| Date & Time: | Oct 12, 2024 & 5:00 PM PT |
| Location: | “Chinmaya Haridwar” 3551 NE John Olsen Ave |
Sponsor Event, RSVP required to attend |
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Hari OM!
It is time for Navaratri Celebrations at Chinmaya Haridwar!
PLEASE NOTE: Due to space limitations, this event is exclusively reserved for our annual sponsors.
“Nava-ratri” literally means “nine nights.” Navaratri is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of the supreme goddess. In the first three days, the Mother is invoked as a powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all our impurities, vices, and defects. For the next three days, the Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the power to bestow on her devotees inexhaustible wealth. The final set of three days is spent worshipping the mother as the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. In order to have all-around success in life, we need the blessings of all three aspects of the divine mother; hence, the worship for nine nights.
The festival is celebrated in different ways in different parts of India. In Delhi, numerous events around Ramlila mark the celebrations, while in West Bengal, Durga Puja captures the essence of the festival. In Gujarat, it is celebrated by performing the Garba dance while in South India, celebrations take the form of Bommai Golu or Navratri Golu – the artistic display of dolls. We include all these in our festivities at Chinmaya Haridwar!
Chinmaya Mission Portland will be celebrating Navaratri on Saturday, October 12, 2024. Â After Puja, we will be doing child-friendly Dandiya Raas followed by dinner.