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ONLINE Navaratri Festival – Durga Puja 3
Monday, October 19, 2020 @ 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
VIA ZOOM – Participants will receive a Zoom link the evening before the puja.
Because of the coronavirus and social distancing, we are celebrating the ten pujas at the Center and we invite you to participate online.
Durga Ma is depicted riding on a lion or a tiger, indicating that She possesses unlimited power and uses it to protect virtue and destroy negativity. The lion is a symbol of our lower (animalistic) nature, such as anger, arrogance, selfishness, greed and jealousy. She has overcome them all.
She is usually shown wearing a red sari. The color red symbolizes action and prowess. She favors hibiscus flowers.
This is the third night of an extremely auspicious nine-night festival in Her honor. A puja is being celebrated each night at the Los Angeles Center: three for Durga, three for Lakshmi and three for Saraswati.
To make it the best experience possible, we invite you to:
• bring the energy of the Ashram to your home, by setting up a simple altar, if you don’t already have one.
• prepare prasad for each puja you attend. We will share recipes via email on request.
• offer flower petals with us.
• email us a specific intention you would like included as we make the sankalpa for each puja.
• send photos of your instruments of karma (by mail or email) in advance to be blessed at the final puja, on Vijay Dasami.
Puja Schedule
LAKSHMI
Tuesday, October 20 at 8:00pm
Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00pm
Thursday, October 22 at 8:00pm
SARASWATI
Friday, October 23 at 8:00pm
Saturday, October 24 at 8:00pm
Sunday, October 25 at 8:00pm
VIJAY DASAMI
Monday, October 26 at 6:00am
Donations
As a blessing for you and a support for the Los Angeles Sivananda Center, we are asking for donations:
$254 / $108 / $80 / $54 / other
To enhance the connection in a physical way, we will send you three mailings of offerings from the pujas.
Choose from the following:
A.
• flower petals from the first Durga puja, plus a laminated 3×4” image of Durga
• flower petals from the first Lakshmi puja, plus a laminated 3×4” image of Lakshmi
• flower petals from the first Saraswati puja, plus a laminated 3×4” image of Saraswati
Suggested donation $108
B.
In addition to flower petals and devi photos, you will receive prasad and a vial of the offered water for one puja each of Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
Suggested donation $254*
* The first three people who make this donation will also receive a copy of the Devi Mahatmyam.
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