Noisy procession marks start of Navratri (From Harrow Times)
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Noisy procession marks start of Navratri in Harrow
2:54pm Thursday 18th October 2012 in News
By David Hardiman, Reporter
The procession makes its way through the town centre.
Hindus have marked the start of the Navratri festival with a noisy procession through the town centre.
More than 100 people marched from the International Siddhasram Shakti Centre, in Palmerston Road, alongside police officers to Harrow Leisure Centre, in Christchurch Avenue, on Tuesday evening.
Festival-goers banged drums, danced and wore jewellery as they moved through the town centre streets in the procession, which had been moved to the evening from its usual afternoon start.
Navratri – which literally means 'nine days' – is an important date in the Hindu calendar and symbolises the triumph of good over evil.
