Tag: navratri
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Shailaputri – Navadurga
SHAILAPUTRI: VANDE VAANCHHIT LAABHAAYA CHANDRARDHA KRITA SHEKHARAAM,VRISHAARUDHAAM SHULADHARAAM SHAILA- PUTRIM YASHASVINIIM वन्दे वांछितलाभाय चन्द्रर्धकृत शेखराम् ।वृशारूढ़ा शूलधरां शैलपुत्री यशस्वनीम् ॥ I pay my VANDANA/ obeisance to the DIVINE MOTHER SHAILA-PUTRI, who bestows upon the choicest boons to the devotees. The moon in the crescent form is adorned as the crown on Her forehead. She…
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Festival of Goddesses – Navratri significance and importance
Navratri is a Hindu festival of worship and dance. The word Navratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit; Nava meaning Nine and Ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of shakti/Devi i.e. female divinity are worshipped. The nine night’s festival of Navratri begins on the first day of Ashwina of the bright…