Devotion to the Goddess
The Mother of all, in her own words.
Read the Devi Mahatmya in Sanskrit and English, find the Shakti Peethas, walk through Navratri day by day, and sing the aartis with their meaning.
Devi Mahatmya 5
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu mātṛrūpeṇa saṃsthitā, namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ
To the Goddess who dwells in every being as the Mother: we bow to her, we bow to her, we bow to her, again and again.
Four ways in
Read, visit, celebrate, sing.
Devi Mahatmya
The Goddess's great scripture, all 13 chapters, 681 verses, Sanskrit beside English.
Shakti Peethas
66 sacred seats of the Goddess, on one map.
Navratri
Nine nights, nine forms of Durga, with each day's prayer and its meaning.
Aartis
The traditional songs of the lamp, with pronunciation and meaning.
Chaitra Navratri 2027
Nine nights of the Goddess.
Chaitra Navratri begins on 7 April 2027 in India and 8 April 2027 in Melbourne, ending with Ram Navami on 15 April 2027.
The sacred geography
Where the Goddess is said to have fallen.
When Sati gave up her life and Shiva carried her in grief, the places where parts of her body fell became seats of the Goddess, from Hinglaj in Balochistan to Kamakhya in Assam and Jessoreshwari in Bangladesh. Traditions count 51, 52 or 108.