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Nine Nights, Nine Powers, Nine Styles

namitagarimacom — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:51:48 +0000

This Navratri embrace the grace of “Maa Durga” by not just worshipping but adopting her traits in real life. For all the nine divine days, comprehend the 9 Avatars (Navroop) of the Goddess & stylize your outfits in sync with it so that you’ll become part of the theme for each day.

So, for Dandiya Nights choose your Chaniya choli, Jhoomkis, kamarband and even make-up keeping each “avatar” in mind.

And not just this! Adopt her personality traits and virtues to feel the part of Maa Durga in yourself.

Let’s worship her by heart in this innovative way!

Day 1 : Maa Shailaputri

Maa Shailaputri is an epitome of Serenity & Calmness. She is associated with mountains, moon and jasmine flower.

So, while selecting the outfit for your Dandiya Night 1 you can go for Cool Colors, Soft Fabric with the touch of elegance of delicate jewelry. Don’t forget to accessorize your hair with Jasmine flowers and a hint of yellow hue to accentuate your appearance.

Not only this! Adopt the traits – Patience, Peace, Composure in your life that personifies Maa Shailaputri.

Inspire yourself from this Avatar of Maa Durga not just in appearance but in your attitude too ..that would be her worship in true form!

Day 2 : Maa Brahmacharini

Maa Brahmacharini – personification of Dedication, Diligence and Devotion, spent thousands of years on diet of Bilva Leaves to get Lord Shiva as her husband.

Her hard diet on just leaves inspires us to choose Green Color for our Dandiya Night 2.

She spent very modest life wearing white sari with rudraksh and lotus flower.

So, get the grace of Second Avatar of Maa Durga by adding Simplicity of Ivory color and Rudraksh accessories.

Gentlemen! pair up with your lady by wearing Red- Complimentary color to her green dress.

Day 3 : Maa Chandraghanta

Maa Chandraghanta symbolises beauty and bravery. Her appearance is a source of power while suppressing the bad and wicked.

This inspires us to combine Grey color (depicting negative power) with bright color like yellow (depicting positivity & strength) for our Dandiya Night 3 outfit.

Accentuate your face with bright make-up. Don’t forget to add the melody of bells in the form of payal or ghunghuru inspired from the jewelry of Maa Chandraghanta on her forehead.

Day 4 : Maa Kushmanda

Maa Kushmanda – fourth manifestation of Goddess Durga is considered to be the creator of the universe. Glow & radiance of her body is as luminous as that of the Sun.

We suggest you to wear orange for Dandiya Night 4 in her honour, symbolizing energy and liveliness. Accessorize with her favourite Red colored flowers and Sunlike jewelry.

You may ask your partner to add the orange color in his outfit to match with you!

And don’t forget to wear the Divine Smile as that of Maa Kushmanda.

This Ashtabhuja Avatar realises us the significance of our mother who smilingly accomplishes millions of tasks and sustains the warmness & zest on her face.

Day 5 : Goddess Skandamata

Fifth day of Navratri is dedicated to Goddess Skandamata, mother of Lord Kartikeya. This roop of Maa Durga, seated on lotus & holding infant Lord Skand is a symbol of the mother-son relationship. She is an epitome of immense love, affection and enlightenment.

Wear White & Pastels on Dandiya Night 5 to show Maa’s tranquil and benevolent love for her son. Style your appearance with Lotus and Real Flowers depicting her elegant and modest charm.

This avatar makes us recall the pious affection of our mother.

This Navratri while worshipping our goddess, let’s be devotionally thankful to our Mother too and always love & protect her till our last breath as she’s been doing to us since our childhood.

Day 6 : Maa Katyayani

Maa Katyayani is the vigorous form of Goddess Parvati. Riding on the magnificent lion and carrying weapons, she is considered as the Warrior Goddess.

Get inspired from sixth manifestation of Maa Durga to be a protector of your family! Be ready to fight!

Show her strength in your outfit with bold Red color and Gold ethnic jewelry. You may apply Blue eye shades & can go for Triad color scheme.

Coordinate well with your partner and make him part of your styling scheme with traditional touch!

Day 7 : Maa Kalaratri

Most horrendous appearance of Maa Durga is in the form of Maa Kalaratri.

Fearful, dark, large eyes, long tousled hair – her appearance seems deadly to demons & evils.

She manifests strength and inspires us to fight against the social evils of society. She makes us realise – no woman is weak and when the darkness prevails, the most subtle lady can turn violent to bring back light!

Show your boldness on 7th Dandiya Night with Indigo colored outfit, beachy waves, cat-eye makeup & red lip shades, inspired from Maa Kali’s appearance. Don’t forget to add crystallized neck-piece as that of Maa Kalaratri.

