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'Kali' - Navaratri Hindu Festival 2019, centered around Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Silom Rd, Bangkok.
The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped.
Navaratri Music and Dance Festival
Temple of Fine Arts, Brickfields, KL, Malaysia
19-28 September
Navaratri is a festival that lasts nine days and nine nights. The word "Navaratri" actually means nine (Nava) nights (ratri). This is celebrated in different styles throughout India. Navaratri occurs during the first 9 days of the bright half of the month of Aashwayuja in the Indian calendar.
Why Nine Nights & Days?
Navaratri is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of the supreme goddess. On the first three days, the Mother is invoked as powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. The next three days, the Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the power of bestowing on her devotees the inexhaustible wealth. The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the mother as the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. In order have all-round success in life, we need the blessings of all three aspects of the divine mother; hence, the worship for nine nights.
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Navaratri Music and Dance Festival Temple of Fine Arts, Brickfields, KL, Malaysia 19-28 September Navaratri is a festival that lasts nine days and nine nights. The word "Navaratri" actually means nine (Nava) nights (ratri). This is celebrated in different styles throughout India. Navaratri occurs during the first 9 days of the bright half of the month of Aashwayuja in the Indian calendar. Why Nine Nights & Days? Navaratri is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of the supreme goddess. On the first three days, the Mother is invoked as powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. The next three days, the Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the power of bestowing on her devotees the inexhaustible wealth. The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the mother as the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. In order have all-round success in life, we need the blessings of all three aspects of the divine mother; hence, the worship for nine nights.
A family celebrating Sharada Navaratri at Varanasi, India.
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Navaratri , Season of Festivals, Dolls are displayed at Home, Temple and some offices too. Display is done with Devotion.
Dance is inseparable part in this age old tradition.
However these dolls are not part of Sunciti Home Doll Display.
A hindu tradition in the south-Indian state of Tamil Nadu, dolls and figurines of Indian gods are displayed in all houses during the festival of Navaratri . The display of dolls is called Golu.
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Participants dance during the Indian festival Navaratri held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain on Saturday night.
Navaratri (Sanskrit: नवरात्रि, literally "nine nights"), also spelled Navratri or Navarathri, is a nine nights (and ten days) Hindu festival, celebrated in the autumn every year. It is observed for different reasons and celebrated differently in various parts of the Indian subcontinent.[3][1] Theoretically, there are four seasonal Navratri. However, in practice, it is the post-monsoon autumn festival called Sharada Navratri that is the most observed in the honor of the divine feminine Devi (Durga). The festival is celebrated in the bright half of the Hindu calendar month Ashvin, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October
In the eastern and northeastern states of India, the Durga Puja is synonymous with Navratri, wherein goddess Durga battles and emerges victorious over the buffalo demon to help restore Dharmam. In the northern and western states, the festival is synonymous with "Rama Lila" and Dussehra that celebrates the battle and victory of god Rama over the demon king Ravana.[1] In southern states, the victory of different goddesses, of Rama or Saraswati is celebrated. In all cases, the common theme is the battle and victory of Good over Evil based on a regionally famous epic or legend such as the Ramayana or the Devi Mahatmya.
Celebrations include stage decorations, recital of the legend, enacting of the story, and chanting of the scriptures of Hinduism. The nine days are also a major crop season cultural event, such as competitive design and staging of pandals, a family visit to these pandals and the public celebration of classical and folk dances of Hindu culture.[5][6][7] On the final day, called the Vijayadashami or Dussehra, the statues are either immersed in a water body such as river and ocean, or alternatively the statue symbolizing the evil is burnt with fireworks marking evil's destruction. The festival also starts the preparation for one of the most important and widely celebrated holidays, Diwali, the festival of lights, which is celebrated twenty days after the Vijayadashami or Dussehra.
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Participants dance during the Indian festival Navaratri held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain on Saturday night.
There was a riot of colours on North Mada Street Mylapore. I thought why not try monochrome for a change. Here is the result. Happy Dussehra! From the PSM Photowalk. Please view fullscreen.
Navaratri is a festival celebrating the nine forms of Goddess Durga. On the second night, Goddess Brahmacharini Devi is venerated.
Here ‘Brahma’ means meditation. The Goddess is the meditator or practitioner of penance. She is showing us how important our Sadhana and our penance is, our expression of devotion to the Divine.
