Navratri is one of India's most colourful and popular celebrations. The word Navratri is derived from the Sanskrit words 'Nav', meaning nine and 'Ratri', meaning nights, making it a nine-night festival. It is celebrated for nine nights straight in honour of Maa Durga and her nine glorious avatars. Millions of people worldwide celebrate this festival in India. It shows that Good will always win over Bad. It also encourages the feminine divine power of Nari Shakti. Navratri is celebrated all over India with rituals, fasting, garba and dandiya dances, and spectacular cultural performances.
Colours are very important during Navratri. Because it is believed that each colour has a separate meaning and pleases different avatars, they enjoy wearing the colours associated with each Goddess and performing various puja rituals to seek her blessings.
Navratri 2025 Colours and Their Significance
Navaratri Day 1 (Orange)
Orange represents warmth. It also holds so much positive energy. On the first day of Navaratri, wearing clothes while doing puja to Goddess Navdurga in this colour will attract her blessings.
Navratri Day 2 (White)
White represents purity and innocence. Wearing this colour on the 2nd day while worshipping Maa Brahmacharini will bring inner peace.
Navratri Day 3 (Red)
Red symbolises love and passion. It is also the colour of the sindoor. Wearing red colour on the 3rd day of Navratri and worshipping the goddess fills the person with vigour and vitality.
Navratri Day 4 (Royal Blue)
Royal Blue is the colour of richness and tranquillity. Wearing the yellow colour and worshipping the goddess will bring peace to the heart. Wear this colour on the 4th day.
Navratri Day 5 (Yellow)
Yellow represents warmth and positivity. Wearing yellow on the 5th day of Navratri and worshipping Skandamata. This colour will bring enthusiasm and happiness.
Navratri Day 6 (Green)
Green represents nature and conjures up feelings of tranquillity, growth, fertility, and harmony. Wear this colour. On the sixth day of Navratri, dress in green colour as this colour stands for fresh starts in life.
Navratri Day 7 (Grey)
The grey represents grounded or down-to-earth nature and balanced emotions. Wear this colour on the 7th day of Navratri.
Navratri Day 8 (Purple)
This colour represents grandeur and richness. Wear this colour on the 8th day of Navratri and worship the Goddess.
Mahagauri. Seek blessings from her.
Navratri Day 9 (Peacock Green)
Peacock Green represents exclusivity and originality. Wear this shade of green on the 9th day of Navratri and honour Maa Durga. This brings kindness and newness into the lives of devotees.
Importance of the colour during Navratri
The nine colours of Navratri not only represent tradition, it also represent something important. Each shade carries spiritual energies and conveys the qualities of the Goddess being worshipped that day. Wearing these colours allows devotees :
To connect oneself with divine energies.
It solidifies their prayers and devotion.
It also attracts blessings of wealth, peace.
How the Utsav App Can Help You?
You can read stories like the story of Navratri in the app’s Gyan Section.
You can also book pujas on special days from the comfort of your own home.
You can offer bhog and dakshina to temples online.
In conclusion
Navratri is a festival that we celebrate with devotion, colours, and inner peace. The nine days, nine colours, each day's colour and prayers to Maa Durga remind us to invite power and inner peace into our lives. May this Navratri bring you immense blessings.