Guest guest Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 Namah Shivaya Navaratri does mean 'Nine nights'- it is celebrated for 9 nights , but the 10th day is celebrated as VijayaDasami ( literally means 'The victorious Tenth day")- the war between Devi and the demons( our ego and its diabolical assistants like lust and anger) took 9 days- Devi finishes off the demon on the ninth day and emerges victorious on the 10th . My tamil calender says that today ( the 5th) is dasami which means navaratri started on 26th- in any case sometimes two days do get compressed into one depending upon the 'tithi' ( the day of the lunar fortnight)and the moon placement. hereat M.A center we have had beautiful pujas over the past 10 days- the first three days we chanted Sri Durga's 108 names after the sahasrnama, followed by the rocking tune of 'Ayi giri nandhini', the next 3 days we did the 108 name sof Sri lakshmi, and the past three days it was Sri Saraswati's 108 names .. it was very very beautiful... (also personally i think Amma cleared some stuff out for me quite literally- on the 7th day i was down with an upset stomach and spent some time throwing up and- i had to run out of the ashram puja room into the nearest restroom( which was thankfully empty at the time) and i threw up quite violently - seemed like Amma took my prayers for purification quite literally :-) bala Connie Habash <Connie wrote: Actually, Navaratri started on Sept. 26th this year. That's why the 5th is shown as Vijaya Dashmi. Blessings, Achintya - > > In this year, the dates are from Sep 27th thru Oct 05. > > If you were in India on Sep 27th taking Amma's darshan on her > birthday, then you celebrated the start of Navaratri with darshan > (read "in great and auspicious style")! > > Sep27th thru Oct 05th is actually 9 days only, but for some reason, > the calendar shows that Oct 5th is VijayaDashmi (10th day). There are > some complex astrological calculations which I could not figure out, > whereby 10 days of the festival got crunched into 9 calendar days. > > But, I do know this: > 1st 3 days - Durga Puja > Next 3 days - Lakshmi pujua > Last 3 days - Saraswati Puja (of which I know that Oct 3rd was 8th > day - Ashtami, 4th is 9th - Navami) > > 10th day - VijayaDashmi (Oct 5th) > > If somebody knows more about how 10 days of the festival have been > designated only 9 calendar days, please do explain. > > Jai Ma! Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 Namah Shivaya, the sahasrnama, followed by > the rocking tune of 'Ayi giri nandhini' That's what we were doing every morning at the temple! Do the men do it too? Are there any recordings of it? > (also personally i think Amma cleared some stuff out for me quite literally- > on the 7th day i was down with an upset stomach and spent some time throwing > up and- i had to run out of the ashram puja room into the nearest restroom( > which was thankfully empty at the time) and i threw up quite violently - > seemed like Amma took my prayers for purification quite literally :-) How eerie to read this part of your post after what I just posted! In Amma's grace, p. Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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