Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1472
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1472
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NAVARĀTRI. Navarātripūjā (nine nights' worship) is done to goddess Durgā. Though this is observed throughout the whole of India, it is more prominent in North India than anywhere else. (To know the details regarding the origin of this worship, see under Sudarśa, Śaśikalā and Vijayadaśamī).