Navaratri Mother Divine Festival – October 8-17
The Mythology of the Mother Divine Festival
Mother Divine Festival Ceremonies
What is Navaratri? Navaratri, literally meaning ‘nine nights’, is an ancient Indian festival celebrating Mother Divine in all her forms. Divinity has two aspects- manifest and unmanifest, feminine and masculine. During the ten days and nine nights of the Mother Divine Festival, we honor the strength, nurture, compassion, and other feminine divine qualities we experience in our lives.
What happens during Navaratri? On each evening, Swami Suryapada of the Art of Living Foundation together with the pundits will perform different pujas- ceremonies of prayer, gratitude and offering that decrease negativity and increase positivity in ourselves and our environment. View the program here.
The festival guests are invited to sit and meditate to the live vedic chants of the pundits and experience the full power the ancient rituals of Navaratri. The ceremonies are beautiful to look at and also serve a definite purpose scientifically. Various herbs and substances such as honey, water, and ghee, are used during the ceremony. All of these substances through smoke provide a healing effect on our system. The mantras are chanted in Sanskrit, one of the earliest languages of the Indo-European language family. Just like different types of music, the different sounds of the mantras have different subtle effects on the spirit. They enliven certain qualities within us such as love, connectivity and peace. The mantras also dissolve the negative qualities which cover the positivity which is at our core.
These pujas have been performed for thousands of years to bring peace, to bring prosperity, to dissolve negative karmas and to uplift the human spirit. When we are grateful and our mind is clear, when the prana, the subtle energy, of the environment is high, then any in intention we take will manifest. Navaratri is a time for setting the highest of intentions and we invite you to do so at this unprecedented event.
Please check more details and RSVP for this festival here.
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