High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ayudha Puja is an integral part of the Navratri festival (festival of triumph), a Hindu festival which is traditionally celebrated in India. It is also called "Astra Puja", the synonym for Ayudha Puja. In simple terms, it means "Worship of Implements”. It is celebrated in Karnataka (in erstwhile Mysore State) as "Ayudha Puje” (Kannada: ???? ????), in Kerala as Ayudha Puja (Malayalam: ???? ???), and in Tamil Nadu as Ayuda Pujai (Tamil: ???? ????) and . The festival falls on the ninth day or Navami of the bright half of Moon's cycle of 15 days (as per Almanac) in the month of September/October, and is popularly a part of the Dasara or Navaratri or Durga Puja or Golu festival. On the ninth day of the Dasara festival, weapons and tools are worshipped. In Karnataka, the celebration is for killing of the demon king Mahishasura by goddess Chamundeshwari. After slaying of the demon king, the weapons were kept out for worship. While Navaratri...

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