Shree HariDham Temple of Norwood, MA, organized two-days long Shri Ram Navami Mahotsav from 7:00am of Saturday, April 13 to 1:00pm of Sunday, April 14, 2019 with hundreds of devotees. This Ram Navami festival is a part of the Chaitra (spring) Navratri, and falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) in the Hindu calendar month of Chaitra. During these nine days, Goddess Shakti was worshipped with utmost devotion for strength and power and her blessings so that they could fight against wrong things in life without compromising their morale.

On Saturday, at 7:00am, the temple priests, Pt. Vyas Ji and Pt. Jayanarayan Ji performed the Shobhayatra of Shri Ramcharit Pustak and Sthapana with all the Vedic rituals. After all the puja rituals, they started the 24-hour continuous path of Ramayana along with their regular afternoon and evening Arati and Prasadam. Devotees also participated with much spiritual fervor in the reading of Ramayana.

On Sunday, at 8:00am, the Akhanda Ramayan Path Samapan (ending) was performed with all the Vedic ceremonies along with Arati and chanting of "Jai Shri Ram". After this, both Pt. Vyas Ji and Pt. Jayanarayan Ji performed Bhagwan Shri Ram Abhishekam by following all the Vedic formalities and chanting of Vedic Mantras, Maha Mantras and Arati in the midst of sounds of bells and conch. This created a very a holy and religious atmosphere in the temple. At noon, when the beautiful dressed Bala (baby) Ram appeared, devotees expressed their joy by chanting ‘Jai Ram Shri Ram, Jai Jai Ram’ slogans in chorus.

From 12:30pm to 1:00pm, ‘Kanya Pujan’ was performed as the last part of the Chaitra Navaratri’s Ma Durga Puja Samapan by worshipping nine girls of 3 to 9 years of age were worshipped by many devotees. It believed that the young girls represent the nine forms of Goddess Durga. Devotees offered Kumkum and gifts to these girls and sought their blessings. After this, very sumptuous Prasadam was served to all the devotees.  Mr. Umesh Bais, Mrs. Sampoorna Bais and their children Siya and Ishaan Bais sponsored the Prasadam of this great event.

Temple management team thanked all the devotees, sponsors, volunteers for their active participation, support. and dedicated services to the temple and the community. Temple priests blessed all the devotees for their happy, healthy, and successful life.

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