October 12, 2005
Wednesday

Tithi (Lunar Day)
Navami & Vijayadashami

Deity
Poornakala
Rajarajeshwari
Kalasha Udvasana, Shami Puja & Devi Rathotsava
Archana
Laddu
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Pujya Sri Swamiji offers prayers to Kalagni Shamana Dattatreya before leaving for the day's Devi Puja celebrations

Kumari Puja

Sri Chakra Puja


Sri Swamiji removes the Kalasha coconuts as part of the Visarjana (releasing the energy in to space)

Sri Swamiji performs Archana with whole betel nuts carved with the Devi Beejaksharas HREEM. Betel nut is considered as auspicious for worshipping.

Betel nut Archana

The very first betel nut Sri Swamiji took to His hand had this image on the backside. One can easily see the face of Sri Swamiji with white beard

Arati

Shami Puja - performing the Puja to Shami tree (Prosopis cineraria - Family : Leguminoseae). it is said that the Pandavas of Mahabharata fame had stashed away their weapons in this tree during their one year incognito and later retrieved them and went on to win the Mahabharata war

Sri Swamiji released MP3 audio book of the recently concluded Kannada lectures on the Ashta Dasha Shakti Peethas (18 important Devi temples in India)

Sri Swamiji released a rare book titled "Srimad Ramayanada Antarartha - Moksha Marga Pradipika" - authored by the late Sri Yedathore Subraya Sharma who penned it in 1934. Datta Peetham has been re-publishing his scholarly works

Sri Swamiji awards Uttama from Russia for writing most Sri Mata names (102,000) among foreigners during the 9 day Navaratri.

Sri Swamiji awards Tara Jyoti from Vijayawada for writing most Sri Mata names (156,000) during the 9 day Navaratri.

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