नवरात्रिपूजा (nine nights' worship) is done to goddess दुर्गा . Though this is observed throughout the whole of India, it is more prominent in North India than anywhere else. (To know the details regarding the origin of this worship, see under Sudarśa, Śaśikalā and Vijayadaśamī) .

As ordained in the वेदस् , the Nine nights' worship is to be made in the seasons of spring and autumn. These two seasons are called कालदंष्त्रास् (the tusks of seasons). Diseases and deaths occur in these seasons in excess, and so it is ordained that this fast and worship should be conducted in the months of मेडम् ( मेष ) and तुलाम् .

व्यास has ordered that नवरात्रि worship should be conducted as follows. The things necessary for the worship and oblations should be collected on the new moon day. Only clarified butter could be eaten on that day. An open temple should be erected with pillars and flag-posts in an open flat place which is pure. It will be good if the shed has a circumference of sixteen cubits. There should be sixteen pillars. The shed should be floored with the mixture of cowdung and white clay. In the middle of the shed there must be a dais having a height of one cubit and a circumference of four cubits. This is the place for the seat. The shed and the dais should be decorated.

The throne placed on the dais must be covered with a white silk and देवी (goddess) should be consecrated on it. A calm ब्रह्मिन् should read the वेदस् and at that time the worship of the goddess should begin. This worship will continue for nine days. Another ritual of this ' नवरात्रिपूजा ' is the worship of virgins. (See under Kumārīpūjā)