2012
Saraswathi Puja Navaratri Yagya Festival:
January 24 - Feb 1 |
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Kaamakhya
Temple - Guwahati, Assam - Tantric center Kaamakhya is famed throughout India as the birth place of Kaama Deva or Cupid, 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 considered one of India's greatest & most ancient centres for Tantric learning & experience. |
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For thousands of years, pandits, tantrics and yogis have visited 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 to be. 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. |
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Out of the 51 Shakthi Peeths (primary temples of Divine Mother), Kaamakhya is one of 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. |
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Thousands
of newly weds visit Kaamakhya each year seeking Kaama Deva's blessings
for their marriage |
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24 January - 1 February 2012 marks the Grand Festival of Maha Saraswathi: that 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: 28 Jan 2012. This is the first day of Spring and is held to be the birth day of Kaama Deva. |
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Navaratri
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Goddess
Durga slaying Mahishaasura the buffalo demon |
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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. |
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Laksmi
Temple Haridwar (Ma Mansa Devi) |
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Background to performing yagyas in celebrated temples |
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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. 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. Hi Ganesh "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?"
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More testimonials | 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 | Shardaa Devi Saraswathi Temple in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh |
Guru Purnimah Navaratri July 2008 | Maha Navaratri September 2009. Temple on hilltop in background | By taking part in this Saraswathi Puja Navaratri yagya festival you will enliven the quality of integration in your life: harmonizing worldly and divine: pleasure & liberation. 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. |
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Background to performing yagyas in celebrated temples |