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Sentence needs clarification[edit]

Under Garbha, I do not understand exactly what is meant by this sentence:

A Hindu religious, traditional festival of goddess of power — Amba or Durga for the first nine nights of the month Ashwin of the Vikram year.

It appears to be an incomplete sentence to me. I think it needs clarification.

Appearance of bias?[edit]

I am completely unacquainted with Navaratri, so please excuse me if I am misinterpreting or otherwise making mistakes. This passage made me pause, however:

"Hindu devotees celebrate Navratri by fasting. But, fasting is not the correct way to please Maa Durga during Navratri or Shradha Navratri. Holy Bhagavad Gita has also denied fasting. It is clearly mentioned in Holy Bhagavad Gita Adhyay 6 Shlok 16 that this Yog Sadhna is not successful for those who sleep too much or don't sleep, nor for those who eat too much or don't eat,i.e., fasting. That's the reason we did not get the true fruits of Worship."

"fasting is not the correct way" and the succeeding text sounds like an opinion, which doesn't seem suitable for a Wikipedia article. The text may in fact be correct, but it has the effect of invalidating or denigrating the Hindu practice. Can it be rephrased in some more objective fashion, such as:

"However, most groups consider that fasting is not the correct way to please Maa Durga during Navratri or Shradha Navratri. Holy Bhagavad Gita denies fasting, and Holy Bhagavad Gita Adhyay 6 Shlok 16 says that this Yog Sadhna is not successful for those who sleep too much or don't sleep, nor for those who eat too much or don't eat. Improper sleep and dietary practices are sometimes viewed as the reason humans have not received the true fruits of Worship."

Again, apologies if I'm trampling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ms2art (talk • contribs) 20:01, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaning up[edit]

I noticed that a lot of room for improvement on this page, especially grammatically and stylistically. I'm going to be spending some time researching and editing the article to polish it up. Feel free to help if you want! Raps19 (talk) 06:09, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling issue on Navaratri[edit]

Well the original and commonly used spelling is Navratri which translates from नवरात्री

But maybe in English this is written as Navaratri only and also Navadurga which is actually Navdurga.

I have seen here is quote cited next to Navaratri (in bold) about 'also spelled as' but being "Navratri" being excessively used everywhere especially in hashtags all across social media. So I want to mention "Navratri" also next to Navaratri. Like this Navaratri or Navratri/Navaratri or notably known or spelled as Navratri.

Keshavv1234 (talk) 16:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The spelling used is the correct transliteration of the Devanagari name (though your ending of long i is wrong). That is how the WP:RS spell it.^[1] -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:25, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Caleb Simmons; Moumita Sen; Hillary Rodrigues (11 July 2018). Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-7071-9.

Navratri[edit]

English 2405:204:8302:3D41:0:0:1F27:40A5 (talk) 17:15, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Community Economic and Social Development II[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2024 and 12 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Abhi Suthar (article contribs).

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[SimmonsSenRodrigues2018-1] Caleb Simmons; Moumita Sen; Hillary Rodrigues (11 July 2018). Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-7071-9.

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