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These days mark the main Puja (worship) which is performed by the recitation of scriptures, legends of Durga in the Devi Mahatmya, and social visits by families to temples and pandals. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ] On the tenth day, also known as Vijayadashami , a great procession is held where clay statues of Durga are ceremoniously walked to a river ...
Culture, Tribal History, and Freedom Movement: Dr. N.K. Sahu Commemoration Volume. Agam Kala Prakashan. Pintchman, Tracy (2001). Seeking Mahādevī: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess. State University of New York Press. ISBN 9780791490495. Sharma, Vidya Sagar (2021). Mata Vaishno Devi (Prabhat Prakashan) (in Hindi). Prabhat ...
Dhodha is a festival in Navratri dedicated to the worship of Hindu saurastra deity Shakti. The word dhodha is song. the is savrastrian trik or tretli. [2] During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshipped. The 10th day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra."
Vasant Navratri: First nine days of the Chaitra month (Hindu calendar) Navratri is the Hindu festival of worship and dance. In Sanskrit the term literally means "nine nights". During this festival the forms of Shakti are worshipped, and effigies are burned. During these nine days, devotees fasts to devote their worship for shakti.
It is a custom to wash and clean the feet of these nine young girls as a mark of respect for the Goddess and offer new clothes as gifts by the devotee. Kanya Puja as a part of Devi worship is to recognise the feminine power vested in the girl child. The girl should be of young age. There is also a ritual purification and chanting of mantras.
Mysore Dasara is the state festival in the state of Karnataka in India.It is a 10-day festival, starting with nine nights called Navaratri and the last day being Vijayadashami.
The appearance of Kalaratri can be seen as bearing doom for evil-doers. But she always bears good fruits for her devotees and should avoid fear when faced with her, for she removes the darkness of worry from life of such devotees. Her worship on the seventh day of Navratri is given especially high importance by yogis and sādhakas.
It is also believed that by visiting Maa Sureshwari Devi, skin diseases and leprosy patients become healthy. [7] In Navratri, the darshan of the mother on the days of Ashtami, Navami and Chaturdashi has special importance, it is said that on this day even the gods come to have the darshan of Mother Bhagwati. [8] [9]