Dazzling display of lights as devotees in Surat perform 'Maha Aarti' for Navratri

A dazzling display of lights at a temple in Surat, Gujarat, as devotees perform 'Maha Aarti', on the eighth day of the Navratri festival on Sunday. Navratri in Gujarat is one of the state's main festivals. The traditional celebrations include fasting for a day, or partially fasting each of the nine days by not eating grains or just taking liquid foods, in remembrance of one of nine aspects of Shakti goddess. The prayers are dedicated to a symbolic clay pot called garbo, as a remembrance of the womb of the family and universe. The clay pot is lit, and this is believed to represent the one Atman (soul, self).

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