Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston organized a grand Mata Ka Jagran on Friday, October 20, 2023 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. On that day, hundreds of devotees not only visited the temple but also participated in the Jagran program with lots of devotion and spiritual zeal. Mata Ka Jagran is a holy program for all the Sanatan communities. Therefore, Ma Durga worship and late night Kirtan singing by the singers were done with much devotion.

At Mata Ka Jagran, firstly Pandit Bharani, the temple priest lighted Akhand Jyoti of Mataji. After that, Usha Kamal Ji and her team sang Vandana devotional song. The devotees of Jagran offered red color Chunni, coconut, fruits, and Shringar materials along with sweets as Bhet to Ma Durga. Light snacks and tea were served  to all the devotees before the starting the program.

Often, the Jagran is performed in honor of Ma Durga brings the community together, creates spiritual environment, and convey harmony to its participants. Devotees worshiped Ma Durga by singing Bhajans along the lead singer and the team and connecting their souls with divinity and paying attention to legends narrated in the songs. The pleasing and divine sounds of the Bhajans, and the music cleaned all the negativities to positive vibes in the body, and instantly uplifted their consciousness and spirit and made them to be immersed in the sea of beautiful Bhajans. Then came Ardass, which was followed by Maha Mangal Aarti of Ma Durga and other deities of the temple. Mouthwatering Maha Prasadam was distributed to all the devotees.

On Sunday, October 22, 2023, the temple organized Baba Balak Nath Ji’s Chowki, Ma Durga Ashtami and Kanjak Pujan, and Bhenta offering. Baba Balak Nath is believed to be a reincarnation of Lord Kartikeya, son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, born in Satya Yuga to annihilate demon Tarkasur. He is worshipped with great reverence in the North-Bharat states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Devotees sang melodious Baba Balak Nath Bhajans. Temple priest, Pt. Bharani Ji performed Ma Durga Ashtami Pujan. Later many devotees performed more than 75 Kanya Pujan of young girls and babies by washing their feet and applying Tilak and Akshat along with offering gifts, sweets, and fruits to them. At the end, Maha Mangal Arati was performed and Maha Bhog was given to all the children and parents and other devotees.

Pt. Bharani Ji blessed all the devotees to have a happy, healthy, and prosperous life. Vikas Selhi, Sudarshan Sharma, Subhas Bansal and many other dedicated volunteers were controlling the crowd and helping elderly devotees in having quick Darshan and finding seats to relax and meditate. Vikas thanked all the devotees for their active participation, singers for singing melodious Bhajans, the young children and their parents for attending Kanya Pujan event with much enthusiasm. He also acknowledged selfless services offered by the dedicated volunteers.

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