Navaratri Homa and Puja Sponsorships

Amma has explained that during Navaratri (Sept. 19-28, 2009), Divine Mother showers her abundant motherly love and choicest spiritual blessings on her children. Thus, Navaratri is the most auspicious time of the entire year for worshipping Divine Mother. In order to take advantage of the powerful energy of this time, numerous sacred homas and pujas will be performed in Amma’s presence at the Penusila Ashram. It is a tremendous act of merit to sponsor these homas and pujas, as they bring great blessings to Mother Earth and all living beings.

There are a number of sponsorships available this year. Sponsors may choose which of the ten days of Navaratri they wish to sponsor, and on each selected day, sankalpa will be performed on behalf of the sponsor for every homa and puja performed on that day, as described above. All sponsors will receive blessed prasadam. To sponsor the Navaratri homas or pujas and receive the highly charged and blessed prasadam, you may print the India Sponsorship Form, fill it out, and mail it to the address provided. To learn more about the sponsorship options or for online sponsorship, please see the links below.

• Saptami Saraswati Puja ($54)
• Vijaya Dasami Chandi Homa ($108)
• Vijaya Dasami Lalita Abhishekam ($108)
• One-Day (Poshaka) Seva ($216)
• Three-Day (Maha Poshaka) Seva ($531
• Six-Day (Raja Poshaka) Seva ($1062)
• Ten-Day (Maha Raja Poshaka) Seva ($1999)

In addition to these sponsorships, there is also a special $5004 Ten-Day Sponsorship and $10,008 Ten-Day Sponsorship available, which will benefit Amma's free hospital. The blessed prasadam for the $5004 sponsorship is a large green jade Maha Lakshmi murti, and the prasadam for the $10,008 sponsorship is the highly sacred ruby Sri Chakra, which will be charged with Amma's special Navaratri blessings.

Navaratri Homas

The following homas will be performed on each day of Navaratri. These homas are important for removing obstacles, healing diseases, purifying one’s karma, increasing prosperity and creativity, and bestowing the highest spiritual liberation.

• Sahasra Modaka Maha Ganesha Homa - Removes all obstacles and protects from financial difficulties.
• Navagraha Shanti Homa - Destroys negative effects of nine planets and grants a life of happiness.
• Gayatri Homa - Destroys sins, grants a most powerful intellect, grants boundless inner strength, and grants knowledge of the Self.
• Samputita Sri Sukta and Narayana Homas - Removes the eight types of hardships and grants eight wealths, including health, abundant food, noble children, financial wealth, and so on.
• Rudra Homa - Removes worries, unbearable hardships, negativity, and ill health, and grants radiant pure energy.
• Lalita Sahasranama Kamala Homa - Removes all negativity and poverty, grants eternal supreme wealth, fulfills all wishes, grants the supreme spiritual liberation.

In addition, the following special homas will be performed only on certain specific days. These homas remove the astrological defects caused by Mars and Kala Sarpa, help to increase one's lifespan, remove astrological defects, and invoke the blessings of Durga Devi and Lakshmi Devi for protection and financial abundance.

• Laksha Modaka Homa (Sep 22) This is an extremely auspicious homa in which 100,000 modakas are offered to Sri Ganesha, for the eradication of every kind of severe obstacle. This homa blesses us with a peaceful life and strong dedication to noble work.
• Lalita and Rudra Trisati Homas (Sep 23) These powerful homas invoke the combined energy of Divine Mother and Lord Siva for balance, harmony, and the highest spiritual attainment.
• Devi Maha Homa and Navagraha Dosha Nivarana Homa (Sep 24) Destroys every obstacle arising from astrological defects in the nine planets.
• Maha Saraswati Sweta Kamala Homa (Sep 25) This sacred homa is extremely auspicious for students, poets, singers and musicians, artists, and those who study the Vedas. When worshipped with white lotuses on Saptami, the seventh day of Navaratri, Saraswati Devi grants the power of speech, abundant creativity, absolute purity, profound knowledge and the supreme wisdom. All ignorance, laziness and mental darkness will be completely eradicated.
• Nakshatra Homa (Sep 25) The Nakshatra Homa enhances the positive aspects of one's  nakshra, or Vedic birth star, and removes any negative aspects.
• Ayushya Homa (Sep 25) This powerful homa is done to increase one's lifespan, destroy ill health and untimely death, and create robust health.
• Chandi Homa (Sep 26-27) This unique and elaborate homa brings immense blessings to those who witness or sponsor this great act of merit. Tremendous energy is obtained by those who sponsor Chandi Homa, and many seemingly insurmountable obstacles can be overcome. During this homa, Divine Mother removes all ignorance, sins, and negativity from the hearts of her children.
• Sata Chandi Homa (Sep 28) In this incredibly powerful homa, ten priests perform Chandi Homa in a special way, such that the supreme majesty and power of Chandi Homa is multiplied by a factor of one hundred. When performed on the auspicious day of Vijayadasami, there is no homa more powerful than Sata Chandi Homa.

Navaratri Pujas

On each day of Navaratri plus Vijayadasami, the following pujas will be performed in the divine setting of the Sri Lalita Parameswari Temple: Rudrabhishekam; puja and abhishekam to Sri Maha Lakshmi, Sri Maha Saraswati, Sri Lalita Parameswari and the Maha Meru Sri Chakra; offering of flower garlands to all the temple deities, annadana (charitable food distribution); vahana seva (carrying Divine Mother in a grand procession), and maha mangala harati (waving of auspicious flames before Divine Mother).

Amma personally instructs the Vedic pandits who perform these homas and pujas so that tremendous divine energy will be generated for the entire world. These ceremonies have tremendous power to radiate peace, prosperity, and uplifting spiritual vibrations to the entire world, and those who sponsor these homas and pujas are performing a wonderful act of merit. Not only will sponsors benefit themselves and their families by participating, they will also be benefiting the whole world. It is an extraordinary opportunity to be able to participate in these sacred homas.

The Greatness of Navaratri

During Navaratri, which literally means “nine nights,” Devi is worshipped in her three main forms as Sri Saraswati, Sri  Lakshmi Devi, and Sri Durga Devi, also known as Sri Mahishasura Mardini. Thus, any meritorious acts performed during Navaratri bring every kind of blessing, including true devotion, spiritual knowledge, divine protection, and radiant energy. For more information on ways to observe Navaratri in your own home, please visit the Navaratri Guidance page.

The day following the nine days of Navaratri is known as “Vijayadasami,” which literally means “Tenth Day of Victory,” or “Day of Victory.” This most auspicious day celebrates the occasion of Divine Mother’s victory over all forces of evil, and it is also the day on which our beloved Amma chose to incarnate in physical form. This year, Navaratri is being celebrated from September 19 - 28, 2009.

On the most blessed and auspicious occasion of Navaratri, may the divine energy of the homas and pujas performed in Penusila touch the hearts of all beings with peace, contentment, and radiant spiritual joy.

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