Shardiya Navratri: Sharadiya Navratri starts today, worship Goddess Shailputri on the first day..

Shardiya Navratri 2025: Today, September 22nd, is the first day of Sharadiya Navratri, the most sacred day of Goddess Durga. According to the Hindu calendar, Sharadiya Navratri begins on Ashwin Shukla Pratipada. Today, devotees will worship Goddess Durga by installing a Kalash. During Sharadiya Navratri, it is customary to worship the nine forms of Goddess Durga for nine days. This year, too, Sharadiya Navratri will last for 10 days, not nine. It should be noted that after installing the Kalash on the first day of Navratri, the first form of Goddess Durga, Shailputri, is worshipped. Let's learn from Noida-based astrologer Rakesh Chaturvedi about the significance of worshipping Goddess Shailputri. What offerings should be made to Shailputri? Which mantras should be chanted to please Goddess Shailputri?

Maa Shailputri Worship Method
Wake up in the morning, take a bath, and wear clean yellow clothes. Goddess Shailputri loves the color yellow. Before worshiping Maa Shailputri, install the picture or statue of Maa Shailputri on the post. After this, install a Kalash on it. Make a Swastika by placing a coconut and betel leaves on top of the Kalash. After this, light an unbroken flame near the Kalash and chant the mantra ‘Om Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaya Vicche Om Shailputri Devyai Namah’. After this, offer a garland of white flowers to the mother. Then offer white colored offerings like kheer or sweets to the mother. After this, listen to the story of Mother Goddess and perform her Aarti. In the evening, perform Havan by burning camphor in front of the Mother Goddess.

Mother Shailputri will be pleased by chanting these mantras
Om Devi Shailputriya Namah.
Or an institution in the form of Goddess Sarvabhuteshu Shailputri. Namastesayee, Namastesayee, Namastesayee Namo Namah.
Vande Vanchitlabhay Chandrardhakrit Shekharam. Vrisharudham Shuldharam Shailputri Yashasvinim.

The Importance of Worshiping Goddess Shailputri
Mother Shailputri is worshipped on the first day of Navratri. This form of Goddess Durga is called Shailputri because she was born as the daughter of the mountain king Himalaya. Goddess Shailputri holds a trident in her right hand and a lotus flower in her left. Goddess Shailputri rides a bull. This form of Goddess Shailputri is extremely divine and captivating. According to beliefs, worshipping Goddess Shailputri removes the negative effects of the Moon.

Offer These Bhog to Goddess Shailputri
The worship of Goddess Shailputri is prescribed on the first day of Navratri. The Goddess loves the color white, so offering white items to her is considered extremely auspicious. To receive the full blessings of Goddess Shailputri this Navratri, offer her white barfi, homemade sweets made from pure milk, halwa made from cow ghee, rabri or mawa laddus, etc.

The Legend of Goddess Shailputri
Long ago, Prajapati Daksha organized a grand yagya. Daksha invited all the gods to the yagya, but did not invite his daughter Sati and her husband, Lord Shiva. Sati became anxious to attend the yagya organized by her father. Lord Shiva told Sati that if Prajapati had not invited her to the yagya, it was inappropriate to go. However, seeing Sati's persistence, Shiva allowed her to attend.

When Sati returned home, her sisters taunted her and insulted Lord Shiva. Daksha also spoke insulting words towards her, causing Sati great pain. Distressed by this insult, Sati jumped into the sacrificial fire and sacrificed herself. Upon this, Lord Shiva appeared on the sacrificial ground and destroyed everything. Sati's next birth was in the home of the god Himalaya. Because of her birth in Himalaya's home, she was named Shailputri.

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