Saraswathi Puja 2013, February 11 - 19; Navaratri Festival and Grand Day of Maha Saraswathi: Goddess of Arts and Learning

2013 Saraswathi Puja Navaratri yagya festival: February 11 - 19

Grand festival of Maha Saraswathi: Goddess of Knowledge (learning) & Creativity:
Bestowing proficiency in Arts & Sciences & Career Success.

31 Pandits performing Navaratri or Durga Puja yagya in 3 celebrated temples for 9 days:
Ma Shardaa Saraswathi temple in Maihar, Kaamakhya Kali Temple in Guwahati, Assam,
Madhya Pradesh; Mansa Devi Laksmi temple in Haridwar

Background to performing the yagyas in celebrated temples

Individual yagya - 3 pandits performing @ 3 temples for 9 days- AUD$ 1357
Saraswathi Puja 1 day yagya 15 Feb - AUD$504

In Front of Saraswathi Temple Madhya Pradesh (Sardaa Maihar)

Maha Saraswathi
is known as “Gyana Akasha” or all pervading knowingness. She presides over all expressions of knowledge: pure and applied. She is worshipped by those seeking the direct experience of the pure knowledge of Enlightenment. She also governs music, the arts, speech, writing & all aspects of learning and creative endeavor. Traditionally, she is worshipped or invoked by those seeking success in artistic or scientific endeavor: any branch of study or research. She also grants career success.

When pleased, Saraswathi bestows success in one’s career, studies, creative endeavors. She bestows the pure knowledge of Enlightment (liberation, moksha).

There are 4 Navaratris each year [also known as the 9 days/nights of Mother Divine]. The coming Navaratri is dedicated to Maha Saraswati - the aspect of Divine Mother governing knowledge, intelligence, creativity & profession/career.
Saraswati Puja - the Grand Day of Maha Saraswati happens on the 5th day of the festival: 15 Feb 2013

Shardaa Maihar is famed throughout India as one of the most powerful and illustrious places of Maha Saraswathi in the whole of India. "Shardaa" is another name for Saraswathi; Maihar is a small town in Madhya Pradesh where the temple sits on a hilltop. It was originally established by Adhi (the first & greatest) Shankaracharya thousands of years ago. So clear and profound was his experience of Saraswathi on the hilltop, he establish a temple on that spot. Since then countless pilgrims and devotees have worshipped Saraswathi there. The experience of Her presence and power is unmistakable.

During the 'mela' or festival period, devotees begin to queue from around 3:30 am. It can be midday before they reach the temple. It is not unusual for them to come from all over India for an experience of Saraswathi's Darshan.

We offer you this experience with immense gratitude through our 9 day Navaratri yagya program. 10 Pandits will perform Navaratri yagya for 9 days inside the temple precincts on your behalf along with 10 pandits at Mansa Devi Laksmi Temple in Haridwar and 11 Pandits at Kaamakhya Kali Temple in Assam. Maha Saraswathi, Maha Laksmi, Maha Kali - the 3 primary aspects of the Divine Mother.

Guru Purnimah Navaratri July 2008

Maha Navaratri September 2009. Temple on hilltop in background

Maha Navaratri September 2009 - Shardaa Maihar

At completion of the day's yagya program in Sardaa Maihar

What is Navaratri

Navaratri [nava = 9 ratri = night] or 9 nights of mother divine is a time of cleansing and purification and evolution throughout nature. It is a time when the tide of Sattva or coherence or wholeness of life rises to purge the fragmented, imperfect values of natural law. In vedic mythology it is represented as the time when Shakti [the quintessential power of the universe], champion of the gods, is victorious over the demons. It is a time for light to triumph over darkness.

Durga slaying Mahisaasura the Buffalo Demon

Harnessing nature's momentum through yagya

Navaratri is also known as 'Durga Puja': 9 day festival celebrating Durga: the Divine Mother -the wholeness or collectedness of God's feminine aspect. Yagyas are traditionally performed during the 9 days to harness the momentum of this highly auspicious window of opportunity. Navaratri or Durga puja yagyas serve to direct this lively flow of nature's organizing power into our daily life in order to safe guard and enhance our progress & evolution and also to achieve specific goals.

