Is it OK to drink beer during Navratri?
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For the period of nine days, non-vegetarian foods should also be avoided. Besides, having garlic, onion and alcohol are also not considered good during Navratri.
Devotees who are keeping Navratri fasts should also avoid consuming legumes, lentils, rice flour, cornflour, all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour and semolina (rava). Non-vegetarian food, eggs, alcohol, smoking and aerated drinks are also a strict no-no.
Can we drink beer during fast?
Drinking alcohol can break your fast As alcohol contains calories, any amount of it during a fasting period will break your fast. All the same, it is perfectly acceptable to drink in moderation during your eating periods.
Why alcohol is not allowed during Navratri?
Since fasting is considered to be a way of expressing gratitude to Goddess Durga, so traditionally, eating non-vegetarian dishes or drinking alcohol during this time is considered inauspicious, and people also abstain from garlic and onion for nine days.
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Spices like turmeric (haldi), asafoetida (hing), mustard (sarson or rai), fenugreek seeds (methi dana), garam masala and dhania powder (coriander powder) are not allowed. Alcohol, non-vegetarian food, eggs and smoking is strictly NO during this holy period. Coffee is not allowed. Homemade ice cream can be consumed.
Will a beer break a fast?
Can drinking alcohol break your fast? Yes and no. During your fasting period, you can’t consume calories, so, therefore, drinking alcohol will break your fast. But, during the eating portion of your fast, you can choose to drink alcohol as part of your caloric intake.
Can I drink whiskey in Navratri?
You can drink alcohol whenever you can whether it is navratri or Diwali it totally depends on you whether what sensation you want , normal person also have intoxication but of different kind it is Pooja , dandiya etc.
But Navratri will certainly not allow you to go ‘Char Bottle vodka, kaam mera roz ka” way! And not only vodka, there will be no rum, whisky, beer, scotch, breeze to sail you through. So, it’s better to be ‘One Bottle Down’ today.
Shalini Nandwani, a Delhi resident who has been keeping the Navratri fasts since 20 years says, “In our family, coffee and tea are both allowed during Navratri fasting, as well as other beverages like chaas and fresh fruit juices. Packaged or processed beverages are usually avoided.”