All across India, the festival is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm. To commemorate the battle and in veneration of Ma Durga, these nine nights are celebrated as the festival of Navratri. It could take the very last bit of one’s resolve, but in the end, it is Dharma that will reign victorious. Surely, Ma Durga could have destroyed the demon with a blink of Her eyelids, but through this battle she chose to send a message to mankind, that no matter how strong the forces of adharma may seem and howsoever long the battle may last, we must never give up, we must fight adharma unabated. The Dev’s were helpless against this onslaught so they went to seek the protection of Ma Durga (also referred to as Ma Ambe), beseeching her to slay the demon.Īnd so it came to pass that the Supreme Mother Goddess, took to battle with Mahishasur, which lasted all of nine days and nine nights before Mahishasur was annihilated. Brahma granted him his boon, which made him almost invincible, but he then started using his powers for evil. He asked for such a boon as he believed that a woman could never be strong enough to challenge him. And from Brahma he asked for a boon, that no man would ever be able to defeat him.
Mahishasur was a powerful demon King and devotee of Brahma. These two lively folk dances of Gujarat, which now are performed across the globe, have deep spiritual roots and are a form of worship. Captivating visuals of happy people playing Garba and Dandia come straight to mind when one thinks of the celebration of the Sharad Navratri in Gujarat.
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