The Sharad Navratri
is also known as Sharada Navratri or Maha Navratri. Out of the 5
navratri’s per year, Sharad Navratri has the greatest significance
which is related to Lord Rama and Ravana. The Sharad Navratri falls in
the Ashwin month of Hindu lunar calendar. So, this post contains all
about Sharad Navratri:
Various Days and Dates of Sharad Navratri 2012
First Navratri (Pratham) – 16th October 2012 [Goddess Shailputri]
Second Navratri (Dwitiya) – 17th October 2012 [Goddess Brahmacharini]
Third Navratri (Trithya) – 18th October 2012 [Goddess Chandraghanta]
Fourth Navratri (Chaturthi) – 19th October 2012 [Goddess Kushmanda]
Fifth Navratri (Panchami) - 20th October 2012 [Goddess Skanda]
Sixth Navratri (Shashthi) - 21st October 2012 [Goddess Katyayani]
Seventh Navratri (Saptami) – 21st October 2012 [Goddess Kalratri]
Eight Navratri (Ashtami) - 22nd October 2012 [Goddess Mahaguri]
Ninth Navratri (Navami) – 23rd October 2012 [Goddess Siddhidatri]
Vijaydashmi/ Dussehra (Dashami) – 24th October 2012
Before I start about the Sharad Navratri, let me first conclude that Sharad Navratri falls the third one in the types of Navratri
and in which the Goddess Durga’s various nine self-images were
worshiped by Lord Rama in nine days in order to get power to kill demon
Ravana to rescue his wife.
And on the 10th day, the day of Vijaydashmi or Dussehra,
Ravana was killed by Lord Rama and thus the victory of truth over lies
was done by Lord Rama.
How to celebrate Sharad Navratri?
Well, there is great significance of Navratri in the lives of human
beings as it is said that during this period, one person can get
himself purified by following the rituals. The people are thus
suggested to avoid the non-vegetarian, onion, grains and salt in order
to keep the nine days fast.
The people are allowed to take fruits, milk, potato, root vegetables and rock salt during the period of Navratri.
To start with, the first day shall be devoted to make a small bed of
mud with the help of the barley seeds. The mud bed is worshipped for
the whole period of Navratri and then on the eighth or ninth day of
Navratri, the grown shoots of the seeds are given to the devotees or
the fasting people, to end their fast. On the end day of fasts, the
devotees call nine young girls for ‘Kanya Pujan’ or ‘Kanchika Pujan’
in which the nine girls are said to be the forms of Maa Durga. The
devotees thus wash the feet of those nine girls and then feed them with
food and given gifts.
For the people, who are away from their home, we have a collection of Navratri SMS and wallpapers which can be copied and sent through web
In this post we have shared some Navratri SMS 2012 which are just
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First know about types of Navaratri.
Here are some Navratri SMS 2012 and Navratri Wallpapers 2012
1. Maa ki jyoti se noor milta hai
sabke dilo ko surur milta hai
jo bhi jata hai MAA ke dwar
kuch na kuch jarur milta hai…
Have a joyful Navratri 2012!!!
2. PAL PAL SUNHRE FOOL KHILE.
KABHI NA HO KANTO KA SAMNA.
JINDGI APKI KHUSHIYOSE BHARIRAHE.
NAVRATRI PAR HAMARI YAHI SHUBH KAMNA.
Very-Very Happy Navratri!!!
3. May God gift you all the gifts of life
gifts of joy, gifts of happiness
gifts of friendship, gifts of love
and all other gifts you want to have in your life.
Happy Navratri 2012 to you all.
4. N-Nav Din Ki
A-Aarti
Navratri festival has got a great significance of the purity of the
human body from various factors of life. Navratri is a festival of 9
fasts which are being kept for three Goddess: Goddess Durga, Goddess
Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati.
According to Hindus, the first three days of Navratri are celebrated for Maa Durga, the 4th 5th and 6th days for Maa Lakshmi and last three days for Maa Saraswati.
Here are the various stories that belong to the history of Navratri:
History of Navratri related to Mahishasura and Goddess Durga
Mahishasura was a demon, who had got some indefeatable powers from
the Lord Shiva. Soon, he had started killing the innocent people for
his own means. And due to his powers, he was unable to be beaten by
Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu.
So, the trinity of Hindu religion- Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord
Mahesh created Goddess Durga with a mixture of their powers to defeat
and kill Mahishasura.
Goddess Durga then underwent a nine days long war with the demon and
then won on the tenth day which led to the celebration of Navratri
History of Navratri related to Sati
As per the legend, the daughter of King Daksha “Uma”
had married Lord Shiva without the permission of her father. Kind
Daksha was the king ofHimalayas and on his daughter’s decision, he
arranged yagna in which all the people of devine status were invited
except Lord Shiva.
Uma visited the yagna where Lord Shiva was insulted by his father.
So, as a result, not bearing the insults of her husband, Uma jumped
into the fire of the yagna and thus is known as Sati.
Sati took re-birth and again married to lord Shiva. The Navratri is
celebrated as those days when Sati visited her parents for peace and
lived there for nine days.
History of Navratri related to Lord Rama and Ravana
Lord Rama had worshipped the nine forms of Goddess Durga to gather
power to defeat Ravana on the tenth day. Thus the Navratri is
celebrated in order to celebrate those nine days.
The tenth day is also known as Dussehra or Vijaydashmi, which is
celebrated by making the puppets of Ravana and then setting them on
fire.
The Sharad Navratri will start from tomorrow (October-November).
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