The sacred annual Hindu festival of नवरात्रि (navarātri - nine nights) and the दशहरा(daśaharā - taking/seizing the ten) is overloaded with multiple spiritual significance, about which we shall take brief look.
Tab/Part | Topic | Sub Topics |
Part 1 | Spiritual significance of विद्ध्वेश भक्ति (vidveśa bhakti – Offensive Devotion) | महाभक्तिभावन (mahā bhakti bhāvana – Supreme Devotional Role Playing) विद्वेष भक्ति (vidveṣa bhakti – Offensive Devotion) असुर च देव संबन्धित्व (asura ca deva saṃbandhitva – demon & god relationship) निगूढार्थ रहस्य्तविद्या (nigūḍhārtha rahasytavidyā - occult esoteric science) |
Part 2 | श्री देवी विजय (śrī devī vijaya) | भङ्ग (bhaṅga - defeat) of मधु (madhu) कैटभ (kaiṭabha) in the hands of महा विष्णु (mahā viṣṇu) with the help of माता श्री महामायादेवी (mātā śrī mahāmāyādevī) |
महिशासुर मर्दिन् (mahiśāsura mardin - demonic Mahisha destruction) by Goddess माता श्री दुर्गादेवी (mātā śrī durgādevī) |
भङ्ग (bhaṅga - defeat) of शुम्भ(śumbha) & निशुम्भ (niśumbha) by Goddess माता श्री महाकाली (mātā śrī mahākālī) |
Part 3 | श्री राम विजय (śrī rāma vijaya) | रावणासुर संहार (rāvaṇāsura saṃhāra - demonic Ravana destruction) |
Part 4 | Occult esoteric significance of नवरात्रि / दशहरा (navarātri/ daśaharā – nine nights / ten defeats) & பொம்மை கொலு (bommai kolu – doll sequence) | Types and Significance of नवरात्रि / दशहरा (navarātri/ daśaharā – nine nights / ten defeats) आयुध पूजा (āyudha pūjā) सरस्वती पूजापूजा (sarasvatī pūjā) विजयदशमी (vijayadaśamī) பொம்மை கொலு (bommai kolu – doll sequence) |
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