Chaitra Navratri, the nine-day period of fasting and worshipping goddess Durga is here. Devotees in India and Hindu diaspora all over the world observe fast during this auspicious time, from morning to evening and worship Maa Durga and her nine incarnations. Out of the four Navratris that are observed every year, two of them - Sharadiya Navratri and Chaitra Navratri- are more popular.
Chaitra Navratri falls on the first day of Hindu lunisolar calendar and coincides with a range of spring festivals that mark the beginning of a new year from Ugadi in South India to Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.
