Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit, requested his guru on the efficacy of celebrating Navaratri, its significance and the right method of providing prayers on these auspicious days. The 9 days of prayers must be devoted to Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati, and households show a set of dolls on steps made from wooden or metal, generally referred to as, golu. The order during which one ought to show dolls can be expressly said. It is really useful that one have a five-step golu as a naked minimal, if not seven and 9, indicative of the 5 facets of a human physique. The prime shelf is given to Vishnu, as visualised reclining on Adisesha within the Milky Ocean, Parameswaran and Parasakthi.
The second step on the ladder ought to include grassland and grassland-based animals. Display of people engaged of their each day exercise, be it buying and selling or engaged in sports activities, or farmers tilling land, and so forth, must be the third so as. The fourth step can show archa murtis, comparable to Rama, Krishna and different deities. The fifth step is devoted to Sakti, as She is the one holding the facility over all those displayed above. Tamil saint poet Manickavasagar’s verse can be an ideal information. His verse, ‘Pullai, poondai, puzhuvai, maramai, kallai, manidharai, asurasarai, devarai, ella pirappum,” (as grass, as garlic pod, as worm, as tree, as stone, as asura, as deva, the whole gamut of start and rebirth) is evocative of how a golu must be displayed. One must also instal a kalasam prominently.
On all 9 days, studying or reciting of Lalitha Sahasranamam is extremely efficient for a devotee to realize their objectives. Conducting each Kannika puja and Suwasini puja can be a part of the competition. Praying to the three goddesses will assist a devotee acquire all that’s required for a peaceable and affluent life.
Published – September 20, 2025 04:00 am IST
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