Nine-day Navarathiri festival sees women put on their finest to worship Goddess

Faithful devotees: Women of all ages, clad in colourful sarees and salwar suits, coming together to offer prayers to the Goddess Sakthi during the Navarathiri Festival – CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Clad in colourful sarees and salwar suits, decked in gold jewellery with their hair adorned with flowers, women of all ages came together at the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Ipoh Lane, Jelutong, to celebrate the nine-day Navarathiri festival.

Among them were three generations of a family – housewife P. Pasuvathy, 67, her daughter-in-law C. Kavitha, 43, and grandchildren U. Dineshkandhan, 13, and U. Mannushri, eight.