Navratri wishes with name, in one paragraph
A Navratri wish with your name on it is an ordinary greeting card with one thing changed: it says who sent it. Type your name on this page and you get a card that opens with “Asha is wishing you Happy Navratri” instead of a forward from nobody in particular. It is free, takes about ten seconds, and there is nothing to sign up for.
What Navratri celebrated
Navratri is nine nights given to the Goddess in her nine forms. Depending on where you are it is an intense fast, an all-night dance, or both at once.
When Navratri falls
Ashvin Navratri — the well-known one — falls in September or October and ends in Dussehra. Chaitra Navratri falls in March or April and ends in Ram Navami.
Most Indian festivals follow a lunar calendar, so the date moves against the Gregorian one each year. For the official dates, the Government of India holiday calendar is the one to check.
How Navratri is celebrated
- Garba and dandiya raas, danced in circles until very late
- Fasting, with a specific menu of permitted grains and no onion or garlic
- A different colour worn on each of the nine days
- Kanya pujan on the eighth or ninth day, honouring young girls as the Goddess
Gujarat dances; Bengal builds pandals for Durga Puja over the same nights; the south keeps Golu, arranging tiered displays of dolls at home.
What people say
Happy Navratri, or Jai Mata Di.
Putting your name on it
- Type your name in the box on this page. First name is enough — no email, no password, no account.
- Tap GO. Your card opens with your name at the top, on artwork drawn for Navratri specifically.
- Share it. One tap hands it to WhatsApp with the message already written. Whoever opens it lands on this same page with their own name box waiting, so it carries on down the family group without anyone installing anything.
Add your name to a Navratri wish
Straight answers
- How many days is Navratri?
- Nine nights and ten days, ending in Dussehra. Each night is given to a different form of Durga.
- What can you eat during Navratri fasting?
- Fasting rules vary by family, but usually permit fruit, milk, potatoes, and flours such as kuttu and singhara, while excluding grain, onion, garlic and usually salt other than rock salt.
- What is the difference between Garba and Dandiya?
- Garba is danced with clapping hands in a circle around a lamp or image; dandiya raas is danced with a pair of sticks, in pairs. Most nights run garba first and dandiya later.
- How do I send a Navratri wish with my name on it?
- Type your name in the box on this page and tap GO. You get a card that opens with your name on it, and a button that hands the whole thing to WhatsApp. It is free, and there is nothing to sign up for.
- Is this Navratri greeting really free?
- Yes. No account, no watermark, no upgrade prompt and nothing to install. Your name travels inside the link rather than being stored anywhere.
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