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  1. What is the effect of Navratri on our lives

    I always wondered why festivals are designed to be celebrated in a specific way on a particular day of the year. Or say, for instance, why is Navratri celebrated? Seasonal transition "Without insight into why we have Navratri during the change of sea ...
  2. 5 Navratri Fasting Myths and Facts | The Art of Living India

    Navratri is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in India. It brings us together, inculcates spirituality, and evokes cultural values in us. Devotees observe strict fasting during Navratri as onion, garlic, non-vegetarian food, and junk food are fr ...
  3. Things to Avoid During Navratri

    Navratri is one of the most celebrated festivals in India. It is marked with several rituals, pujas, and fasting that last for nine days to honor the victory of Durga Maa (divine feminine) over the demon Mahishashura. Sharad Navratri marks the end of mons ...
  4. Bhanu Remembers Navratri Celebrations

    Bhanumathi Narasimhan in conversation with Bharathy Harish A bright afternoon in the month of August- it was the usual comfortable, calm and content atmosphere in Bhanu Didi’s house. It was time to get ready for another Art of Meditation (Sahaj Samadhi) C ...
  5. Mystical Navratri Celebrations – Then and Now

    It is time for the big celebration once again. The festival of Navratri comes with the promise of nine days of devotion, rituals, fun, frolic, dance, and festivities. The beginning of autumn is the sacred time of the year to worship all the forms of the D ...
  6. Devi – The various names and forms of Divine Mother

    By Bhanumathi Narasimhan We are all floating in the effulgence of one scintillating unseen cosmic energy called the ‘Devi’. The Devi or the Divine Mother is the womb of all creation. She is the seed of all dynamism, radiance, beauty, equanimity, peace and ...
  7. The Home Coming

    There's a buzz in the air. Take a walk around and you'll smell fresh paint, wet mud, joy, laughter and anticipation. The ones who live here are all busy, preparing to welcome the thousands who are on their way. They're coming home, for a ce ...
  8. Nine leadership lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Goddess Durga

    She is a multi-tasker and a fighter; someone who puts her all into every endeavour. Her never-say-die attitude ensures that she comes out on top every time- even when the odds are against her. The most fascinating aspect is that through all her struggles, ...
  9. Technology of Tantras

    By Bhanumathi Narasimhan Tantras are techniques, skillful ways of handling the mind. It is skill in action. The tantric methods make use of yantras and mantras which together help a seeker to transcend the body consciousness and be established in the spac ...
  10. Sri Sri Gurukul- Experiences of Agma Boys

    Arun kumar, Tamil Nadu Every puja follows certain specific protocols. The ones who perform the Homas are called Acharyas and the ones who chant are called Sadhakas. I have been a sadhaka in the Gurukul since 2002 and have participated in 10 Navratri celeb ...