I-Navratri, noma "ubusuku obuyisishiyagalolunye", umkhosi wamaHindu owaziwa kakhulu onikezelwe kunkulunkulukazi uDurga. Ifanekisela ukuhlanzeka namandla, okubizwa ngokuthi "shaky". Umkhosi we-Navratri uhlanganisa i-puja (umthandazo) nokuzila ukudla, futhi ulandelwa umkhosi okhazimulayo wezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye nobusuku. I-Navratri eNdiya igujwa ngokwekhalenda yenyanga futhi iwela ngoMashi-Ephreli lapho i-Chaitra Navratri isenzeka kanye noSepthemba-Okthoba lapho kugujwa u-Sharad Navratri.
Phakathi ne-Navratri, abantu abavela emadolobhaneni nasemadolobheni bayahlangana futhi bathandaze ezindaweni ezingcwele ezimelela izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zika-Goddess Durga, kuhlanganise no-Goddess Lakshmi no-Goddess Saraswati. Ukuculwa kwama-mantras nezingoma zomdabu, ukusebenza kwe-bhajan (izingoma zenkolo) kuhambisana nazo zonke izinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye zeholide.
Ukuhlanganisa izingqikithi zezenkolo namasiko, imigubho ye-Navratri igelezela emculweni wezwe nomdanso. Isikhungo se-Navratri yisifunda saseGujarat, lapho ukudansa nokuzijabulisa kungayeki bonke ubusuku obuyisishiyagalolunye. Umdanso we-Garba usuka ezingomeni zika-Krishna, ama-gopis (amantombazane abelusa izinkomo) asebenzisa izinti ezincane zokhuni. Namuhla, umkhosi we-Navratri wenze inguquko nge-choreography ehlelwe kahle, ama-acoustics ekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nezingubo ezimibalabala ezenziwe ngokwezifiso. Abavakashi bathutheleka e-Vadodara, e-Gujarat, ukuze bajabulele umculo okhuthazayo, ukucula nokudansa.
E-India, uNavratri uveza imizwa yezinkolo eziningi kuyilapho egcina ingqikithi evamile yokunqoba okuhle phezu kobubi. E-Jammu, iThempeli laseVaishno Devi lamukela inqwaba yabazinikele abenza uhambo lokuya endaweni engcwele ngesikhathi se-Navratri. Usuku lwe-Navratri lugujwa e-Himachal Pradesh. ENtshonalanga Bengal, unkulunkulukazi uDurga, owabhubhisa idemoni, ukhulekelwa ngokuzinikela okukhulu nangenhlonipho abesilisa nabesifazane. Izigcawu ezivela eRamayana zenziwa kumapulatifomu amakhulu. Iholidi linomkhakha wezwe lonke.
ENingizimu India ngesikhathi seNavratri abantu benza izithombe futhi banxuse uNkulunkulu. E-Mysore, umgubho wezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye uqondana ne-Dasara, umkhosi womculo wesintu onemidlalo yokudansa, imiqhudelwano ye-wrestling nemidwebo. Udwendwe olunemidwebo ehlotshiswe ngezindlovu, amahhashi namakamela luqala esigodlweni esidumile saseMysore esikhanyiswe ngokugqamile. Usuku lwe-Vijaya Dashami eSouth India nalo lubhekwa njengolubalulekile ukuthandazela imoto yakho.
Ngo-2015 umkhosi we-Navratri uzobanjwa kusukela mhla ziyi-13 kuya zingama-22 kuMfumfu.