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Navratri 2021: Shamita Shetty, Amitabh Bachchan, Sushmita Sen, other celebs share warm wishes!
On the first day of Navratri, many Bollywood celebs such as Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, and Shamita Shetty shared festive greetings on social media.
Highlights
- On Navratri 2021, B-Town took to social media to wish their fans on the auspicious occasion
- Amitabh Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Hema Malini and Sushmita Sen were among those who spread the warm wishes of the festival
- Thursday (October 7) marks the first day of the festival
New Delhi: On the auspicious occasion of Navratri, many Bollywood, television celebs took to their social media handles to extend the festival's greetings to their fans.
Today is the first day of Navratri and it marks the auspicious occasion of Shardiya Navratri or Sharad Navratri.
Many celebs such as Sanjay Dutt, Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan and Pooja Bhatt took to Twitter to share warm celebratory posts on the joyous occasion.
Take a look at their tweets:
For the unversed, there are five known types of Navratri falling in a year, out of which Sharad Navratri or Shardiya Navratri is the most significant one.
Shardiya Navratri starts on the pratipada or the first day of the lunar month of Ashwin. The dates of Navratri vary each year depending upon the Hindu Lunar calendar.
On Day 1 of Navratri, goddess Shailputri is worshipped. During these 9 days of festivity, different avatars of goddess Durga are evoked and prayed to. People are dressed in their colourful best to mark the occasion.