Navaratri Celebrations at Penusila Kshetram
Sep 30, 2006
Amma showers Sri Lalita Parameswari with pure water after abhishekam with kumkum and turmeric – Sri Durgashtami, the eighth day of Navaratri, is an extremely powerful day that is dedicated to Sri Durga Parameswari
Maha Mangala Harati is performed; one can see the many auspicious items that have been presented to Divine Mother, including different types of fruits and trays of glass bangles, turmeric, kumkum, and tambulam
Sri Durgashtami darshan of Sri Saraswati, Sri Lakshmi and Sri Lalita Parameswari – Sri Durga Devi is the one who grants us abundant strength, courage, protection, and radiant spiritual energy
Our beloved Mother Lalita Parameswari; the physical beauty we see, with all the flowers and sparkling jewels, is there to remind us of Mother’s supreme inner beauty--Her kindness, Her love, and Her infinite compassion towards Her children
While the incredibly powerful Sata Chandi Homa is performed, Sri Chakra Navavarana Puja is also being performed; in Navavarana Puja, each and every sacred energy residing in the Sri Chakra triangles is worshipped and energized
For the Sata Chandi Homa, ten priests must chant Sri Chandi Saptasati while the offerings are being made – when Chandi Homa is performed on the auspicious Durgashtami day, the worst kinds of sins can be completely purified through Mother Durga’s grace
Amma offers the final purnahuti into the sacred fire on behalf of all her children
While Amma distributes prasadam to the hundreds of people who have come, a young devotee takes the chance to garland Amma with a lime garland, which is very auspicious for Sri Durga Devi
During the puja for the processional image of Mother, Amma places a flower on Divine Mother’s lotus foot
For
Durgashtami, Divine Mother is decorated as Sri Durga
Parameswari Chandi Devi seated on a lion vahana – Amma
has said that Mother Durga’s lion stands for dharma,
and when we are very strong in dharma, we will always
be carrying Mother with us
Our beloved Amma – “There is an inseparable connection between Divine Mother and Her children” ~Amma
Our beloved Amma in meditation
Our beloved Amma – “No one is ever going to love you more than Divine Mother, so seek a connection with Mother” ~Amma
A beautiful and divinely radiant Sri Chakra has been created by some of the Vedic priests; it took more than four hours to create this yantra – the Sri Chakra is the supreme yantra which contains all other yantras within it; it is an emblem of the entire universe and it has the power to channel Mother Lalita’s divine energy into our world
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During the auspicious Navaratri festival,
may the whole world be drenched in the nectarean love of
our beloved Mother Sri Lalitambika Devi
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Om shantih shantih shantihi
May all be in peace
Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu
May all be happy
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