Navaratri /Durga-Puja is the biggest festival of the year in any Devi temple.

Sree Vijaya Durga Temple in Burlington, MA has celebrated Navaratri and Durga-Puja in an event filled 10-days from 15th to 24th Oct 2012. Sri Siddha Lalitha Peetham/Sree Vijaya Durga Temple is started by Priest Tejasvi Putcha under the spiritual guidance of HH Sri. Sri. Sri. Siddheswarananda Bharati Swamiji.

We were all blessed to have the visit by HH Sri. Sri. Siddheswarananda Bharati Swamiji  at the temple on all days of Durga Puja,  guiding the pujas and blessing all devotees.  Sri Swamiji delivered a spiritual discourse from 19th to 24th on various topics on Shatkeyic principals (cult of Shakti) and siddha Gurus ranging from the life of Sri.Trilinga Swami, Lalitha charitra, Kali, etc...

Devotees poured in large numbers attend the discourse and see the 9-foot tall Durga killing Mahishasura and being witnessed by all of Lalitha parivar Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartikeya. The 10-day events started off with Chandi Parayan on 15th and with Bala Tripura Sundari Alankar. The subsequent days followed wih Annapurnaeswari, Gayatri and Lalitha Alankars and Saraswati Puja. The Durga was unveiled on Sukla Panchami and was followed by subsequent activities like Durga Devi Bodhan, Durga Devi Amanthran, Nava Patrika Pravesh Puja / Durga Abhishek, Maha Chandi Havan, Astami Sandhya Puja, Maha Boli Dan on Navami. Vijaya Dasami witnessed the Bharatanatyam dance seva to Devi was presented by the students of Smt.Ranjani Saigal. The subsequent day followed with Garba dance. The temple provides the Navaratri prasadam to its devotees and may be picked up at the temple till 11/20/2012.

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