Showing posts with label dussehra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dussehra. Show all posts

Maharnavami : The 9th Day in Dasara

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Maharnavami is the 9th day in the festival days of Dasara. This day along with Durgashtami and Vijayadasami are considered to be the most auspicious and most of the Dasara activities and special puja's are done.

Durgashtami

Durgashtami is the 8th day in the Dasara/Dushera festival.

Durga Devi is believed to be the one Goddess who always stands for the Good and kills that bad and the forces causing the evil in the society.

Today is the first day of the 9day Dasara/Dusherra festival.

Each day is dedicated to a Goddess. This day the goddess is prayed and all the devotees make special poojas for that particular avatar.

The first day of the Dasara festival is dedicated to
Sri Balatripura sundari Devi. She is one of the avataras of Durga Devi.

This year in 2009 her avataram is on 19-Sep-2009

Upcoming festival :Dusherra

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Dusherra is a 9 day festival of India. This festival is celebrated across India by almost all the people with bhakthi and shraddha. This festival is dedicated to the goddess Kanaka durga, Saraswathi, Kalika Devi, Annapurna Devi, and the last day of the Navarathri is called VijayaDasami.

This festival is celebrated in large scale in the state of West Bengal in India, Mysore of Karnataka, Mumbai, and these days in Andhra Pradesh.

It is also celebrated in large scale in Nepal, Bangladesh also.
There are many reasons for which this Navarathri days are celebrated. We will discuss them in detail every day startinf from 19-Sep-2009