<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3f004ea1-447b-48f3-9a22-a803da0ec83d/846A339D-1243-46DD-AD0B-1BF2237AD5D6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/goa/Navratri-celebrated-in-honour-of-Goddess-Durga/articleshow/5029246.cms" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/goa/Navratri-celebrated-in-honour-of-Goddess-Durga/articleshow/5029246.cms" style="font-size: 11px;">timesofindia.indiatimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/goa/Navratri-celebrated-in-honour-of-Goddess-Durga/articleshow/5029246.cms">The Indian autumn or sharad rutu is a season of happiness when several festivals are celebrated. The first nine nights in the seventh month of <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><TBODY><TR><TD id="bellyad"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="200" align="left" class="cnt"></TABLE> the Hindu calendar Ashwin are celebrated as Navratri mainly in honour of Goddess Durga, who is worshipped in Goa in the forms of Sateri, Shantadurga, Bhumika, Bhagvati and Mauli. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/goa/Navratri-celebrated-in-honour-of-Goddess-Durga/articleshow/5029246.cms"><DIV> A feeling of expectancy fills the air and everyone looks forward with eagerness to the Navratri, dedicated to the worship of different aspects of Durga, Saraswati and Laxmi. In most temples across Goa, on the first day of Navratri, a ritual of Ghatsthapana is conducted wherein a pitcher filled with water is worshipped in the temple and nine types of grains are kept for germination. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/goa/Navratri-celebrated-in-honour-of-Goddess-Durga/articleshow/5029246.cms">"The nine nights of Navratri are marked by a variety of religious and cultural performances in the temple of Navdurga, Borim wherein the whole village is engrossed in devotion".</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/846A339D-1243-46DD-AD0B-1BF2237AD5D6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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