There are four different Navaratri festivals are celebrated all over the India. This festival is celebrated complete year. But Sharad Navaratri is the very common festival, and this comes late September or in early October. In south India this festival is very famous. However, in north India this festival is celebrated as puja all these rituals are conducted sincerely by the people.

Many people fast for all the nine days, they take only one time meal for all the ten days. This year this festival starts on the 29th September and ends in 7th October. In south India people worship first three days goddess Durga who is known as Parvathi wife of Shiva. The next three days the worship will turn to goddess Lakshmi. The last three days for the goddess Saraswathi.

Navarathri gives meaning of nine nights. All these nine nights goddess will be prayed by the devotees; in all the goddess temples during these days there will be more grand celebrations to please the goddess Durga.

The festival ends in the name of Dussehra, Dasami or Vijaya dasami. Where all the south Indians are residing they celebrate these nine days by inviting ladies and they honor the ladies who are visiting to their homes. Ladies will be moving to other homes to see the GOLU which is very important in these festivals for the south Indians. Golu is keeping the images of the god, goddess and famous people and other handcraft goods. In all the temples there will be a music concert to please the goddess with the music. Even a lady who visits to the other homes will be requested to sing a song on the God.

In north India they create a big clay or paper made idol of the durga and keep in the common place to worship. After the festival days they throw the clay image of the durga into the river or ocean. However, people buy every year one or three new dolls and place them with the present dolls. There will be heavy sales for the god images on the road. The ninth day of the festival is celebrated commonly by all community people, the puja is only for the instruments, tools, and other important things used for any profession. This day is called as Ayuda puja, ayuda gives meaning here for the day an object which is used for an earning purpose.

Although, these festival days are only for ladies, gents in the home will be helping the ladies to celebrate all the nine days grandly. Every day evening the ladies at homes will be making a sweet or other dishes and offer to the Goddess and the same dish will be offered to the neighbors and friends. Children will be happy to see the images at all homes which are arranged as stairs with the clay images. Children will collect the sand and they make a park and with the little images on the plastic. However, all these nine days are enjoyable moments for all the Hindus.