NAVAVIDHA KOLAMS FOR NAVARATHRI FESTIVAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF NAVARATHRI FESTIVAL
Navarathri means nine nights. Darkness is associated with night. What is this darkness? It is the darkness of ignorance. The purpose of the Navarathri celebration is to enable man to get rid of nine types of darkness which have taken hold of him. When a reference is made to Goddess Devi, it signifies the unified form of three Goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. The three together represent Shakthi.
I have posted nine kolams which can be compared to nine types of devotion (Nava Vidha Bhakthi) and by drawing these kolams infront of bomma kolu can be considered as rendering the Nava-Vidha Bhakthi. I would like to surrender Nava Vidha Bhakthi in the form of these kolams to Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba(Sai Matha) for NAVARATHRI.
Each kolam is considered as each type of Devotion.
1. Shravanam:
2. Keerthanam:
3. Vishnu Smaranam:
4. Pada Sevanam:
5. Archanam:
7. Saakyam:
8. Dhasyam:
9. Atma Nivedanam:
