Colours of Festival

Navratri and Durga Puja are dedicated to worship Goddess Durga all around the globe. It began on 25^th Sep this year and this festival is being celebrated for 9 nights and most importantly nine forms of the Goddess are worshipped.

Every year devotees try to know the list of nine colours we are supposed to wear on each day. Here are those nine colours listed below.

1^st Day: Ghantasthapana/Pratipada (25^th Sep, 2014) – Yellow

Shailaputri Maa is worshiped this day who dresses Grey saree on this day when earthen pot is installed. Deevotees wear yellow this day.

2^nd Day: Dwitiya (26^th Sep, 2014) – Green

Bhrahmacharini Maa is worshiped this day and is believed that she enlightens forms with great power, spiritual and divine grace and she dresses orange. All the devotees should wear green this day.

3^rd Day: Tritiya (27^th Sep, 2014) – Grey

Chandraghanata Maa is worshipped this day who symbolizes serenity, peace, bravery and beauty of one’s life. She dresses white this day. This day devotees perform Gauri vrata and Sindhoor Tritiya Sowbhagya Teej wearing grey color.

4^th Day: Chaturthi (28^th Sep, 2014) – Orange

Kushmanda Maa is worshiped this day who is the creator of this universe and she wears red saree. Bhouma Chaturthi is followed this 4^th day and all the devotees wear orange.

5^th Day: Panchami (29^th Sep, 2014) – White

Skandamata is worshiped on 5^th day who demolishes the demons dressing the blue saree. Devotees follow Upang Lalitha Gauri Vrata wearing white.

6^th Day: Shashti (30^th Sep, 2014) – Red

Katyayani Maa is worshiped this day who is known as avatar of Durga Maa and she wears yellow saree. This day Maha Shashti is observed and all the devotees wear red coloured clothes.

7^th Day: Saptami (1^st Oct, 2014) – Blue

Kaalaratri Maa protects all the devotees and she’s worshiped on this 7 day. She wears green saree. Maha Saptaami is observed this day and the devotees wear blue.

8^th Day: Ashtami (2^nd Oct, 2014) – Pink

Maha Gauri maa is worshiped today and is regarded for forgiving her devotees’ sins and helping in getting purified. She wears peacock green on this Durga Ashtami. This day Saraswati Puja is observed this day devotees wear pink.

9^th Day or 10^th Day – Navami or Dasami or Dussehra (3^rd Oct, 2014) – Purple

Siddhidatri Maa with great supernatural powers wears purple and is worshiped on this special day. Maha Navami puja and Kanya puja are done this day giving importance to ladies. Devotees wear purple this day. Both Navami and Dashami fell on the same day.