NAVARATHRI .............2

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Actually,the nine nigts are nine steps to that

great brahman called Ma.It involves the process of

shutting the nine gates f the body,one a day,to completely

internalize self and enter nirvikalpa samadhi at the height

of which the great paadukaas of lalitha is

understood as everything,light,and noon-different from self.

<br>In srividya worship,each day,from

pratipad,Tripuraa,tripureshi,tripurasundari,tripura

vaasini,tripuraashree,tripuramaalini,tripuraa

siddha,tripuraamba aand Maha tripurasundari are worhipped for the

nine days.Also the nine avaranaas of srichakra,which

are nine steps in reaching bindu or samadhi are

crossed i.e. kundalini is taken from adha

sahasraara,vishu chakra,mooladhaara etc to maha bindu which is of

thhe form oof the saparaardha kala in the secretive

kaamakalaa. Also navadurgas namely shailaaputri,etc are

worshhipped.This is well known to most sadhakas. However

traditional tantras and sadhakas indicate a different worship

of nava durgas being: Maha durga,aryaa

durga,shoolini durga,kumari durga,ambika durga,mahisha mardini

durga,chandika durga,saraswathi durga and vageeswari durga.They

have to be worshipped on the nine days with their

respective moola mantras.Every day navaavarana pooja of

sricakra is performed with Lalitha sahasranama. It is said

that one who worships devi on mahanavami night in

sricakra withh this secretive,incomparable jewel of a

hymn, lalitha sahasramam,he becomes devi imself i.e. he

completely merges into her and realizes self as devi.There

wont be an iota of difference between him and devi.The

deities whic are also worshipped with their moola mantras

in srichakra on each day are :<br>FIRST DAY

:<br>guru,maha ganapati,suddha vidya,baalaa

tripurasundari,dvaadashaardhaamba,hasanthi shyamala,sukha shyamala,shaarikaa

shyamala,

sangeetha shyamala,saahitya shyamala,laghu shyamala,Raaja

shyamala or mathangi.<br>gayathri,ekakshari

ganapathi,kshipra ganapathi ,siddha ganapathi, navaneeta ganapathi,

shakthi ganapathi,ucchhishta ganapathi, arka ganapathi,

kukshi ganapathi, vakratunda ganapathi, lakshmi

ganapathi,trailokyamohana ganapathi,viri

ganapathi.<br>subrahmanya,mrityunjaya,maha mrityunjaya,amrita

sanjeevini,neelakanta,tryambaka,jaata

vedagni,braahmi-narayani-roudri-ugrakrityaa-atharvana bhadrakaali

pratyangiraa's.<br>.......