About Navratri

Navratri means in Sanskrit, Nine Night. Also it is spelled as Navaratri. Navratri signifies 'NavAhoratra', that is, special nights. Many of nature's obstacles end in these nights. If the voice is given at night than in the day, it goes far. That is why accomplishment and meditation are done in these nights. Auspicious resolutions made in these nights are proven. I will explain here the 5 hidden secrets and myths of Navratri which need to be known and why people do this Navratri with lots of dedications. Navratri is celebrated for 9 days during the month of Ashvin, up to a day before of Dussehra. Navratri is celebrated in various regions of India with different styles. Few people is celebrated it in a term of fasting and few celebrated it as a dancing and feasting fectival. Widely it is celebrated in Gujarat with a nine-night dance festival. 

Why Navratri is celebrated?

Navratri is celebrated to worship goddess Durga who is an imitation of Shakti (power). There are few myths linked with the festival which are explain below.

The First Myth of Navratri

There are 36 nights of four Navratri in a year. It is four months: - Chaitra, Ashadh, Ashwin and Paush. ChaitraNavratri in Chaitra month which is also known as BadiNavratri or VasantNavratri. The Navratri of the month of Ashada and Paush is called Gupta Navratri. The Navratri of the month of Ashwin is called SharadiyaNavratri.

If you obey the Navratriheartily for 36 days and nights of the year, then your will fulfil your wishes. For this, you should keep a strict fast these days and do not do alcoholic, meat-eating and stringent sleeping in these 36 days. Every kind of meditation and wishes done in these nine days are completed by being in fast. But the person who does not remain holy during these nine days never reach the destination.

The Second Myth of Navratri

There are 9 holes in our body. Two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, two genitals and one mouth. If the above 36 organs are purified and purified, then the mind will be pure and will awaken the sixth sense. All these senses or holes disappear in sleep and the mind remains awake. (Keeping fast in the 36 Navratris of the year completely cleanses the internal organs.)

The Third Myth of Navratri

If you are practicing or worshiping a goddess, then you need to know which goddess you are worshiping or worshiping. For this, learn to recognize the goddesses. Each goddess is identified by her vehicle, arm and weapon. As Ashtabhujadhari is riding on Goddess Durga and Katyayani, Mata Parvati, Chandraghanta and Kushmanda are seated on the lion. Shailputri and Mahagauri sit on Taurus, Kalratri on donkey and Siddhidatri on lotus. Similarly all the other Goddess have different rides.

Among the nine goddesses, Shailputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Mahagauri, Siddhidatri are worshiped through the VidhanVidhiVidhan. It is said that Katyayani had killed Mahishasura, hence she is also called Mahishasuramardini. According to DurgaSaptashati they also have other forms: - Brahmani, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Narasimhi, Aindri, Shivduti, Bhimadevi, Bhramari, Shakambhari, Adishakti and Raktadantika.

Among the goddesses are the group of Tridevi, Navadurga, Dashamhavidya and Chausath Yoginis. There are mainly eight yoginis whose names are as follows: - 1. Sur-Sundari Yogini, 2. Manohra Yogini, 3. Kanakavati Yogini, 4. Kameshwari Yogini, 5. RatiSundari Yogini, 6. Padmini Yogini, 7. Natini Yogini and 8. Madhumati Yogini.

Adi Shakti Ambika is supreme and she has many forms. Sati, Parvati, Uma and Kali Mata are the wives of Lord Shankar. It was Ambika who killed Durgamasura and that is why she is called Durga Mata. Dashamahvidyas are also worshiped in Navadurga. Their name is -1. Kali, 2. Tara, 3. Chinnamasta, 4. Shodashi, 5. Bhuvaneshwari, 6. Tripurbhairavi, 7. Dhumavati, 8. Bagalamukhi, 9. Matangi and 10 Kamala.

All of the above have different worship practices and enjoy different experiences. Such as nine indulgences and medicines - ShailputriKuttu and Harad, Brahmacharini Milk-Curd and Brahmi, ChandraghantaChaulai and Chandusur, KushmandaPetha, SkandmataShyamak Rice and Linseed, KatyayaniHariTarkari and Moiya, KalratriKalimarch, Tulsi and Nagdoun, Mahagaurisabudana basil, SiddhidatriAmla and Asparagus.

The Fourth Myth of Navratri

Different meditations are performed in each Navratri. Before meditation, you also have to decide which Goddess you want to practice. For example, Baglamukhi Devi, Kali Mata, Mother Matangi or Ambika Mata want to do spiritual practice or anyone else.

The general public can recite Mata Beej Mantra or Shabar Mantras. You can also recite DurgaSaptashati daily. Each mantra of DurgaSaptashati is duly proven on the night of Ashtami. Reciting SaptashlokiDurga 108 times on the night of Ashtami gives you the desired results. In Navaratri, at least for three hours in both periods (morning and evening), 26 garlands should be chanted at regular time per day. Retire from morning defecation, should be worshiped in the morning in the morning with pure face and evening in the west face. Keep the lamp of ghee lit during the chanting and keep a vessel of water close by.

The seeker who worships with careful and concentrated consciousness gradually starts attaining siddhis. If any spiritual practice is being done to fulfil it, then it is complete. All kinds of crises will go away. If you do the meditation in all the four Navratris of the year, then you will gain a positive energy which will remove all sadness.

Celibacy is very important in Navratri practice. Apart from this, take food at one time or take fruits and milk at both times is also fasting. Leave as much salt and sweet (Chinese sweetmeats) as possible. Apart from this, decide to do your own physical services for complete or regular time, silence, land-sleeping, renunciation of leather goods, renunciation of animal riding. To abandon your pleasures as much as possible, to indulge in worship is tenacity. The place and time of worship or practice should also be appointed.

The Fifth Myth of Navratri

Importance of Gupta Navaratri- As stated above, there are four Navaratri festivals in the year. Two of them for common people called ChaitraNavaratri and ShardiyaNavaratri while two for seekers called Gupta Navaratri which falls in the month of Aashaadh and Pausha. Navratri of Chaitra month is called BadaNavratri and Ashwin month Navratri is called ChhotiNavratri. TuljaBhavani is the elder mother then Chamunda Ma.

How Navratri is celebrated?

Navratriis celebratedfor 9 days. In this 9 days, each day is dedicated to different types of goddess.

The day 1 to day 3 is dedicated to Goddess Durgawho is the symbol of power and energy. In these day people worship to Goddess Durga.

During the day 4 to day 6, people worship to Goddess Lakshmi, she is known for peace and prosperity. Also she known as the Godess of wealth. People worship her to gain the financial wealth.

During the day 4 to day 6, people worship to GodessSaraswati. She is known as the Godess knowledge.

In the 9th day, Kanya puja is performed. In this day nine young girls represented the nine form of Goddess Durga and are worship.

The women plant nine types of grain seeds in small pots during the nine days of this festival and then offer these sprouts to the goddess Durga. There is a believe that if they offer sprouts to the goddess, then they will have good harvesting.

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