Goddess Durga
What is the Meaning of Navratri Colours (Why Nine Colors of dresses during Navratri)? In Maharashtra and Gujarat, it is common tradition that nine colours of sarees or dresses are worn by performers during Navratri festival.
What is the reason behind it?
This is believed that each colour of Navratri represents a particular ‘Guna’ or character of the Devi of that day. Based on the order of the Goddesses worshipped during Navratri, the order of the colors also change.
And according to some other sources, the color of the day is decided on the weekday. Each weekday is ruled by one the planets or Navgrahas and accordingly colors are assigned to each day.
According to some sources – the Color and the Goddess it represent..
Grey color – Maha Kali or Bhairavi
Orange – Goddess Chamunda
White – Goddess Parvati
Red – Durga
Sky Blue – Bhuvaneshwari
Deep Blue – Narayani
Royal Blue – Renuka Devi
Yellow – Saraswati
Green – Jagadamba
Parrot Green – Goddess Amba
Purple – Kushmanda