Happy Navratri: Nine days of dance, music, puja and colours

The nine-days of festivities begin in India today.

Folk dancers perform Dandiya, a traditional dance, during a rehearsal ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad (Source: Reuters)

Women practice Garba dance ahead of the Navratri festival in Ahmadabad (Source: PTI)

Dancers wearing traditional clothes practice Garba ahead of the Navratri festival in Ahmedabad. (Source: PTI)

Women dressed in traditional attire pose as they take part in rehearsals for the "garba" dance ahead of the Navratri festival at Adalaj Stepwell, a five level octagonal step-well complex built in the 15th century, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad (Source: Reuters)

Women dressed in traditional attire pose as they take part in rehearsals for the "garba" dance ahead of Navratri festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad (Source: Reuters)

Women clad in traditional 'ghagra choli' pose for a photograph with dandiya sticks during a dandiya dance programme (SOurce: PTI)

Women clad in traditional 'ghagra choli' practice the 'Garba' dance ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad (Source: PTI)

City girls gear up for the upcoming navratri festival, donning their tattoos and traditional dress in Ahmedabad (PTI)