Chaitra Navratra Utsav - Shubhankara Navratra Utsav

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"Shubhatatvanche vardhan karun ashubh tatvancha nash karnara navratra utsav" means  Shubhankara Navratra Utsav. During navratri utsav by taking darshan of Aadimata, loving relationship between husband and wife is strengthen further."

The Shubhankara Navratra Utsav is celebrated at Shree Aniruddha Gurushetram for 15 days, from Gudhi Padwaa Day (first day - Pratipada of Chaitra month of Hindu calendar – Hindu New Year) till Chaitra pournima (Hanuman Jayanti).

Navratra utsav begins with the poojan of Shivgangagauri Mata at Brahmamuhurat.

During Navratra Utsav , at Shree Aniruddha Gurukshetram, on the first day, there is 'Welcoming Procession (Aagaman)' of the 'Todes' - (Ornaments worn at her feet) of our beloved Mahishasurmardini Aai or our Mothi Aai. These ‘Todes’ are kept for darshan throughout the utsav period.

THE PROGRAM during THE SHUBHANKARA NAVRATRA AT SHREE ANIRUDDHA GURUSHETRAM

1. Regular - Nitya Poojan and Nitya CHANDIKAA HAVAN in the morning.

2. Shree Rudra and Shree Dattamala Kaivalya Yaag will also be performed on Monday and Saturday as usual

3. Shree Trivikram SugandhiJalaabhishekh, Shree Mahavastram Seva, Shree Pushpa SEVA,Offering of Prasadam and CHADHAAVAA (चढावा) by the bhakats, offering of the  MANIBHADRAKANGANs will be done as usual.

4. Three Ghatt Stapana.

5. Offering of special NAIVEDYAM (नैवेद्य) twice a day to all the three Deities during the Morning Pooja and offering of MADHUPARKA (importance of MADHUPARKA explained by our Dear Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu in SHREE MATRUVATSALYAVINDANAM) twice a day as well.)

6. Also during the Period of Navratra, Bhaktas may offer flowers to the DEITES. These flowers are available at Shree Aniruddha Gurukshetram in form of petals.

7. During this UTSAV an AUDIO CD of THE AADIMAATAA SHUBHANKARA STAVAN in the voice of our beloved SADGURU SHREE ANIRUDDHA BAPU will be played at regular intervals. This charges the whole atmosphere. All the Bhaktas present get the golden opportunity to sit in the SHREE ANIRUDDHA GURUKSHETRAM and chant this HOLY STAVAN along with the AUDIO CD.

"अनसूयामातेचे हे स्वरूप पाहताच तिचाच कनिष्ठ पुत्र असणारा श्रीपरशुराम अत्यंत भावविभोर झाला, त्याचे मुखातून 'आदिमाता शुभंकरा स्तवनम' स्त्रवू लागले"

मातृवात्सल्यविन्दानम 

अर्थात

मातरैश्वर्यवेद:

 

........Courtesy Pratayksha

During His Marathi discourse on Thursday 7th October 2010 at Shri Harigurugram Param Poojya Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu had described the importance of this Navratri and also explained everyone the upasanas (worship) that should be performed in this period. He said that during this period maximum sacrosanct and extremely holy waves and vibrations would be transmitted throughout this universe. Hence taking this fact under consideration He described the few points as under:

Our Dear Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu initially stressed on the presence of word 'Ratri' in the word Navratri and hence further stressed on the importance attached to all the nights that fall in this period.
He urged everyone to do Jagran i.e. staying up till late night atleast once during the period of nine nights. But while we do jagran we should do recitations of Ashubhanashini Stavanam, Shubhankara Stavanam, Ram Raksha, Shree Gurukshetram Mantra, etc without counting the number of recitations and / or perform reading of Matruvalsalya Vindanam or Ram Rasayan (both these books are authored by our Dear Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu Himself). One can even keep reciting just the word 'Aai' from the bottom of his heart and call 'Her (Aadi Mata)'. These recitations or readings should ideally begin from 9:30 pm at night and should end not before 2:30 am in the morning. But it would be best to stay up for the entire night. But while we observe jagran we should take care that the others around us are not disturbed for which we should refrain from creating any noise or being vocal.

He completely ridiculed and criticized the practice of playing cards under the name of Jagran and the waste of time that is associated with it. He also criticized the wrong way in which this holy festival is now-a-days celebrated in the society (where people drink alcohol, involve in immoral activities and offer non-vegetarian foodstuffs and alcohol to Goddess by considering it to be a holy offering).

He also said that when a devotee reads Matruvalsalya Vindanam, during that time Aadi Mata Mahishasurmardini Herself sits right next to him. Now it’s natural for the child to follow his mother and hence where there is Aadi Mata Mahishasurmardini would be there, there would be Our Dear Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu. He promised everyone that He would stand behind every devotee and most importantly promised everyone that He Himself would help them to perform these recitations and readings in every possible way.

To make one successfully stay up and awake for the entire night or even partially and avoid napping and yawning we should include foodstuffs which have a bitter tinge in them and also take care that the last morsel that we swallow should also be of the a bitter foodstuff. Curry leaves (kari patta) which was described by Bapu is His discourse on Ram Rajya as anti-carcinogenic (antidote against cancer) is also bitter to taste and hence can help in avoiding unnecessary sleep. Hence it should always form part of our diet and especially should be included in the food we have on the night on which we plan to stay up late.

Finally before ending His discoursed He again urged all the Shraddhavans to seriously observe the night recitations and reading and also visit Shree Aniruddha Gurukshetram and take darshan of both the forms of Aadi Mata (Anusaya Mata and Mahishasurmardini Mata) and offer our love and worship whole heartedly to the Goddess. Moreover He again stressed on the point that the the statue of Mahishasurmardini Mata at Shree Aniruddha Gurukshetram is actually not just a statue but the Goddess Herself.


"चैत्र  व आश्विन  अर्थात शुभंकरा व अशुभनाशिनी अशा दोन्ही नवरात्रीत मन:पूर्वक उत्सव करणाऱ्या, तसेच मन:पूर्वक तिच्या उत्सवात सहभागी होणाऱ्या, एवढेच काय, पण त्या काळात मन:पूर्वक तिचे दर्शन घेणाऱ्या श्रद्धावानांसाठी आदिमाता तीन वरदाने देत असते. 

प्रथम वरदान म्हणजे दोन्ही नवरात्रींमध्ये आदिमाता तिच्या परिवारासह पृथ्वीवर सर्वत्र संचार करीत असते. 

द्वितीय वरदान म्हणजे ह्या नवरात्री कालामध्ये जो कुणी कमीतकमी एक रात्र 'मातरैश्वर्यवेद' अर्थात :'मातृवात्सल्यविन्दानम' चे पठण, वाचन किंवा श्रवण करीत जागरण करतो, त्याच्या मस्तकावर आदिमाता महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्वत:च्या एका हाताने स्पर्श करते.

तृतीय वरदान म्हणजे ह्या आदिमातेचा 'स्पर्श' पुढल्या वर्षीच्या नवरात्रीपर्यंत प्रभावी राहतो."

मातृवात्सल्य-उपनिषद 

अर्थात

श्री स्वस्तिक्षेमविद्या


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