The second night of Navaratri celebrates Goddess Brahmacharini. She shows us the importance of Sadhana and how our penance is an expression of devotion to the Divine. She also shows that our practice does take time, hence the aspect Brahmacharini is the Goddess of patience.
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Aarnau Soni during the Indian festival Navaratri held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain on Saturday night.
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Shree Badgujar during the Indian festival Navaratri held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain on Saturday night.
The sixth night of Navaratri honours Goddess Katyayani. Associated with the fierce form of Shakti, She is a war goddess who combats negativity. As such, she can be strict and disciplining, but She is compassionate and pure of heart and gives us the strength and ability to overcome fears, diseases and miseries of life.
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The Navaratri Golu at my aunt's place. (I'm sorry I don't know how you translate that to english, BUT here is some help: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golu )
On this night, we celebrated goddess Kalaratri. On the outside, this form of Durga has the most fierce and terrifying appearance. She symbolises the killing of the ego and the neutralising of the 'misdeeds' that people perform. She has a dark complexion which symbolises infinity and, therefore, She absorbs everything. She accepts everything from the devotee, not only all the good, but all the negative qualities as well, and that's why, ultimately, She is the most loving Mother. She wants to give Her child only the best by purifying everything around them and within them.
Every night of Navaratri we perform a guru-puja,
kalash-puja, yajna, abhishekam, and arati, as well as Divya Prabandham satsangs from different speakers and comments throughout the evening by Gurudev Himself.
Tonight's commentary was focused on Maha-Kali and the tranquility of her darkness that absorbs all the negativity. She seems to be the most terrifying yet She is the sweetest. She takes it upon herself to destroy all of our negativities and She brings us to the feet of Lord Narayana.
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On the eighth night of Navaratri, we focus on Goddess Maha Gauri. As Parvati, She did great penance to gain Shiva as Her husband, and in the process Her complexion turned dark. Pleased with her devotion, Lord Shiva bathed her in the holy water of the Ganges and Her skin turned pure white.
She is the Mother of compassion and peace and reflects the great radiant light within us all. When we renounce our animal qualities and let go of the limitations of our mind, the Mother will bestow Her Grace upon us to help us attain the Divine.
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The sixth night of Navaratri honours Goddess Katyayani. Associated with the fierce form of Shakti, She is a war goddess who combats negativity. As such, she can be strict and disciplining, but She is compassionate and pure of heart and gives us the strength and ability to overcome fears, diseases and miseries of life.
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On the fifth night of Navaratri, we venerate the Goddess Skanda Mata. She is the mother of Shivaanda MatSkanda, and holds Him in Her lap. It is not only Him She holds, She takes us all onto her lap and cares for us.
Four-armed and mounted on a lion, She is the Mother of all power, the Mother of all forces, and the Mother who gives the power to vanquish all negativity. She is an ocean of knowledge and helps us to nurture the divinity within.
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Navaratri is a festival celebrating the nine forms of Goddess Durga: a different form every night.
On this first night, Goddess Shailaputri is venerated (‘Shaila’ is another name for the Himalayan mountains and ‘Putri’ means ‘the daughter'). We celebrate the extraordinary focus and determination She had in Her sadhana in order to gain Lord Shiva as Her husband. Shailaputri is the most powerful and glorified of all the nine forms of Durga. She took the aspect of Shailputri to destroy pride and the demons of ‘too much’ and ‘too little’. We pray to Her to help us surrender to the Divine.
The first night included Guru Puja, Kalash-Puja, yajna, abhishekam, and arati, as well as satsangs from different speakers. Gurudev gave a powerful satsang about the Divine Mother and what it means to be human. He spoke about the importance of knowledge, purification, and being grounded on the spiritual path.
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Navaratri is a festival celebrating the nine forms of Goddess Durga: a different form every night.
On this first night, Goddess Shailaputri is venerated (‘Shaila’ is another name for the Himalayan mountains and ‘Putri’ means ‘the daughter'). We celebrate the extraordinary focus and determination She had in Her sadhana in order to gain Lord Shiva as Her husband. Shailaputri is the most powerful and glorified of all the nine forms of Durga. She took the aspect of Shailputri to destroy pride and the demons of ‘too much’ and ‘too little’. We pray to Her to help us surrender to the Divine.
The first night included Guru Puja, Kalash-Puja, yajna, abhishekam, and arati, as well as satsangs from different speakers. Gurudev gave a powerful satsang about the Divine Mother and what it means to be human. He spoke about the importance of knowledge, purification, and being grounded on the spiritual path.
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bhaktimarga.org