Navratri 2017: Festival of nine nights begins

A child devotee offering prayer during the three-day Chadhi Yatra ahead of Navratra festival, at Parmandal, about 25 km from Jammu. (PTI)

Updated on: Mar 29, 2017 8:55 AM IST

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A child devotee offering prayer during the three-day Chadhi Yatra ahead of Navratra festival, at Parmandal, about 25 km from Jammu. (PTI)

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Chaitra Navaratri, nine-day Hindu festival is celebrated in honour of Goddess Durga. (Pardeep Pandit/HT Photo)

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Navratri is auspicious festivals in the Hindu calendar. It starts from 28th March 2017 and end with Ram Navmi on 5th April. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)

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A girl looks on as she sticks a coin on the wall of a temple on the first day of Navratri festival in Jammu. (Mukesh Gupta / REUTERS)

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It is believed that people offer prayers to one of the nine forms of the goddess on each of the nine days. (Nitin Kanotra / HT Photo)

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Durga Puja and Ram Lila form significant parts of the Chaitra Navaratri celebrations. (Pardeep Pandit/HT Photo)

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Devotees offer prayers inside the historical Kali Mata Temple on the first day of the Navratri festival in Jammu. (PTI)

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During these nine days, devotees fast and observe strict adherence to religious discipline. (PTI)

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Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers for the Navratri Festival at the Mata Longa Wali Devi temple in Amritsar. As people observe fasting and meditation during these nine days, they also maintain a generally positive, calm and peaceful demeanour, aided by the strictly vegetarian diet followed these nine days. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)