Navratri Colours of Nature

Happy Dasara / Dussehra and may good win over all the evil in this world.

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Leading upto Dasara is Navratri, where people worship different forms of Goddess Durga over 9 nights (hence “Nav ratri”). At the start of Navratri, everyone looks out for the colour that signifies each day of the 9 days.

Devotees usually dress in the colour of the day to feel the emotion of the colour. Refer here to know more. There may be local variations but here is what seems to have been generally followed in 2021.

All these lovely colours can be seen in our natural world in the animals and plants around us. Here are some that we’ve captured.

Yellow Singapore Daisy

Yellow Lantana

Green Jewel Beetle on orange Jatropha multifida plant

Green Alexandrine Parakeets on Casuarina tree

Grey Indian Palm Squirrel

Grey Langur

Orange Common Kingfisher

Orange Canna

White Golden Pseuderanthemum flowers with Blue Tiger butterfly

White Pin-wheel (Crepe Jasmine) flowers

Red Hibiscus with Purple-rumped Sunbird

Red-veined Darter dragonfly

Royal Blue Great Eggfly male on pink Mini Ixora flowers

Blue Ground Skimmer Dragonfly

Pink Water Lily

Pink Frangipani

Purple Mexican Heather flowers with Red Pierrot butterfly

Purple Bengal Clock Vine

All pictures taken at Whispering Palms complex, Kandivali East