Hindus globally just concluded the Vasant Nauratri celebrations (Vasant means Spring Season), which started on Tuesday March 16th and culminated on Wednesday March 24th with Ramnaumi. Tuesday March 16th also marked the Hindu New Year - 2067. I guess we're all in our ripe old age, according to the Hindu calender.
Nauratri is a 9 days and 9 nights of prayers, fasting and Puja all dedicated to the Universal Mother - Aadi Shakti Devi Durga Maa. Sanatan Dharma is the only religion in the world that equally worships God in the female aspect - as a Mother. And rightly so, because a mother is the primordial, quintessential and primary force in a home. It's a very difficult task to describe a mother. She is everything to a child. So too is the Universal Mother to Her children.
I hope Hindus observed the Nauratri season in the correct way it ought to be observed and not only that, but resolved to be better persons.
Here's a fervent prayer that Shakti Maa's blessings will allow us to "be good, do good and live good."
Durga Maa seated beautifully on Her lion (online)
The Spring Nauratri culminated with the observation of Ramnaumi, which is the day Shri Ram made His divine appearance in this world. Shri Ram is the Lord Saint Valmiki wrote about in the Ramayan. Ramayan means "the coming of Lord Rama" and was written ages before Lord Rama came on earth. Saint Valmiki wrote the Ramayan in Sanskrit.
Years later, it is believed that Saint Valmiki was re-incarnated as Saint Tulsidas who penned the "Ramcharitamanas." Ramcharitamanas literally means "The lake of the exploits or deeds of Lord Rama." Ramcharitamas is a powerful storehouse of knowledge and has the correct prescription for life for all.Shri Ram's blessing to all.
Lord Rama blesses Shri Hanuman Swami
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