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Celebration of Sri Sri Kali Puja and Deepavali at Belur Math on 6 November 2018. View Album in Google Photos : https://photos.app.goo.gl/2vVH2MPDh5KG3LGY8

Celebration of Lakshmi Puja at Belur Math on 24 October 2018. View in Google Photos : https://photos.app.goo.gl/hpjM1sFqrzxvuzEw8

सिद्धिबुद्धिप्रदे देवि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनि । मन्त्रमूर्ते सदा देवि महालक्ष्मीर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ Salutations to Goddess Mahalakshmi, who gives us intelligence and success, who fulfills our material desires and grants salvation, who…

Photos of Durga Puja on Ashtami tithi at Belur Math on 17 October 2018 As on Saptami, on Ashtami also, Mahasnan and Shodashopacharapuja are done.  In addition, nine small pots with flags of different colours attached are installed and…

Sandhi Puja :  The last 24 minutes of Ashtami and the first 24 minutes of Navami (a total of 48 minutes between the two lunar days) constitute the Sandhi or ”Sacred Juncture”.  It is considered to be a most auspicious time.  At this time…

Kumari Puja :  Worship of a young girl, treating her as Devi, is also a part of Ashtami Puja.  Sri Ramakrishna has said that the Divine Mother manifests herself more in a pure-hearted girl and that is why Kumari Puja is done.  He used to…

Saptami Puja at Belur Math, on 16 October 2018. Saptami Puja The important point to note here is that a living medium is necessary to invoke the indwelling  of a deity.  It is through a living medium that Divinity manifests itself. …

Adhivas and Amantran on the Shasthi Tithi, at Belur Math, during Durga Puja on 15 Oct 2018. Adhivas and Amantran : These rites follow Bodhan. Adhivas means ”invocation”. Through Bodhan the Devi has awakened: now the awakened Devi has to…

Kalparambha on the Shasthi Tithi, at Belur Math, during Durga Puja on 15 Oct 2018. Kalparambha is a ritual done early in the morning of shasthi tithi during Durga Puja. It is mainly an act of making the samkalpa or “sacramental…

Bodhan of Sri Sri Ma Durga, at Belur Math, on 14 Oct 2018. ‘Bodhan‘ literally means ‘awakening’. It is the ritual performed at the Sandhya or dusk. The Hindu mythology holds that all gods and goddesses go to sleep for six months during…