Day 8 : Maa Parvati

Eighth form of Maa Parvati is Divine Mahagauri also known as Shwetambardhara because of her radiant & compassionate personality.

She inspires all the women to cherish their beauty and break the negative body image about themselves. Every girl, every woman is an epitome of beauty as that of Maa Mahagauri.

Inspiring from her sparkling white pearl-like beauty, we choose a fuchsia outfit for Dandiya Night 8th with pearls jewelry to personify the charm of every lady!

Day 9 : Maa Siddhidatri

Siddhidatri is last among the nine avatars of Maa Durga. She possesses and bestows all Siddhis, achievements and perfections.

She personifies the skillful woman and depicts the perfection of a lady in several activities. She inspires all the woman to not to stay behind and portray their empowerment in the society.

To illustrate the multiple skills of Maa, we choose a “Kitschy theme” for last dandiya night with mauve shades. Add multicoloured accessories to synch with the theme. Your partner can wear the similar shade but with a modest look to balance your Kitsch for the final day!

Shubh Navratri

Hope you enjoy your dandiya nights and our styling tips will help you look authentic!

Being Empathetic is a Way of Life

namitagarimacom — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:48:22 +0000

When we type the word -”Empathy” on a search engine, we end up getting results like- ‘ ability to understand or feel what another person is experiencing’, ‘to place oneself in another’s position’. Primarily it’s all about considering others. But why do we need to do that? Why should we start focusing on someone else’s emotions and problems. Well this is because, being empathetic is not advantageous for anyone else but for us. It’s for our very own benefit. Let us tell you how it impacts the major areas of life.

1. Personal

There comes time in our lives when we feel puzzled and it seems impossible to get out of the problem. This happens because our mind centralizes on the complications rather than paying attention on fixing it. In that case, we must go out and extend hands to the ones who are sailing in the same boat. Helping others makes us concentrate on solutions instead of getting disheartened by the situations. Consequently our dilemma too gets unravelled and this happens when we put ourselves in someone’s shoes.

2. Professional

Having empathy makes us apprehend the pain of others. The moment we start realizing the ordeal of people, we begin to ponder how to facilitate them. Consequently, we attain the quality of building people, gathering people, organizing people, managing people and this is the quality of becoming a Leader!
‘If you know how to walk along with everyone, you’ll be successful in life!’

“If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together” – Ratan Tata

3.Entrepreneurial

Being empathetic is one of the essential skills of becoming an entrepreneur! In the movie Padman (2018), Akshay Kumar playing the role of Laxmikant, decided to manufacture the low cost sanitary pads for comfort and happiness of his wife. In the process of making, he tried to improve it at every stage with the help of ‘Feedback’ i.e. by understanding his customer. In other words putting himself in their place. And for that he even tried using it himself! He ended up manufacturing a machine producing extremely affordable pads and changed the lives of several rural women. All this started and continued with an emotion called “empathy”.

4. Social

Besides our personal and professional concerns, the act of empathising plays a pivotal role in beautifying our relationships with people as well. Arguments, disputes, breakups, divorces – all are repercussions of dearth of empathy. All of us are distinctive and so are our perspectives towards life; yet we consider our opinion to be the best!
We forget – different individuals act differently on similar occasions since their upbringing, surroundings, socio-economic conditions and experiences are not same.
When we attempt to perceive the emotional undercurrents of another person, we acknowledge that nobody is right or wrong, we’re just dissimilar. From that moment we stop reacting and start responding to the situations and consequently will harmonise the ups and downs in our relationships as well.

5. Emotional

When we begin practicing empathy and commence feeling & understanding emotions of others, it bestows an immense pleasure to see others happy and successful and that pleasure is absolute! The day you start getting happiness from someone else’s smile, you’ll be above your own emotions. At that point of saturation, nobody can defeat you because the meaning of your victory, bliss and contentment lies in people rather than you! If you want to be invincible and unstoppable then empathy is a terrific weapon you must possess.

6. Spiritual

If you presume you are not empathetic at this point of time then don’t worry, you can attain it with practice. Universe has never been unjust while rendering to us the different virtues. It’s solely up to us, to which emotion we give power.
Empathy is an ultimate emotion, emotion is energy and we all humans are forms of energy. Being empathetic is one of the chief spiritual traits and we ponder on developing such traits! We have forgotten – “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience”, said by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
So wake up! Being empathetic is the very nature of humans.

Empathy is the most essential element of Emotional Quotient. It not only helps us in understanding someone’s emotions and thoughts but also let us navigate our feelings as well as others. This key characteristic proves substantial in each sphere of our lives!

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