Chaitra Navratri is one of the major Hindu festivals which is widely celebrated by devotees across the world. This festival is celebrated in the month of Chaitra, as per the Hindu calendar, and hence named so. Meanwhile, Navratri is made up of two Hindi words-- Nav meaning nine, and Ratri meaning nights. Hence, Navratri is celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour by devotees for nine nights, worshipping nine forms of Goddess Durga-- one on each day.
The nine forms of Goddess or Maa Durga celebrated during these nine auspicious days are-- Maa Shailputri, Maa Brahmacharini, Maa Chandraghanta, Maa Kushmanda, Maa Skandamata, Maa Katyayani, Maa Kalaratri, Maa Mahagauri and Maa Siddhidatri.
These nine avatars of Maa Durga or Adi Shakti are called Navadurga.
Chaitra Navratri also marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year, and it also signifies the onset of summers. During these nine auspicious days, devotees pray to Maa Durga to seek her protect and blessings, fast, chant mantras and meditate. They get up early in the mornings, take a bath and wear clean clothes, pray to Goddess Durga and only have Satvik food like fruits and certain vegetables. Devotees also refrain from having alcohol, negative thoughts and speech, and Tamsik foods as per Ayurveda.
This year Chaitra Navratri is being celebrated from April 9 to April 17, 2024. To help you wish your friends and family on these auspicious days, here we list down some messages, greetings, wishes, mantras and quotes that you can send them. Read on to know more.
Wishes and Messages
1. May Maa Durga bless you with her divine powers! Happy Chaitra Navratri!
2. Chaitra Navratri is here! Let us fast, pray and meditate together and seek Maa Durga's divine blessings!
3. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
4. May you be blessed with the nine forms of Maa Durga on these nine auspicious days! Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
5. Wish you a very happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
6. Here's wishing you and your family a very happy Chaitra Navratri! From my family to yours!
7. May Goddess Durga protect us all. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
8. May Maa Durga rremove all obstacles from our lives and bless us to be successful. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
9. May Maa Durga help us manifest all our desires. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
10. This Navratri, I hope all our wishes and desires are fulfilled by Maa Durga. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
11. Navratri is an auspicious time to go inward and reflect upon our deeds to become a better version of ourselves. Happy Chaitra Navratri!
12. Navratri is a reminder of good always winning over evil. Happy Chaitra Navratri!
13. Let truth prevail. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
14. May this nine auspicious days of Navratri bring love, luck, prosperity and happiness in your life. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
15. May Maa Durga bless us all. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
16. May our lives be filled with sweetness just like the Navratri Bhog and fruits. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
17. May Goddess Durga's divine grace protect us from all harm and lead us towards a path of righteousness. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
18. May this Navratri bring you closer to your spiritual roots and deepen your connection with the divine. Happy Navratri!
19. May this Navratri help us grow spiritually. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
20. Wishing you a Navratri filled with devotion, love, and reverence for Goddess Durga. Happy Navratri!
21. May the divine presence of Goddess Durga guide you towards righteousness and virtue. Happy Navratri!
22. Navratri is a time to remember that no matter what happens in life, good always triumphs over evil. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
23. May Maa Durga protect, bless, and guide us all. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
24. May the nine forms of Goddess Durga bless you with wisdom, courage, and compassion. Happy Navratri!
25. May we imbibe atleast some good traits from each of the nine forms of Maa Durga this Navratri. Happy Navratri!
26. May each day of Navratri fill your heart with devotion, love, and gratitude towards Goddess Durga. Happy Navratri!
27. As we all fast and pray during Navratri, may we find inner strength, clarity, and purpose. Happy Navratri!
28. Sending you warm wishes for a blessed and auspicious Navratri.
29. May you find fulfillment in the divine energy of Goddess Durga. Happy Chaitra Navratri 2024!
30. As you celebrate Navratri, may you be filled with love, positivity, and gratitude. Happy Navratri!
31. May Goddess Durga bless you with strength and courage to overcome all obstacles in life. Happy Chaitra Navratri!
32. May this Navratri bring joy, peace, and prosperity to all of us. Happy Navratri!
33. Wishing you nine days filled with devotion, spirituality, and blessings. Happy Navratri!
Quotes on the essence of Navratri: The victory of good over evil
1. “There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. “Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them.” ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
3. “I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.”
