1- Sharad Navratri is celebrated in autumn that is the lunar month of Ashwin 2- Chaitra Navratri/Vasanta Navratri is celebrated in Spring that is the lunar month of Chaitra 3- Magh Navratri is celebrated in winters 4- Ashada Navratri is celebrated in monsoon season.
The first two Navaratri is celebrated with great fervor while other two are celebrated in some parts of the India. The nine days of Navratri are celebrated differently in different parts of India. The Sharad Navratri basically culminates Maa Durga Puja and Dussehra. The Vasanta Navratri worships avatar of Vishnu mainly Lord Ram so Ram Navami is celebrated on a ninth day.
How Sharad Navratri is celebrated and worshipped :
The first three days of Sharad Navratri is invoked for the strength and ferocity of Maa Durga. For next three days, Maa Lakshmi is worshipped, who represents the wealth and prosperity in our life. The wealth here refers to the spiritual wealth. People worship Goddess Lakshmi to invite her to bring wealth. The last three nights are spent in worshipping Maa Saraswati who signifies the highest wisdom and knowledge. Here knowledge represents the knowledge of self.
During the Sharad Navratri, devotees worship nine goddess on each day. They keep fast for nine days and do bhajans and kirtan to make Goddess happy. The last day is celebrated with Ayudha puja in this all the works tools household appliance and vehicle is worshipped. According to legends, on the tenth day of navratri Maa Durga had killed the demon Mahishasur. On the tenth day, navratri festival ends by the celebration of Dussehra, which is celebrated as the victory of good over evil. Dussehra is also celebrated, because Lord Rama killed the demon Ravana on the same day of Dasara.
Different type of people with one reason that is the victory of good over evil, celebrate Navratri. It is the most auspicious festival when various rituals and pujas are done to worship different forms of Maa Durga. It is celebrated to establish a connection with a supreme power of God. The Navratri is also considered as Hindu festival of dance. In some parts of the India, people perform Dandiya and Garba dance during navratri. Especially, in Gujarat and Maharashtra people created Pandals to perform these dance forms.
