Navrati festival

ANDREW MILLER staff Mohil Patel, 6, of Iselin, watches as women dance to the music of singer Praful Dave during the Navratri festival in Edison on Friday. For more pictures, see page 3. PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff From left to right: Indira Patel of Edison (bowing) and Manjula Patel (standing), also of Edison, pray to an idol of the goddess Durga at the Navrati festival in Edison. Shelly and Rajesh Shori, of Edison, take part in the Havan process of dabbing ash onto each other's foreheads at the festival. Rajesh explained that anything that goes into a fire becomes purified, and hence the Havan process is a tradition of purification.