Glimpses from Shivaratri this year at the Mandir

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Dear All,

 

The Satabhisha Nakshatra Paddhoti was a special highlight of

Shivaratri this year at the Mandir.

 

Picture this - a bunch of devotees around the homa pit chanting "Om

Namah Shivaya" - the sankalpa was to complete a 100 malas during the

night in between the other main fare - Rudri , Sahasranam and the

pujas.

 

And then there were the devotees that spread around the Mandir bent

over trying to write something.... If you peered over their

shoulder , like Swamiji did with a one eyebrow lifted up, you would

have seen the devotees sweating it out writing the 108 names of

Durga in Sanskrit no less. (Maa asked me outright "What are you

writing" . )

 

Yes ,dear readers, if you read the 108 names of Durga , it is said

that there is great merit in WRITING these names on the day of

bhaumavasya, satabisha etc etc ( honest, didnt remember this until

that evening, else I woulda egged all y'all to write too )

 

The writing bug bit a lot of people , as everyone tried to finish by

midnight so that they too could have a sporting chance at becoming

the lord of wealth as promised in the text. And the white paper and

pens near the fax machine kept disappearing.

 

Jai Shiva

Nanda