Testimonials

...yagyas are such an incredible blessing....Not only are we "fore-warned" but we can actually change the outcomes in our favour... Full Text

...I am simply left with a wonderment at the workings of the universe and an overwhelming gratitude for his (Ganesh's) help. Full Text

Can you remember...just how much he was suffering. Then we did the yagya...I cannot begin to tell you how thrilled I am and how happy and confident he has become. Full Text

Then when he suddenly had all that pain over Christmas I thought well this is it. Then the yagya you did for him seemed to take away the pain... which 'suddenly' one week after the yagya resolved in one day... Full Text

...I do not ever remember feeling as positive and calm as I have since the Yagya has been completed. Full Text

...she and her friend won 1st prize for their section [Years 7 to 10] and then proceeded to also win the Grand prize for the evening, beating the year 10, 11 and 12's... Full Text

...Well only you could believe that on day one of the yagya his solicitor wrote to us offering to settle (after 4 years)... Remarkable. Ganesh this is the conclusion to all of the dramas which began 4 years ago. This is the outcome we have wanted. Full Text

The green light was given to J's new show (after saraswathi yagya) - discussions about giving it the go-ahead had earlier stalled with indications that it would not be commissioned. Production is now underway and all is going smoothly.
2007

Thought you might like to know that J's new show (which we had the (saraswathi) yagya done for in July) has consistently been number one for the last couple of months. Everyone agrees it is punching about its weight. Very cool.
All the best
2008
L. NSW, Australia

Hi Ganesh
It was probably the strongest influence I have ever felt in the performance of a yagya. Meaning, I felt immediately when it began every day... Meditations were profound with deep transcending.. a whole new level of experience.
A. South Australia

Dear Ganesh
Things are now much calmer. But it certainly has been a rocky few months.
We did sell the house ... now after all that has happened in the world - the stock market collapse etc - I feel that we were very fortunate, the financial context is much clearer now.
All is well.

On the cosmic scale - all is as you predicted. The emotional upheavals have been unrelenting but I felt very supported all along the way - an island of calmness in the midst of the storm.
So in brief, it's all on track - all is as it should be. So thanks again.
Your advice was wonderful and the yagyas worked.
K. NSW, Australia

"What a yagya. I think my whole physiology is changing... I think this must be the best yagya ever...The impacts keep on coming. I can feel the pundits coming and going. It is amazing...Can you book me a place for next year?"
PR - Melbourne, Australia

On the days of the yagyas, I devoted myself to saadhana (spiritual practice)- actually I tried to "do" saadhana but could "do" nothing except lie in the saadhana room in a semi-swoon, feeling like I was being "done". The energy was so powerful I was totally unable to function, so I surrendered to it. I suppose this is normal.
I hope you are well and everything is shining in your world.
K, NSW, Australia

More testimonials

By taking part in this Saraswathi Puja Navaratri yagya festival, you will enliven Maha Saraswathi and infuse your life with shakthi or nature's organizing power. This will generate a powerful momentum for progress and success on all levels: inner and outer - happiness, fulfillment, material affluence, harmonious relationships. This wave of wholeness rolls through your life, your family, your community & the world nourishing all beings at every level of creation.

Individual yagya - 3 pandits performing @ 3 temples for 9 days- AUD$ 1357
Saraswathi Puja 1 day yagya 14 Feb - AUD$504

Background to performing yagyas in celebrated temples

Mansa Devi Laksmi Temple in Haridwar, Uttaranchal

Raam Navaami Navaratri April 2009 [Mansa Devi Temple on hill top in back ground]

Guru Purnimah Navaratri June 2009

Kaamakhya temple, Guwahati, Assam
Number 1 temple of Divine Mother & Centre for tantric learning & experience

Kaamakhya temple is famed throughout India as the birth place of Kaama Deva, God of Love.
Kaameshwari Devi - the patron Goddess of the temple is held to be an aspect of Kali. This temple is renowned for bestowing the gifts of bhukti (pleasure) and mukti (liberation/enlightenment). It is widely considered as India's greatest centre for Tantric learning & experience. Out of all 51 Shakti Peeths (primary temples of the Divine Mother), Kaamakhya is universally held the most powerful and auspicious: number 1.

Lord Shiva, Lord Narayana & Kaameshwari Devi

For thousands of years, pandits, tantrics and yogis have come to Kaamakhya to attain perfection (siddhis) in the performance of their saadhana (spiritual practice) and yagyas. One of the essential principles of tantric philosophy is that true knowledge is deeper than what our senses perceive: things are not as they appear. From the orthodox perspective, Enlightenment (liberation/mukti) and pleasure (bhukti) are held to be mutually exclusive. However, integration of life is one of the great gifts of Kaamakhya: divine union through the fullness of our humanity.

Guru Purnimah Navaratri 2012 at Kaamakhya

Out of 51 Shakthi Peeths (primary temples of Divine Mother), Kaamakhya is considered the greatest, most powerful & most illustrious. For thousands of years, it has been a mecca to those desirous of attaining perfection in their spiritual practice (saadhana) and in their yagyas. We are fortunate to have good connection with the temple. And we are delighted to be churning this most sublime and powerful influence to enliven it in your life through the navaratri yagya program