Hari Om Mandir celebrates Chaitra Navratre Devi Jagran with enormous devotion
Chicago IL: Hari Om Mandir celebrated Chaitra Navratre Devi Jagran on 5th of April with great devotion. A large number of devotees attended the Devi Jagran. Chaitra Navratri, also popular as Chait Navratras, is the nine-day festival observed in the month of Chaitra. Chaitra Navratri is one of the most important festival of Hindus. Devotees worship Maa Shakti, Goddess of cosmic power, during this time and wish to be bestowed by divine benediction from Goddess. Fasting and praying mark the Navratri celebrations. Goddess Shakti manifests herself in three different dimensions as Goddess Laxmi, Saraswati and Durga. Navratri is divided into sets of three days to adore three different aspects of the supreme goddess or goddesses. On the first three days Durga or Goddess of Energy is worshipped.The next three days are devoted to Lakshmi or Goddess of Wealth and the last three days for Saraswati or Goddess of Knowledge. On the eighth and ninth day, Yagna (sacrifice offered to the fire) is performed to honor Durga Mata and bid her farewell. On these days Kanya Puja is performed.
Devi Jagran as always an occasion to gather plentiful blessings of Maa Bhagwati. This became a special occasion with the presence of Smt. Asha Khanna Ji From New York. Her very emotive rendition of Maa ki Bhentein were so good that many of the devotees kept dancing in front of Devi Maa ki Pratima as if to lure her for special blessings. Several attendees came from far and wide to attend the Jagran.
Ayodhia Salwan (Chairman) and Indrajit Sarkar (President) recognized Maa ke Bhagat Subhash Sharma with Dhyanu Bhagat award in recognition of his continuous service for past twenty years (1994-2014) at Hari Om Mandir Jagrans. Subhash Sharma and his wife Mrs.Kiran Sharma was also honored with mata ki chunni by Suchitra Sarkar, Prem Salwan and Nirmal Bagga.
Mr. Sarkar thanked the Salwan Family for sponsoring Devi Jagran and appreciated the hard work of Shastri Yogesh Pandya and Pt. Dinesh Kumar for decorating the temple beautifully for this occasion. He also thanked all the dvotees for their donations and prayed Mata Rani to give peace, good health and prosperity to all.
Executive Board: Indrajit Sarkar;President, Anil Saxena; Vice President, Sneh Chaudhary; Secretary, Gopal Tiwari; Treasurer, Rajeshwari Rawat; Special Events, Sham Taxali; Inside Property Management, Ramesh Bhardwaj; Outside Property Management, Jeetu Patel; Publication, Usha Verma; Food & Prasad.
Board of Trustees: Ayodhia Salwan; Chairman, Nirmal Bagga; Vice Chairman, Mohan Karamchandani; Secretary, Naveen Paul; Ram Verma; Mahendra Thakkar; Subhash Sharma; Amar Singla
Priests: Shastri Yogesh Pandya & Pt.Dinesh Kumar
About Hari OM Mandir:
Hari Om Mandir located at DuPage County in the heart of Chicago land. The Mandir has statues of all major North Indian Gods & Goddesses. Every Sunday there is a Havan and general congregation followed by Aarti and Bhojan Prasad. On every first Saturday of the month we have Devi Jagran from 7 – 10pm. Every Monday there is Shiv Puja and every Tuesday we have Hanuman Challis Path. There are two learned priests available in temple, for Poojas, Havan, Kathas etc in the temple and at home. Please visit Hari Om Mandir at 6N020 Medinah Rd, Medinah, IL. Phone: (630)980-0900 http://www.hariommandir.org/
Pictures Captions:
01 Awarding Dhaynu Bhagat Award presented to Subhash Sharma. (R to L): Indrajit Sarkar (President), Ms. Kiran Sharma, Subhash Sharma, Ayodhia Salwan (Chairman), Ms. Prem Salwan
05 Kanjak Devi and Naukade
09 Ayodhia Salwan, Prem Salwan
10 Ayodhia Salwan, Manish Salwan, Manav Salwan, Ashima Salwan, baby Anoushka Salwan, Subhash Sharma
27 Maa ki Bhagatni Smt. Asha Kanna ji
30 Welcoming Smt. Asha Khanna by Ayodhia Salwan (Chairman)
31 Welcoming Smt. Asha Khanna by Indrajit Sarkar (President)
40 Hari Om Mandir- Mata Ka Darbar
41 – Honoring Subhash & Kiran Sharma with Mata Ki Chunni
( L to R) : Prem Salwan, Subhash Sharma, Kiran Sharma, Suchitra Sarkar, Nirmal Bagga