At the Mandir today - A loving puja for world peace

[Guest guest]

Dear All

Today was a(nother) special day at the Mandir. Maa and Swamiji have just been back in the US for nearly a week, and this is the first Chandi Sunday with Swamiji after more than a month. It is good to have them back.

This day, on Dec 7th, the elders of the Badaga community in the Niligiris (hills in Tamil Nadu state of South India) decreed that the members of the community light a lamp and propitiate the kuladevata Goddess Hethai to grant peace to the world. So the Badaga devotees of the Mandir decided to propitiate Goddess Hethai in the temple, by presenting ShreeMaa the traditional offerings associated with the Goddess.

Even before the morning Chandi began, we offered ShreeMaa a gorgeous umbrella symbolizing the Goddess , which had been painstakingly decorated by one of Maa's devotees. We requested Maa and Swamiji that we may offer puja to Her for world peace and they graciously accepted.

After the Chandi, we performed the puja to ShreeMaa - waved the lights while chanting the mantra of Hethai Amma, offered a dakshina along with some lovingly prepared food, and prayed to Her for world peace. Maa was very happy and very pleased with her children.

I hope to share pictures of this event soon. Until then ...

Jai Shree MaaJai Hethai Amma

Nanda

[Guest guest]

Dear Nanda,

 

It brought such joy to read about and the decision the Badaga

community of the Nilgiris to propitiate Goddess Hethai for world

peace, and that they joined Shree Maa and Swamiji in propitiating

Goddess Chandi for World Peace!

Between California and the Nilgiris we have a wide range of

communities who can become links in this chain to light lamps of love

and devotion for world peace.

I was wondering what we could do here in Tehran to join in to make our

offerings for world peace and to show our solidarity...light lamps in

the shrine of Hazrat Massoumeh in Qom perhaps? I think many here would

prefer to light lamps in their homes (and their hearts) with a special

prayer for world peace. We could fix a day or a week.

 

Glad to see your post. Having met in Benares I can now imagine you

right here as I read your post, with your mop of curls and that

serious face which broke into a lovely smile occasionally and your

warmth and friendliness.

 

Lots of love

 

Jai Maa and Jai Swamiji

And Victory to the Devi Mandir Family

 

Manjushri

 

, " Nanda " <chandimaakijai wrote:

>

>

> Dear All

>

> Today was a(nother) special day at the Mandir. Maa and Swamiji have just

> been back in the US for nearly a week, and this is the first Chandi

> Sunday with Swamiji after more than a month. It is good to have them

> back.

>

> This day, on Dec 7th, the elders of the Badaga community in the

> Niligiris (hills in Tamil Nadu state of South India) decreed that the

> members of the community light a lamp and propitiate the kuladevata

> Goddess Hethai to grant peace to the world. So the Badaga devotees of

> the Mandir decided to propitiate Goddess Hethai in the temple, by

> presenting ShreeMaa the traditional offerings associated with the

> Goddess.

>

> Even before the morning Chandi began, we offered ShreeMaa a gorgeous

> umbrella symbolizing the Goddess , which had been painstakingly

> decorated by one of Maa's devotees. We requested Maa and Swamiji that we

> may offer puja to Her for world peace and they graciously accepted.

>

> After the Chandi, we performed the puja to ShreeMaa - waved the lights

> while chanting the mantra of Hethai Amma, offered a dakshina along with

> some lovingly prepared food, and prayed to Her for world peace. Maa was

> very happy and very pleased with her children.

>

> I hope to share pictures of this event soon. Until then ...

>

> Jai Shree Maa

> Jai Hethai Amma

>

> Nanda

>