Navratri 2023: The nine colours of Navratri and their significance
The colour orange symbolises nature and purity. Wearing this colour on the first day of Navratri invites Shailaputri's blessings for courage, vitality, and happiness.
Day 1: Orange (Shailaputri)
On the second day of Navratri, wearing white brings peace, purity, knowledge, intelligence, and enlightenment as it symbolises the second incarnation of Goddess Durga, Brahmacharini, who wears all white.
Day 2: White (Brahmacharini)
Chandraghanta is worshipped on the third day of Navratri. She is dressed in red and rides a tiger. The colour represents passion and bravery.
Day 3: Red (Chandraghanta)
Kushmanda, whose name means "creator of the universe," wears clothes in royal blue and rides a lion. The colour indicates strength and vitality.
Day 4: Royal Blue (Kushmanda)
Skandamata (mother of Skanda, Kartikeya) denotes compassion and motherhood. She is dressed in yellow, which is a colour associated with happiness and optimism.
Day 5: Yellow (Skandamata)
Katyayani dons colour green which represents growth and fertility. Wearing green on this day symbolises Katyayani's protection, courage and good health.
Day 6: Green (Katyayani)
Wearing grey on the seventh day invokes the Kalratri blessings of protection, detachment, and transformation.
Day 7: Grey (Kalratri)
If you worship Mahagauri while wearing purple, it is thought that she will grant you wealth and prosperity.
Day 8: Purple (Mahagauri)
Wearing peacock green on the ninth day invokes Siddhidatri's blessings for completion, fulfilment, and enlightenment.