
When is Navarathri?
Navarathri falls on different days each year in the Western calendar as it is calculated based on the Hindu calendar. Typically, Navarathri happens anytime between mid September and mid October. It falls after about one month after Ganesh Chathurthi and about three weeks before Diwali.
When does Navarathri happen in…..
2015 - Navarathri starts on October 13 and ends on October 21
2016 - Navarathri starts on October 1 and ends on October 9
2017 - Navarathri starts on September 21 and ends on September 29
2018 - Navarathri starts on October 9 and ends on October 17
2019 - Navarathri starts on September 29 and ends on October 7
2020 - Navarathri starts on October 17 and ends on October 25
2021 - Navarathri starts on October 6 and ends on October 14
2022 - Navarathri starts on September 26 and ends on October 4
2023 - Navarathri starts on October 15 and ends on October 23
How is Navarathri Celebrated?

Each state or region in India celebrates it slightly different. Let’s look at a few different ways Navarathri is celebrated in different parts of India.
Kerala
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Author, Jennifer Kumar, celebrating in Palakkad, India. |
Cities in Kerala: Kochi (Cochin), Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Kozhikode, Kannur, Thrissur.
Tamil Nadu

More about Navarathri:
Memories of Navarathri in Tamil Nadu by Padmini Natarajan.
Cities in Tamil Nadu: Chennai (Madras), Kanchipuram, Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari
West Bengal

Cities in West Bengal: Calcutta (Kolkata)
A similar celebration to the one in Calcutta happens in Mauritius. Read more here.
How can we wish our Indian counterparts on this holiday?
"Happy Navarathri" is a wide spead English greeting.
"Shubh Navarathri" Hindi (North India)/Malayalam (Kerala). This is written in Malayalam in the first image of this blog post.

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Photo credit from top to bottom:
Shubh Navarathri in Malayalam: Jennifer Kumar
Car blessing: Balu Velacherry
Golu in Palakkad: Krishna Kumar
Thamboolam: Raji Muthukrishnan
Sundal: Srivalli Jetti
Devi (photo at the top): Vidianand Baree
Golu by Jennifer: Krishna Kumar