Importance Of Navratri As Vaidik Energy & Yogik Energy's
It is sadly observed that due to the desire in living in materialistic world, in present days our younger generation losing interest in our spiritual festival. Without blaming them, one contributing reason might also be due to our inability to make them understand with correct logic about the deep embedded meaning of each spiritual festival. Let us delve into a debate on that. Hindu new year (Vikram Sanwat or the Calendar which follows the emperor Vikramaditya, and sadly in back burner due to adaptation of Gregorian calendar) starts with the festival Gudi padwa on Chaitra pratipada. This also marks the beginning of a spiritual worships for nine nights called Navaratri. The importance of Navaratri (Nava = Nine; Ratri = night, literally means nine successive nights) However, what is Navaratri? In Sanatan Dharmic or Hindu (our) festivals the word night comes only twice – One is in Shivaratri (Night of Lord Shiva, worshiping the male gender essence of nature) and another is Navaratri