― Charles Dickens
4. “What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?” ― Libba Bray, Rebel Angels
5. “People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
6. “There is no denying that there is evil in this world but the light will always conquer the darkness.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
7. “Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
8. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
9. “No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive. Evil may set out to corrupt others, but in the process corrupts itself.”― John Connolly, The Infernals
10. “Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.”― Nora Roberts, Heaven and Earth
11. "The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
12. "All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on." -Rufus Wainwright
13. "Evil is the absence of good." - St. Augustine
14. "Good and evil are eternal opposites. They are in continuous conflict, and neither can ever be completely destroyed." - Zoroaster
15. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
16. "The victory of good over evil is the victory of light over darkness, of knowledge over ignorance, and of love over hate." - Unknown
17. “Light can devour the darkness but darkness cannot consume the light.”― Ken Poirot
18. “Good wins in the end because evil is a self-destructive, cannibalistic force that Inevitably engorges upon itself.”― Ken Poirot
19. “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
20. “When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil. ”- Gregory Maguire
21. “Think good and good follows. Think evil and evil follows. You are what you think all day long.”- Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
22. ” Each human being shall have all of these in him, and they will constitute his nature. In some, there will be high and fine characteristics which will submerge the evil ones, and those will be called good men; in others the evil characteristics will have dominion, and those will be called bad men.”- Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth
23. “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”- C.S. Lewis
, The Great Divorce
24. “This is the thing about good and evil. They aren’t so far apart - and they often start from the same valiant place of wanting something to be different.”- Laura Dave, The Last Thing He Told Me
25. "In the end, good always triumphs over evil because the light will always overpower the darkness." - Anonymous
26. "Goodness is the true superpower that conquers all evil in the end." - Unknown
27. "The victory of good over evil is not just a possibility; it's an inevitability." - Unknown
28. "No matter how powerful evil may seem, it cannot withstand the strength of a united front of good-hearted individuals." - Unknown
29. "Even in the darkest of times, the light of goodness shines brightest." - Unknown
30. "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."- J.K. Rowling
Mantras for Goddes Durga
1. Mantra to chant on Day 1 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Shailputri
ॐ देवी शैलपुत्र्यै नमः
2. Mantra to chant on Day 2 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Brahmacharini
ॐ देवी ब्रह्मचारिण्यै नमः
3. Mantra to chant on Day 3 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Chandraghanta
ॐ देवी चंद्रघण्टायै नमः
4. Mantra to chant on Day 4 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Kushmanda
ॐ देवी कूष्माण्डायै नमः
5. Mantra to chant on Day 5 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Skandamata
ॐ देवी स्कन्दमात्र्यै नमः
6. Mantra to chant on Day 6 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Katyayani
ॐ देवी कात्यायन्यै नमः
7. Mantra to chant on Day 7 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Kaalratri
करालवंदना धोरां मुक्तकेशी चतुर्भुजाम्। कालरात्रिं करालिंका दिव्यां विद्युतमाला विभूषिताम
8. Mantra to chant on Day 8 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri
पूर्णन्दु निभां गौरी सोमचक्रस्थितां अष्टमं महागौरी त्रिनेत्राम्, वराभीतिकरां त्रिशूल डमरूधरां महागौरी भजेम्
9. Mantra to chant on Day 9 of Navratri, which is dedicated to Goddess Siddhidatri
ॐ देवी सिद्धिदात्र्यै नमः
Apart from these, you can also chant these mantras and shlokas:
1. सर्वभूता यदा देवी स्वर्गमुक्तिप्रदायिनी।
त्वं स्तुता स्तुतये का वा भवन्तु परमोक्तयः॥
2. या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता,
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः।।
3. सर्वमंगल मांगल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके।
शरण्ये त्र्यंबके गौरी नारायणि नमोऽस्तुते।।
4. रक्षांसि यत्रोग्रविषाश्च नागा यत्रारयो दस्युबलानि यत्र।
दावानलो यत्र तथाब्धिमध्ये तत्र स्थिता त्वं परिपासि विश्वम्॥
1. या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता,
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः।।
