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Magh Gupt Navratri begins

Durga Maa

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Magh Gupt Navratri begins

Why it is celebrated

The nine days from Magh Shukla Pratipada to Navami are called Magh Gupt Navratri. There are four Navratris in a year; Chaitra and Sharad Navratri are celebrated openly and joyfully, while the Magh and Ashadh Navratris are kept for quiet, private (gupt) sadhana. In these days Maa Durga and the ten Mahavidyas are worshipped.

The story

King Daksha held a great yagya but did not invite his daughter Sati or his son-in-law, Bhagwan Shiv. When Sati learnt of it, she wanted to go to her father's house. Shiv ji explained that going uninvited was not right and that she might be insulted there.

Sati was firm in her decision. When Shiv ji would not agree, Sati showed him her power. She appeared in ten different forms, and in whichever direction Shiv ji looked, one form of the Devi stood there. These ten forms were Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamala.

Shiv ji understood that all of them were forms of the same Adi Shakti that fills all of creation. These ten forms came to be called the ten Mahavidyas.

In Gupt Navratri, seekers worship these Mahavidyas and Maa Durga with a quiet mind. Tradition says this sadhana is not for show, but to awaken the strength within.

Puja vidhi

  1. On Pratipada morning, after bathing, set up the kalash in your home temple at an auspicious time.
  2. Place a picture or idol of Maa Durga and light a diya every morning and evening for nine days.
  3. Each day offer flowers, rice and roli, and read the Durga Saptashati or Durga Chalisa, or chant 'Om Dum Durgayai Namah'.
  4. Worship in these days is kept quiet and private; tantric sadhana of the Mahavidyas is done only under a qualified guru, and simple puja and jaap are enough at home.
  5. Fast, or eat one sattvic meal a day, as your health allows.
  6. On Navami, complete the Navratri with a havan, kanya pujan and aarti.

Food

Sattvic food or vrat food for nine days: fruit, sabudana, kuttu, singhara and milk; halwa-chana or kheer as bhog for Maa.

Wishes to send

  • Warm wishes on Magh Gupt Navratri! May Maa Durga give you strength and peace from within.

  • A quiet mind, true faith and Maa's name. May these nine days of Gupt Navratri be auspicious for you.

  • Jai Mata Di! May Maa Adi Shakti's grace always be on your family.

  • Devotion is something to live, not to show. This Gupt Navratri, we pray to Maa that our hearts stay pure.

  • Ten Mahavidyas, one Adi Shakti. May every form of Maa give you courage and patience.

  • May the Navratri diya keep filling your home with light and your heart with faith.

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