Navratri is a nine-day festival celebrated in India to honor and pray to Goddess Durga. Here are some things you can do during Navratri:

• Visit the temple daily: Worship Goddess Durga daily, light a lamp, offer flowers, and perform aarti to seek blessings of the Goddess.
• Offer water: Offering water to the Goddess is considered to be very auspicious during Navratri.
• Stay barefoot and wear clean clothes: If you are not going out, then stay barefoot inside your home and don’t let shoes/slippers worn outside entering your place. Also, dress up in clean clothes.
• Observe fasts: Those who can, should observe fasts for the period of nine days. Fasting is an integral part of Navratri and it is done to please the Goddess and seek her blessings. Besides, fast is a good way to keep the body healthy as it cleanses the body of toxic materials.
• Decorate Goddess Durga: Decorate her with flowers, garlands, clothes, bangles, etc. .
• Perform Kanya puja on Ashtami: On the eighth day of Navratri i.e. Ashtami, Kanya puja (feeding little girls) is done. Usually, nine girls are invited, their feet are washed, and delicacies are fed to them.
• Chant prayers and invoke Durga: During Navratri Puja, chanting the prayers and invoking Durga is an important ritual.

Apart from these, Navratri is also a time to withdraw from the mind and rest in the spirit or soul. Its the time to feel your soul and realize that you are loved, and rest in this feeling of love. When you do this, you come out feeling stronger, wiser, rejuvenated, refreshed, and harmonious.

It is important to understand the rules and traditions of Navratri fasting. Whether its your first Navratri fast or you want more information on the nine-day puja, you can follow the Navratri fasting rules such as skipping onion and garlic, not shaving or cutting nails, and not consuming alcohol and non-vegetarian food.