Photo Album of Navarathri/Pooja Festival

In the eve of Navarathri, we would like to write a post about it. Whole India is celebrating Navarathri festival, but name and way of celebration is different. In Kerala and Tamilnadu, people celebrate this Navarathri as Pooja. 






Commonly people used to celebrate the festival for 10 days. But most of the people give importance for last two days. 9th day of Navarathri is Mahanavami. Here the people celebrate as Ayutha Pooja. We know the proverb “Work is workship”. So the people keep their tools, machines and other materials according to their job for Pooja. And they pray for prosperity of their life.





10th day of the festival is Vijayadasami. Since Saraswathy is the goddess of knowledge, people do Pooja for goddess Saraswathy, so it is called as Saraswathy Pooja. This day is for students. Students keep their books, study materials, musical instruments, etc for Pooja. Here they pray to God for their better knowledge.







This day is most suitable for start new activities in the life. So parents take their children to temples, churches and other cultural institutions to start their activities through the eminent personalities.



Above photos are taken from our home on the day of Pooja.

The following photos are from Attukal Bhagavathi Temple, Trivandrum on the eve of Navarathri/Pooja Festival


25 comments:

kalaiselvisblog said...

wow... nice post buddy... d way u have done pooja was amazing.... nice clicks....

Rajesh said...

Wonderful shot o celebrations. Happy Navaratri

Saru Singhal said...

Beautiful pictures...:)
Saru

FirstTimeMother said...

I love festivals. The celebrations bring joy to the heart.
Lovely pictures specially the first one (ghar ka mandir). :)

Jama said...

What an interesting and colourful poja!

R. Ramesh said...

good one..n thanks..

naimishika said...

nice photos and details... good blogging

anupama said...

Dear Krishna,
May Goddess Saraswathi Bless You!
Amazing photos;crystal clear!
Marigold all the way !
So fresh and fragrant flowers!
Hearty Congratulations!
Sasneham,
Anu

Arti said...

Lovely pictures of Navratri festival. Loved the colorful decoration, you have decorated it so well. Also the yummy treats looks mouth
watering :)

Thaikaden said...

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. (I want the "prasadam"

Anonymous said...

awwww :)
I am so bad at festival celebration, do not know any rituals :(

great photographs... :D festive season it is on blogosphere

Anya said...

Wonderful celebration
thanks for sharing :-)

Hugs from The netherlands :))))

Urmi said...

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your lovely comment.
Very beautiful pictures of Navratri festival with nice description. I appreciate for your wonderful post.

Meera Rao said...

The puja, the flowers, the decorations and the naivedyam/prasada - thats a lovely complete celebration! I love the close-up shots of it all :)

Ash said...

Thank you so much for sharing these lovely photos! Hope you had a great Navaratri.

Anonymous said...

@Kalai Selvi
Thanks for visiting again

@Rajesh
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@Saru
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@Reicha
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@Jama
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@Ramesh
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@Naimishika
Welcome

@Anupama
Thanks for commenting, flowers always beautiful

@Arti
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@Thaikaden
Thanks, How to send prasadam !

@BluntBlogger
Thanks, Festivals brings peace and joyful to our life

@Anya
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@Babli
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@indrani
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@Ash
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Ramakrishnan said...

Superb images of Navaratri celebrations!

metanoia said...

haribol
i enjoyed these photos of navarathri, very beautiful and colorful :) it reminds me a little of ages ago when i was practising hinduism.
have a lovely day :)

Anonymous said...

@RamaKrishnnan
thanks

@Mary-Anne
Welcome to my blog, and also thanks for visiting and commenting

Kalyan said...

Simply beautifully captured shots from this lovely festival!

Anonymous said...

@Kalyan
thanks for visiting and leaving a comment

P.N. Subramanian said...

Very beautiful. As you rightly said, Saraswathi Pooja is important there. Ofcourse, Bomma Kolu is also kept during that period.

sm said...

beautiful pics

Anonymous said...

@Subramanian
Yes, Commonly Bomma Kolu is kept at Brahmin families. Thanks for visiting and leaving comment

@sm
Thanks sm !

TeamKailashOnline said...

Happy Navratri to all..May this festival bring happiness and Prosperity to all..Thanks for sharing.