Neha Mangal Maa Mahagauri is the Goddess worshiped on the eighth day of Navratri festival. Maha means extremely and Gauri means white. She is worshiped by devotees to attain loyalty in relationships and create life-long bonds. The Goddess in the form of Mahagauri has four arms, carries a trident and a damru in two of […]Read More
Neha Mangal Ma Kaalratri is the goddess worshiped on the seventh day of Navratri. Kaal means time as well as death in Hindi whereas ratri means night or darkness/ignorance. Hence, Maa Kaalratri is the one who brings the death of darkness or the one who ends ignorance. She is also commonly referred as Kali. Ma […]Read More
Neha Mangal Goddess Katyayani or Maa Katyayani is the 6th form of Nav Durga and is worshipped on the 6th day of Navratri Puja or Durga Puja. She is represented with four arms where her upper left-hand holds the sword and upper right hand is in Abhaya Mudra. The lower left hand of Mata Katyayani […]Read More
Neha Mangal Maa Skandamata is the 5th aspect of Goddess Durga. Goddess Skandamata is the mother of Kumara/ Skanda/ Kartikeya. Lord Kartikeya is a Hindu god of war who was the firstborn son of Lord Shiva and was chosen by the gods as their commander in the war against the demons. Devotees offer great reverence […]Read More
Neha Mangal Mata Kushmanda is the fourth face of the Mother Goddess and is worshipped on the fourth day of Navratri. She possesses eight arms, holds weapons like trident, discus, sword, hook, mace, bow, arrow and two jars of Amrut (Elixir), blood and a mala. She mounts on a tiger and emanates a solar aura. […]Read More
Neha Mangal MAA CHANDRAGHANTA is the third form of Goddess Durga and is worshiped on the 3rd day in Navratri . Those who worship Devi Chandraghanta get eternal energy and strength. She is the Goddess of Manipura Chakra located at the Navel. Although Parvati was determined to have Lord Shiva as her husband, Shiva told […]Read More
Neha Mangal The 2nd day of Navratri is dedicated to Goddess Brahmacharini or Brahmacharini Maa, the second one shaped as Divine Maa Parvati. Brahma means penance and ‘Charini’ method whose achar (conduct) is that. So Maa Durga’s manifestation as the one who does penance or tapasya interprets as Brahmacharini Maa. Brahmacharini Maa is also referred […]Read More
Neha Mangal The nine-day festival of Shardiya Navratri is here and Maa Durga devotees are busy making preparations for fasting be it buying kalash for Ghatastapana. Navratri is celebrated in different ways across the country. The colourful and vibrant venues of Garba and Dandiya in Gujarat, majestic pandals for Maa Durga in West Bengal or […]Read More
In last column, I had focused on symbols in Indian culture. What is India’s one symbol that is pan Indian. It is Nataraja now. No wonder when the mandarins of ministry of culture thought what to put in front of spaceship called Bharat Mandapam they first thought of some sculpture. Then the idea of pancha […]Read More
Benoy K Behl Chandragupta-1 founded the Gupta empire in the year 320 AD. His capital was at Pataliputra, in present-day Bihar. He ushered in an age of well-being and prosperity: an age in which all aspects of culture flowered. It was one of the finest periods of mankind, when great thinkers attained noble heights of […]Read More
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