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Ma Shailaputri (Daughter (putri) of Mountain (shaila)) is worshipped on the first day of Navaratra. Shailaputri was the daughter of the God of Mountains, Himalaya. Popularly known as Parvati, her husband is Shiva and she has two sons - Kartikeya and Ganesha. In her previous incarnation, she was Sati - the daughter of a great king, Daksha. According to the legend, Daksha Prajapati was one of the sons of Lord Brahma. Daksha did not want his daughter, Sati, to marry Shiva as he considered Shiva a dirty ascetic not worthy of marrying a girl from a noble family. Listen to the story here.
नवरात्र के पहले दिन मां शैलपुत्री (पहाड़ (शैला) की बेटी (पुत्री)) की पूजा की जाती है। शैलपुत्री हिमालय पर्वत के देवता की पुत्री थी। पार्वती के नाम से लोकप्रिय, उनके पति शिव हैं और उनके दो बेटे हैं - कार्तिकेय और गणेश। अपने पिछले अवतार में, वह सती थीं - एक महान राजा दक्ष की बेटी। पौराणिक कथा के अनुसार, दक्ष प्रजापति भगवान ब्रह्मा के पुत्रों में से एक थे।
दक्ष नहीं चाहता था कि उसकी बेटी सती, शिव से शादी करे क्योंकि वह शिव को एक गंदा तपस्वी मानता था जो एक कुलीन परिवार की लड़की से शादी करने के योग्य नहीं था। पूरी कहानी सुनें इस पॉडकास्ट में ।
On the ninth day of the nine-day long Hindu festival of Navratri, we worship the ninth form of Devi Durga. The ninth form of Devi Durga is Ma Siddhidatri. Ma Siddhidatri blessed Shiva not just with eight or ‘ashtasiddhis’ but with 18 siddhis or 18 perfections. Half of Lord Shiva’s body became one...
Published 09/26/22
On the eighth day of the nine day-long festival of Navratri, we celebrate and we pray to Ma Mahagauri. ‘Maha’ means extremely and ‘Gauri’ means fair. When Parvatiji in the form of Kaalratri was fighting all the demons and when she came back her skin had turned absolutely dark and try as she may...
Published 09/26/22