Navaratri Celebration In Kelantan 8 -17 Oct 2010

     As the great Hindu sage Sri Ramakrishna has said, "There can be as many spiritual paths as there are spiritual aspirants, and as many Gods as there are devotees." One of the hallmarks of Hindu spirituality is the worship of this infinite diversity of the One Unknowable God in a multiplicity of forms. Festival such as Navarathri reverence of Goddess Durga (Maa Durga) who exists in many forms and is the manifestation of the absolute energy that pervades the Universe. Navratri is a festival of Hindus celebrated with devotion, love and fervour all over India. It is also called as Navratras. The mood of Navratri is very colourful & unique. Navratri basically means "Nine Nights" ("Nav" meaning nine and "Ratri" meaning nights). During these days and nights prayers are offered to Mother Goddess. For the devout these days are days when Goddess Durga takes a stock of her devotees and grants all blessings, removes ills and evils and ensures unproblematic life for her devotees. She is also referred to as "Devi" (goddess) or "Shakti" (energy or power). It is this energy, which helps God to proceed with the work of creation, preservation and destruction. In other words, you can say that God is motionless, absolutely changeless, and the Divine Mother Durga, does everything. Truly speaking, our worship of Shakti re-confirms the scientific theory that energy is imperishable. It cannot be created or destroyed. It is always there. We think this energy is only a form of the Divine Mother, who is the mother of all, and all of us are her children. "Why mother; why not father?", you may ask. Let me just say that we believe that God's glory, his cosmic energy, his greatness and supremacy can best be depicted as the motherhood aspect of God. Just as a child finds all these qualities in his or her mother, similarly, all of us look upon God as mother. Hinduism gives so much importance to the mother aspect of God because we believe that mother is the creative aspect of the absolute.
      In Kelantan, Navaratri festival was celebrated in almost all the Temples(Arulmigu Siva Subramaniam Alayam Kota Bharu,Maha Mariamman Temple Kerilla Estate, Lakshmi Mantralaya Kota Bharu and Kuala Krai Hindu Temple from 8/10/2011 to 17/10/2010. Daily prayers were held in all Temple worshiping and adoring the divine Mother as RAJARAJESWARI. The ten days prayers boosted Hindu Faith among the younger generation. Religious discourses were held in conjunction with Navaratri festival. The photo below shows children as "Goddess Rajarejeshwari" holding light -Agal Villaku in a prayers held at LAKSHMI MANTRALAYA Kota Bharu Kelantan. Meditation being conducted during Navaratri Festival. Cultivating and nurturing Hindu Faith among the new generation has been the prime objective of this year's Navarathri theme in Lakshmi Mantralaya, Kelantan.

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