Which Goddesses do you worship?Which festivals do you celebrate?

[Bhadr]

Hi
Sri Devi is worshiped in various forms.Some Devi festivals like Navarathri are pan Indian and others like Gauri Habba are regional.

Which goddess(es) do you like and which festivals are connected to the goddess you worship?
Are these festivals part of your sampradaya/traditional beliefs or did you start celebrating by yourself?

 

[Aupmanyav]

Each and every form of Goddess Durga. Celebrate Navaratri, twice a year (go vegetarian for those days), though my family goddess, Jwala Devi Bhavani, does not really require that. From where I come (Rajasthan), Teej (welcoming the spring, Akshya Tritiya) and Gangaur (welcoming the monsoon) are important festivals.

Teej, Gangaur, Gangaur procession

 

[Vinidra]

I guess, technically, the real answer is "All of them!"

In practice, Saraswati (and another of her forms, Matangi) and Lakshmi are my "main" Devis. You can also find me worshipping Parvati, Annapurna, Durga, and Kali at various times, too.

The festivals I celebrate are the Navaratris, Diwali, Vasant Panchami, and Durga Puja. I started celebrating them by myself.

 

[Nyingjé Tso]

Vanakkam,

Durga maa is the one I worship. Other than that, I also I a AstaLaksmi yantra installed.When in temple tho, I also pray to maa Saraswati and any form of MataJi !

Jai Maa !

Festivals I celebrate are Navratri, Vinayaka chathurthi, Shivratri, Naag panchami and Diwali.

Aum Namah Shivaya

 

[Aupmanyav]

I mentioned Navaratri because it related to Mother Goddess. Otherwise there is a whole long list of festivals that Hindus and I celebrate.

 

[Jainarayan]

I guess, technically, the real answer is "All of them!"

In practice, Saraswati (and another of her forms, Matangi) and Lakshmi are my "main" Devis. You can also find me worshipping Parvati, Annapurna, Durga, and Kali at various times, too.

Same here.

The festivals I celebrate are the Navaratris, Diwali, Vasant Panchami, and Durga Puja. I started celebrating them by myself.

I haven't done this yet.

 

[StarryNightshade]

I was initiated as a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava and Sri Devi is given equal footing with Narayana. There is even a text and philosophy within Vadakalai where most (if not all) devotion goes to Sri; called the Lakshmi Tantra.

The primary forms of Sri given their due in this philosophical framework are Lakshmi herself, Bhu Devi, MahaSaraswati, MahaKali, and Ashtalakshmi I also have a love for Ambe Maa and Durga Maa.

Festivals I generally celebrate are Navrarti and special pujas dedicated to certain Devis.

 

[Fireside_Hindu]

I primarily focus on Maha Lakshmi, and celebrate Navratri, Diwali and perform a special Lakshmi Puja twice a year. (Deepa Lakshmi Puja and VaraLakshmi Puja)

I also feel close to Durga Maa

 

[DeviChaaya]

My primary devotion is to Parvati Ma; I do not know what it is about Her but She has stolen my heart. As She is that which in all rest I also worship Durga; the incarnation that killed the buffalo demon, Kali; the incarnation who drank the blood of Raktabija and thereby prevents our mistakes from multiplying out of control if we surrender to Her, Saraswati; Her form as the universal teacher.

Festivals I celebrate; Navratri (the two popular ones), Shivaratri, Kali Puja, Diwali, Radhashtami (to me it is more important than Janmashtami) and my mother's birthday.

I forgot to say I am also called strongly to Kali and one other but it is 4 am and I cannot remember her name right now. Her vahana is a crow and she carries and winnowing thing.

 

[RebornHindu]

The main goddesses I worship would be Lakshmi, Durga, Kali and Saraswati. Kali being the one I am strongest drawn too. Then would be Lakshmi,

 

[DeviChaaya]

Dhumavati. I am also strongly drawn to Dhumavati Mata ji. I remembered her. Yay.

 

[Vinidra]

Dhumavati. I am also strongly drawn to Dhumavati Mata ji. I remembered her. Yay.

Me, too! It was 3:00 am when I posted, and I left her out, too. But yes, Maa Dhumavati!

 

[Aupmanyav]

Well, Parvati maa really is the first Mother Goddess for me too, serving her Lord and the two kids and caring for all men and women (specially) in the world.

 

[Bhadr]

Thanks to all for replying.
Navarathri by far seems to be the most popular Devi festival and so too worship of three Devis.
Jai Maa!

 

[Vinayaka]

Thanks to all for replying.
Navarathri by far seems to be the most popular Devi festival and so too worship of three Devis.
Jai Maa!

Off topic, Bhadr, but where is the Nataraja in the picture?

 

[Bhadr]

Off topic, Bhadr, but where is the Nataraja in the picture?

Hmm are you asking whether Nataraja is worshiped along with the Goddess?

 

[Vinayaka]

Hmm are you asking whether Nataraja is worshiped along with the Goddess?

No I just want to know which temple or shrine is the Nataraja in the picture on your posts? Is that your home shrine?

 

[Aupmanyav]

This is Chidambaram Arudra Darshanam (could be translated as 'peaceful Shiva', not in his 'raudra rupa'), as far as I could trace. THIRUVATHIRAI. 'Ananda Thandavam'.
Ask an atheist.
http://susrivirundhombal.blogspot.in/2015/12/thiruvathirai-arudra-darshan.html

 

[SomeRandom]

Kali Ma, of course.
Though all of them are ma.

Diwali. Though the one celebrated where I live is the Ramayana version rather than the Kali version.

 

[Bhadr]

No I just want to know which temple or shrine is the Nataraja in the picture on your posts? Is that your home shrine?

No,not mine ji,I found it in the net.I like it very much.
I've a small statue (poly-resin or terracotta) of Nataraja,I bought it near the temple Gopuram in Chidambaram.

This is Chidambaram Arudra Darshanam (could be translated as 'peaceful Shiva', not in his 'raudra rupa'), as far as I could trace.
Ask an atheist.
http://susrivirundhombal.blogspot.in/2015/12/thiruvathirai-arudra-darshan.html

Oh God! I don't think it is so.AFAIK it is Ardra (आर्द्र) not Arudra(I don't know this word exists).Ardra is a nakshatra,some believe it is birth star of Lord Shiva.Some scholars say that such a view is not correct coz shastras say that Lord Shiva is Aja(unborn),Purva(before the earliest),Vrddha(the oldest of all).......He is Para Brahman.

What is Ardrothsavam(Ardra Utsava) then?I heard that it is signifies the formless Shiva's manifestation as Nataraja Bhagavan.