During Navaratri, women chant the powerful Lalitha Sahasranamam, either individually or in groups, with complete devotion every day. For centuries, generations of women have followed this daily ritual ...

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It’s eleven in the morning, and the air in Preeti Samavedam’s drawing room is filled with smell of incense and swish of silks. CHENNAI: It’s eleven in the morning, and the air in Preeti Samavedam’s ...

This year’s Navaratri began on Monday, 22nd September, with Ghatasthapana, the installation of the Kalash (sacred pot). During this auspicious 9-day period, Shakti Devi is honoured as the divine ...

The idols of Lord Venkateswara and consorts Padmavathi and Lakshmi, and Sri Chakram were given the holy bath by chanting Vedic hymns this morning, a temple official said. High priests, after ...

TIRUPATI: The nine-day annual Navaratri Brahmotsavam festival of Lord Venkateswara has commenced here on Wednesday. tirupati: the nine-day annual navaratri brahmotsavam festival of lord venkateswara ...

The sixth form of Goddess Durga, Maa Katyayani is worshipped on the sixth day of Navratri. Sharad Navaratri began on September 21, 2017. The Devi Katyayani Puja will fall on Shashthi i.e. September 26 ...

Chennai: Navaratri is marked by annual Brahmotsavams at reputed temples with the deities taken out on various vahanas richly adorned and paraded around the temple, amidst sacred hymns and chanting.

Celebration of festivals is a part of our spiritual culture. Navaratri is one such important festival. The Goddess Herself speaks of this to Markandeya, making it doubly spiritual in nature. Although ...