Sri Lalitha Navarathri.

Vasanta Navaratri or Chaitra Navaratri also known as Lalitha Navarathri is celebrated from Chaitra Amavasya for the next 9 nights.This year, it will be celebrated from 9th April 2024 to 18th April 2024.

The main purpose of this Navaratri is to welcome the seasonal changes. The beginning of Winter (September-October) and beginning of Summer (April- May) mark important points of climatic and solar influences. Our bodies and minds also come under these influences. Therefore, Agni Purana recommends celebrating at least the Chaitra Navaratri and the Sharad Navaratri. Invoking the boundless compassion and grace of the Goddess Lalithambika confers the required immunity and strength to achieve physical and mental wellness.

Though Devi worship is the mainstay of this navaratri, it is also referred to as “Rama Navaratri” since Rama Navami ( Rama’s birthday) falls on the 9th day of this festival. Lord Rama and Hanuman are also worshipped alongwith Shakti.

According to the Devi Bhagavata Puran, Prince Sudarshana won against King Yudhajit with Shakti’s help. Therefore, he alongwith his wife and father -in law started worshipping Devi earnestly. The pleased Goddess ordered them to intensify Her worship during Vasanta Navaratri by performing havans and other rituals. Lord Rama and Lakshmana, the descendants of King Sudharsana continued the tradition and recovered Sita with the Goddess’ help.

The theme of this Navaratri evokes Bhakti bhava in earnest worshippers. This festival is mainly celebrated in North India and few temples in South India especially temples with Sree Mahameru installed. Special Abhishekams are performed every morning during this period. The deity is decorated in a grand fashion too. Evenings are filled up with Lalitha Sahasranamam archanai and Navavarna pooja, considered to be the most powerful Pooja in Shakta tradition. Kanya Puja and Suhasini poojas are also conducted to worship the Shakti aspect. The Goddess being a lover of arts, music and dance programmes are also part of the celebrations.

One can celebrate this Navaratri in their homes, as per their belief and faith. Lalitha Sahasranamam, Soundarya Lahari, Abhirami Andhaadi, Durga Saptashati and various other scriptures and slokas can be chanted. Honouring young girls as “Kanya” and married ladies as ” Suvasini” is quite a popular way of worshipping Shakti during Navaratri.

This is a unique festival wherein there are celebrations happening on one hand while intense sadhanas aimed at delving deeper to gain gnana are performed by sadhaks. The vices of the mind can be dissolved during this period through tapas and Devi upasanas.Sincere prayers to Lalithambika during this navaratri blesses one with all the health, wealth, education, overall success and fulfillment of desires.

Vasant rithu aka Spring heralds the time of harvest and happiness, not only in nature but also in the minds of people. What a better way to celebrate Spring than by worshiping Goddess Lalitha – the Mother of the Universe!

Upcoming topic tantracharya Agamvagish

Tantracharya. Krishnanda Agamvagish was a great matri sadhaka and was the first one who brought about the puja of maa dakshina kali into lime light he was the one who helped in transforming the image kali into an adorable mother from a ruthless devi in the minds of common folk. He was born in the famous Moitra family of Nabadwip his father Maheshwar gouracharya and brother sahasrakha were hard-core Vaishnavs thus being a shakti Upasaka he have to face many difficulties in his shakti aradhana he belonged to the period of Chaitanya mahaprabhu at around 1575 CE . At that time common people usually remained frightened regarding worship of maa kali because of the intense way of worship used by kapaliks and bamachari tantriks which were not meant for common folk that includes veerachari rituals and other things the main stream of Bengal tantrachara was under their control at that time . Not only this the gaudiya vaisnavism of Chaitanya mahaprabhu was also very strong at that time . Krishnanda Agamvagish appeared as a milestone of Bengal shaktism at that time, after completing his sadhna he read different tantrick texts like " Tara tantra " , " tantra churamani " , " shakti sangam tantra ", yogini tantra " , " shyama rahasya " and other 170 types of tantras then by the conclusions of this texts he composed the " Brihat Tantra sara " which contained the core elements of all this tantras , he cleared fear present in the mind of common people regarding kali puja it was at that time the puja of dakshina kali become more popular among different parts of Bengal. Matri aradhana became a integral part in the life of bengali people in his tantra Sara he provided a separate section for satta karmas like Maran, ucchatan, vashikaran, Mohan etc and restored the main stream of tantra sadhna which leads to the lotus feet of maa mahamaya. In Nabadwip the puja of maa dakshina kali done by him is still continued as Agameshwari kali puja , he also composed a text called tattabodhini he was the guru of sadhak ramprasad the famous poet saint of Bengal. Due to his contribution and way of sadhna showed showed by him many future sadhaks came who followed his way and attained Siddhi many among them were Ramkrishna paramhansa,ramprasad, kamalakanta,bam deva etc gradually the effect of gaudiya vaisnavism came to an end,the amavasya he carried the puja of maa kali is known as dipwannita amavasya which still very famous. . Thus I feel no problem to call krishnanda Agamvagish as tantracharya I offer my utmost respect in his lotus feet.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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तत्र ज्ञानं स्वतः सिद्ध क्रिया कायाश्रिता सती । परैरप्युपलक्ष्येत तयान्यज्ञानमूह्यते ॥ ५ ॥
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Translation :
Of these two, knowing is self-evident [only to the knowing person]; but doing, when appearing in someone's body, becomes known to others as well, and that gives them a means to infer the existence of knowing in the concerned person.
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Commentary:
Only a person himself is aware of his own knowing. No one else can be directly aware of it because it cannot become an object of another person's perception. But one person's doing can also be perceived by another person; the physical form of the doer naturally becomes visible to others. Since such doing is known by others, it can serve as a logical means for the viewer to infer the existence of knowing in the doer, because no doing is possible without first knowing. All sentient beings possess powers to know and to do. God, the ultimate knower and doer, is thus self-evident in each and every being.
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