Join us for the Welcoming Ceremony

where we will invoke an auspicious beginning and a smooth, inspiring & nurturing Navaratri.

We will learn about the daily Sadhana; what it means to do fasting, to journal, to do Puja & Japa.

We will also look into why we establish an altar and what is the benefit of maunam (the practice of silence).

We will get to know each other in sharing circles through breakout rooms. 

Welcome just as you are!

Bhajans chanted by Sharada

Gaṇeśa śaraṇam 

śaraṇam Gaṇeśa 

Vāgīśa śaraṇam 

śaraṇam Vāgīśa 

I take refuge in that which protects all beings. 

I take refuge in the sacred words that reveal my essential wholeness. 

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 Mahiṣāsura Mardini 

Mā Durgā: She who is the Daughter of the Mountain and the Joy of the World 

ayi girinandini nanditamedini viśvavinodini nandinute 

girivaravindhyaśiro’dhinivāsini viṣṇuvilāsini jiṣṇunute 

bhagavati he śitikaṇṭhakutumbini bhūrikuṭumbiri bhūrikṛte 

jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute 1 

Mā Durgā: She who Destroys the Danavas and the Daityas while Nourishing the Three Worlds 

suravaravarṣiṇi durdharadharṣiṇi durmukhamarṣiṇi harṣarate 

tribhuvanapoṣiṇi śaṅkaratoṣiṇi kilbiṣamoṣiṇi ghoṣarate 

danujaniroṣiṇi ditisutaroṣiṇi durmadaśoṣiṇi sindhusute 

jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute 2 

Mā Durgā: She who is the Left Side of Lord Śiva 

jaya jaya japya jayejayaśabda parastuti tatparaviśvanute 

jhaṇajhaṇajhiñjhimi jhiṅkṛta nūpuśiñjitamohita bhūtapate 

naṭita naṭārdha naṭī naṭa nāyaka naṭitanāṭya sugānarate 

jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute 10 

Mā Durgā: She with the Beautiful Mind 

and Charming Appearance 

ayi sumanaḥsumanaḥsumanaḥ sumanaḥsumanoharakāntiyute 

śritarananī rajanīrajanī rajanīrajanī karavaktravṛte 

sunayanavibhramara bhramarabhramarādhipate 

jaya jaya he mahi ṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute 11 

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Durgā 

Śrī Bhuvaneshvarī 

Śrī Jagadishvara 

Śrī Śivaśaṅkarī 

Śrī Parameśvarī 

Jananī Jananī Jagad Jananī 

She who is all-pervasive, all-compassion. 

She who is clothed with the entire universe. 

Śiva is her consort; She, free from all limitation. 

She is the birth-Mother of the whole universe