Navratri

She visits with her counterparts

Fulfilling Mandir charts with crafts

Via all avatars, blessings she imparts

She descends in her devotees hearts

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Navratri festival of spiritual play

A nine day ritual of fasting to pray

No mood sullen, no mind grey

Her divinity brings a joyous spray

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Bhajans and sanctity each of nine days

Practicing austerity in devoted ways

Devi Mata’s forms manifested each day

Her glory brighter than the sun’s ray

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Ram ji worshipped Goddess Parvati

Seeking protection of Maiya Sita Sati

He then attacked Ravana Lankapati

By saving Janak putri, being his pati

Sikiladi

In honor of her emergence as Durga

Navratri observed for avatars of Mata

The period observed in all significance

Feminine power in religious semblance

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