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Ram Navami and 9th Day of Navaratri
April 17 @ 12:00 - 21:00
Rama – Lord of Dharma
Join us as we venerate the most righteous being ever incarnated on Earth: Lord Rama. Lord Rama is one of the greatest models of compassion and surrender in history. He incarnated to restore dharma and to set an example as to how one should perform one’s duty in life. As a king, He made formidable sacrifices for His people, showing us all that the path of dharma is ultimately for the benefit of all.
Lord Rama is the 7th dashavatar of the Supreme Lord Narayana. He incarnated to kill Ravana, the 10-headed Demon King. Ravana’s 10 heads represent the 10 negative qualities of the mind which include anger, jealousy, pride, lust, greed, envy, and possessiveness. The name ‘Ra’ ‘Ma’ is a fusion between ‘om namo narayanaya’ and ‘om namah shivaya’. Rama is the embodiment of these two aspects and reflects the intimate relationship between Bhagavan and His bhakta: the worshipped and the worshipper.
“Rama stands for Dharma. Dharma for unifying. As a King, Rama was unifying. And whenever we sing the name of Ram, it is unifying our mind (Shiva Tattva) with heart (Vishnu Tattva).” – Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda
Navaratri
Navaratri is a 9-night festival celebrating Goddess Durga’s victories over the demons that represent the negative qualities that keep us from realising our true, eternal self. The Divine Mother, in the form of Durga Maa, is the Remover of Miseries. She appears in 9 different forms, each an embodiment of the qualities that one needs to advance on the spiritual path.
Siddhidatri Devi is an aspect of Maha Lakshmi; She is the ultimate form of the Goddess who is unified with the sustenance and liberation forces of the great Lord, Maha Vishnu. In order to attain ‘siddhis’, power, you need knowledge and wisdom, which Mother Siddhidatri grants. She is the One who delivers eighteen types of successes, both spiritual and material. We pray to Siddhidatri Devi to bestow on each one the Grace of Love, the Grace of Wisdom and the Grace of attaining Her Grace. Her colour is red.
Programme
12:00 Guru Padukam abhishekam
12:30 Gauri Ganesh puja and Siddhidatri Ganesh puja
13:00 Vishwakshena puja and Sri Ram Kalash puja
13:30 Divine Mother puja
14.00-18.00 Shri Ram yagna
18.00 Maha abhishekam
