred kalash to invoke Goddess Durga

Significance: Beginning of Navratri

📅 Ashwin Shukla Dashami

lunar

Victory of Rama over Ravana; burning of Ravana effigies

Significance: Triumph of good over evil

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