Navratri – Jai Maa Durga – Jai Mata Di – Victory to the Mother Divine – Respectfully
Navratri – 4 April 2011 to 11 April 2011
Navratri
Navratri marks the commencement of celebrations of worship of Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations for nine consecutive days respectfully
Jai Mata Di
The repeated chants of Jai Mata Di resonate respectfully – reverberating their harmonious melodious intonation – representing victory to the Mother Divine; victory to Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations respectfully – Jai Mata Di
Bi Annual
This is the celebration that takes place twice a year respectively and respectfully; Jai Mata Di Durga
Durga is the name of the Divine Mother, Goddess Durga, Shakti – Shiva Shakti – The meaning of Durga in Sanskrit respectfully represents the overcoming of obstacles
Bhajans
For all the nine days, a daily morning and evening prayer is held with singing of bhajans – devotional hymns extolling – elucidating- praising – glorifying the supreme greatness of Matarani Durga and Her Nine Manifestations for nine consecutive days respectfully
Matarani
The meaning of Matarani is Divine Mother and is expressed with respectful reverence to Goddess Durga and Her Nine Manifestations respectfully
Manifestations
The names of Goddess Durga’s nine manifestations are respectfully as follows – very most respectfully
Jai Mata Di
Ambe – Jagdambe – Jai Mata Di
Annapurna – Jai Mata Di
Bhadrakali – Jai Mata Di
Bhairavi – Jai Mata Di
Bhavani- Jai Mata Di
Chandika – Jai Mata Di
Durga – Jai Mata Di
Lalita – Jai Mata Di
Sarvamangala – Jai Mata Di
Aarti
The completion of each prayer session are respectively marked by the Aarti which is the devotional song humbly expressing the highest admiration, adoration, devotion, gratitude, respect and reverence to Matarani Durga and Her Nine Manifestations respectfully
Etiquette
The Aarti is performed with a heart full of admiration, adoration, devotion, gratitude, respect and reverence humbly expressed with the very highest regard to Matarani Durga accompanied along with the lighting of a cotton wick that is dipped in oil, lighting of camphor, incense sticks and ringing the bells and singing the Aarti
Intention
The intention of the Aarti is to humbly surrender and offer all actions with humility to Matarani Durga; Jai Maa Durga; Jai Mata Di; Jai Matarani Vaishnodevi; Jai Maa Maha Kali; Jai Maa Saraswathi; Jai Maa Lakshmi and the Nine Manifestations of Matarani Durga respectfully with profound admiration, adoration, devotion, gratitude, respect and reverence respectfully
Navratri – Garba
During Navratri Garba competitions are held; Garba seeks to respectfully refer to the dance where devotional songs in honor of Matarani Durga are listened to by the heart and the participants as well as the spectators celebrate with their hearts expressing Joy and Happiness respectfully
Joy
It is dancing to the rhythms of the heart and very most gratefully and humbly expressing profound thanks to Matarani Durga and her nine manifestations; singing and dancing respectfully with calibrated precision that is truly amazing – It is the magnificent dance of the heart joyfully expressing its gracefulness

Purpose
The primordial definition of life inspires us to be true to our purpose and values – God Bless
Goodwill
The art of life provides us its amazing foresight to accomplish the visions that belong to the goodwill of the Universe infinitely – God Bless
Art
The art of living inspires us to identify, discover, recognize, realize and experience our True Essence – our True Identity – our True Nature – our True Self respectively – God Bless
Intuition
Let us seek to awaken our inner wisdom; our higher consciousness – Let us seek to develop our intuition – Intuition is our inner guidance and compass of life – Intuition is the wisdom of the Soul – God Bless
God Bless
May one and all be blessed with a vision of compassion, conscious awareness, diligence, foresight, good health, happiness, harmony, joy, meaningfulness, peace, prosperity, progress, prudence, purposefulness, success, sustainability and wisdom always – God Bless
Love, Light and Wisdom,
God Bless,
Vashi
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