Navarathiri - Honour to Divine Mother
The divine mothers are representation of Shakti and they alone give the super power to their devotee to conquer all. These divine mothers are Durga(Goddes of Victory) , Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth) & Saraswathy (Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom) for 9 days, the final last day which is 10th day is Vijayadasami. Each of the days honours an aspect of Divine Mother and step by step the aspirant .
Day One: Sailaputra - Daughter of the Himalayas
Day Two: Brahmacharini - She Who remains celibate
Day Three: Chandraghanta - She Who is Beautiful as the Moon
Day Four: Kusmanda - She Who brings happiness
Day Five: Skandamata - Mother of Skanda, the leader of armies against evil
Day Six: Katyayani - Aspect of Mother Kali
Day Seven: Kalaratri - Kali Night of no Moon
Day Eight: Mahagauri - The Great White Goddess
Day Nine: Siddhidatri - She Who is of great spiritual Powers and knowledge
See my previous post here
Source taken from Komilla.com
During Navarathiri being one of the most Important celebration, my mom ensures different type of prasadams are offered to Goddess for next 10 days without failures. Hymns and Manthra’s are chanted continously to invoke Divine Mother. The festival is grandly celebrated at temple starting with Ganapathi & Chandi Homams, prayers, bhajanai’s, Nadaswaram’s and cultural programmes. Bharathanatyams, Folk dance, Kollam competition and stage drama’s are set as part of the celebration. Navaratiri falls on Puratasi month , thus on Saturday’s Goddess Durga will be adorned as Goddess Vishnu-Durga with sankhu and Shakaram on her both hands with lotus flowers.
It is advised to fast or atleast observe vegetarian for 10 days and divert the mind towards spiritual to gain Divine Mothers blessing.
Thanks for sharing the meaning Navarathiri and the 9 forms of Divine Mother. Very enlightening to me indeed.
Comment by Fabian — October 3, 2008 @ 8:06 am