चैत्र
नवरात्रि
18 मार्च - 25 मार्च 2018
आत्मशुद्धि
और मुक्ति का आधार
उपासना और
पूजा करने से घर की नाकारात्मकता दूर होती है और वातावरण में साकारात्मक ऊर्जा का
संचार होता है
नौ दिन - मां
दुर्गा के नौ रूप की पूजा
नौ रूप - मां
शैलपुत्री, ब्रह्मचारिणी, चन्द्रघंटा, कूष्माण्डा, स्कंदमाता, कात्यायनी, कालरात्रि, महागौरी
और मां सिद्धिदात्री
चैत्र नवरात्रि का महत्व
चैत्र
नवरात्रि में सूर्य का राशि परिवर्तन होता है। सूर्य 12 राशियों का चक्र पूरा कर दोबारा मेष राशि में प्रवेश करते
हैं और एक नये चक्र की शुरुआत करते हैं।
चैत्र
नवरात्रि से हिन्दु नव वर्ष की शुरुआत होती है।
Chaitra Navratri symbolizes the beginning of the
Hindu New Year
It falls in the month of chaitra and the beginning of the spring season
Nine forms of Goddess Durga - Shailputri,
Brahmachaarini, Chandraghanta, Kushmaanda, Skandamaata, Katyaayani, Kaalraatri,
Mahagauri and Siddhidatri are worshipped.
Navratri - ‘Nav’ means nine and ‘Ratri’ means night in Sanskrit
= ‘Navratri’ is nine nights of worship and celebration.
Mahishasurmardini (Goddess Durga killing the buffalo-demon, Mahishasur-'Mahish' refers to a 'buffalo' and 'asura'-means demon). 20th century, West Bengal, colour on cotton cloth, 112 x 92 cm, collection: National Museum, New Delhi
According to the Hindu legends, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva evoked Goddess Durga to save the Devalok (heaven) and the living beings on earth from the tyranny of Mahishasur. The dominion of the Gods had been overpowered by the buffalo demon and hence they were worried about their survival. Using her prowess, the ten-armed goddess on lion slayed the demon, restoring peace in the heavens and on the earth. This pata (cloth) chitra (painting) delineates the victory of good over evil.
Another portrayal of Ma Durga in Mahishaasurmardini avtaar is seen in this beautiful sculpture which was returned to India by Germany
The 10th
century Durga idol had gone missing from a temple in Pulwama in Jammu and
Kashmir in the 1990s and surfaced at the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, in Germany.
The idol was handed over by visiting German
Chancellor Angela Merkel to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi after their talks
in New Delhi, three years after it was spotted in a museum in Stuttgart. Shri
Modiji thanked Merkel and the people of Germany for returning the idol,
saying “The statue is from Jammu and Kashmir & is a symbol of victory of
good over evil.”
