Navratri Decoration Themes at Home
Navratri is a nine-day long festival celebrated throughout India with all the pomp and shows. It is one of the major festivals of West Bengal and Gujarat. It is also celebrated in South India especially in Tamil Nadu as the Golu festival. The streets are filled with pandals with goddess Durga idols and people come in these pandals where they celebrate together. The individual family usually keep Kalash during these 9 days and pray to goddess Durga. In Navratri, we pray to nine avatars of goddess Durga.
As with any festival, we Hindus celebrate Dusshera with new clothes, decorate our home and traditional food. So here are my top picks of Navratri Theme Decoration at home.
De-clutter and clean up spaces
Even before thinking of decoration, the first thing is to de-clutter and clean up your house. Even if you want a simple decoration, it is still important to arrange your home and pooja room before you think of any kind of decoration. So come on, sort your things out and definitely give away the things you have not used in the last 6 months. If you can then please donate it to NGO they will distribute it to someone who will actually need it.
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Navratri Theme Decoration
As we worship nine avatars of goddess Durga, over 9 days and you can take each day and decorate your house. Navratri theme decorations can be as per colours which are associate with the 9 avatars of the goddess. So here I am suggesting Navratri theme ideas.
So, you can decorate the house as per the below guide:
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Day 1:
Day 1 is of goddess Shailaputri. The colour associated with her is vibrant orange which signifies the energy
Day 2:
Day 2 is the day of goddess Brahmacharini. She is a symbol of peace hence white colour is her representation
Day 3:
Day 3 is the day of Goddess Chandraghanta. Her favourite colour is red
Day 4:
Day 4 is celebrated as worshipping Maa Khushmanda. She is associated with royal blue and is a symbol of health and wellness
Day 5:
Day 5 is for worshipping Goddess Skandamata, mother of Lord Kartikeya, one should wear yellow which stands for happiness and brightness.
Day 6:
Day 6 is of Maa Kaalratri and she signifies new beginnings hence the colour green. This is also the day when the pandals open and marks the start of Durga Puja.
Day 7:
Day 7 devotees worship Maa Katyayani colour associated with her is grey, as it stands for the strength of transforming.
Day 8:
Day 8 is a very important day of Maa Gauri and Maa Mahagauri is worshipped and purple on this day is auspicious, and it symbolises the power of intellect and peace.
Day 9:
last day of Navratri we pray to Maa Durga, Maa Siddhidatri. Peacock Green is the colour for the day it is believed to fulfil the desires of devotees.
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Floral Decoration
Flowers play an important decoration at any festival, somehow festivals are is incomplete without flowers. In Navratri, we focus on flower decoration for Pooja room where we keep our Kalash and pray to goddess Shakti and ask her to bless us and our loved ones.
You can make a nice backdrop before placing Kalash in your pooja room or mandir. Even You could also decorate with flower torans on the door and make flower rangoli. You can even make a marigold garland to decorate the pooja room along with the Kalash.
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Kalash or Earthen Pots
Kalash is a very important part of Dussehra. This is the very first ritual in Navratri where we invite Goddess Durga to our home to be worship by placing Kalash or earthen pot in our pooja ghar. There are various types of Kalash available. And Gujarat one of the most colourful states has some vibrant Dussehra decoration ideas. Even the Kalash of theirs is the designer painted in colours and embellished with motifs and mirrors.
Usually, before placing the Kalash we add some soil on the base and add some barley seeds to this soil and place the Kalash on that. After 9 days the barley seeds germinate and this is also one of the prasad’s of the pooja.
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Decorative Diya
Any Hindu festival cannot celebrate with diyas. We Hindus pray to 5 elements that we believe is the basis of all creations namely, earth, water, fire, air and space. Diya or deep usually represent fire in elements. We usually light up Diya in odd numbers like 1,3,5,7,9,11,21 or 51 or 101. So in these combinations, we can think of Diya decoration ideas for our homes and puja Ghar. Some people form patterns with diyas or use them in rangoli to give a good look at their creations.
Golu idols
Golu is a festival of Tamil Nadu and is usually celebrated around Navratri. It is also called Navratri Kolu. It’s a festival of dolls and figurines. People make a separate place in their home to make Golu temples where these dolls are usually placed the odd number of padhis or tier, Golu temple ideas are theme-based and can be traditionally related to some Hindu legends or can be on the secular issue. In ancient times Golu was celebrated to promote agriculture, handicraft and was a way to celebrate women creativity.
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Alpana
Alpana is the same type as Rangolis, but it is made out of a paste of water, flour and rice. It is hand-make and is very popular and traditions of Bengal. The shapes of Alpana are very important for example circular Alpana is the only draw where the deity is to be placed. In a Bengali household, this Alpana are a very important Durga puja background decoration and even today designs are pass over from generation to generations
Pooja thali decoration
Pooja thali is very important during Navratri and Aarti thali is require as well. Aarti thali decoration is a very unique concept. Aarti thali decoration with fresh flowers is our favourite because it doesn’t require a lot of effort, but if you looking to do something different check out these Aarti thali decoration ideas for Navratri
Pooja bells and Shankh
If we doing Aarti any Aarti is incomplete without bells. Gone are the days when you had only one type of bell these days we get really fancy and designer pooja bells some crafted and some are hand-painted. Shanks or conch shell is also important. Some shanks blow, and they are considered very auspicious and usually found with the priests. If you know how to blow the shank great, but if you don’t still have a shank in your house they add Navratri Theme decorations to our home with different colours some with really intricate carvings.
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Navratri is one of the longest festivals in the Hindu Calendar and requires a lot of efforts and preparation. Some devotees fast for 9 days without any salt or grains, some live only on fruits. No one has to do anything but it’s our love and devotion to goddess Durga that we don’t mind anything. I hope that this piece where I have mentioned 9 Navratri decoration at home with your family helps you in planning your Navratri properly. May goddess Shakti bless all of you.
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