Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava and Navaratri, is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent that reveres the goddess Durga.It is particularly popular in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Tripura, and the diaspora from this region. The festival is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, typically September or October of the Gregorian calendar. A multi-day festival that features elaborate temple and stage decorations (pandals), scripture recitation, performance arts, revelry and processions, Durga Puja is particularly observed by Hindus in eastern and northeastern states of India, in Bangladesh and in Nepal where it is called Dashain. It is a major festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism across India and Shakta Hindu diaspora.

Since Thursday 21st of September morning and during nine days, the Hindu community in Mauritius Celebrates Durga Puja in about 250 temples on the island.

In the program of the faithful fasting, night prayers, reading of sacred songs and books. The goddess Durga which for devout Hindus the mother of the universe is thus revered at this annual festival of Durga Puja symbolising the victory of good over evil.

According to Hindu tradition, to defeat and destroy the demons, gods offered their strength Durga.The festival usually occurs twice a year. The first one takes place in March-April and is known as the Vasant Navratri (coincides with Ram Nawmi). The second one occurs in September-October and is called the Sharad Navratri. The very word Navratri means nine (Nav) nights (ratri).