JYBT to hold Maa Chandi, Ramayana Path at Haridwar

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 21: On the coming “Shardiya Navratri Parav-2025” Pawan Kumar Shastri, president of the Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust, Jammu highlighted significance of these nine auspicious days. Stating that “Ashwin Shukla Paksh Shardiya Navratri Parav” commencing from Monday and culminating on October 1 is a celebration of the divine feminine energy of “Goddess Adi-Shakti Maa Durga Ji”.
He further said that during Navratri Parav, the Trust will organise the revered “Maa Chandi Path” and Shree Ramayana Paath” at Haridwar Bhawan of the Trust, providing a spiritual platform for devotees to seek blessings of Maa Durga Ji. The nine days festival is dedicated to the nine incarnations of Goddess Durga, each representing a unique aspect of the divine feminine power. The Navrtri Parav hold immense religious significance, as it symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and awakening of spiritual consciousness.
Devotees worship the nine forms of Goddess Maa Durga Ji “Maa Shailputri”, “Maa Brahmacharni”, “Maa Chandraghanta”, “Maa Kushmanda”, “Maa Skandamata”, “Maa Katyayani”, “Maa Kalratri”, “Maa Mahagauri”, and “Maa Siddhidatri Ji” to seek her blessings and protection from negative forces.
He further said that as embodied in the sacred texts, the eleven forms of Maa Durga Ji-comprising the “five Gyan Indrias” (Sense of knowledge: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin) the “five karma Indrias” (organs of action: hand, feet, mouth, organs of excretion and organ of generation) and the “Mind” are manifestations of the supreme power of the Goddess Maa Durga Ji.
“Maa Durga’s significance extends beyond mythology, she represents the eternal power of the feminine principle, inspiring devotion, strength and resilience in her followers. Her worship is a testament to the enduring legacy of the divine feminise in Hinduism. With utmost devotion and reverence worshiping, Adi-Shakti Maa Durga facilitates the attainment of four “Purusharthas”, “Dharma” (righteousness) “Artha” (wealth), “Karma” (desire) and “Moksha” (Liberation) thereby granting devotees a life of purpose, prosperity and spiritual fulfilment, Shastri said.
The Press conference was attended by Raj Kumar Gupta, Vice-President, Gurdas Sharma, general secretary/ treasurer, Koshal Kumar and Lila Karan as Trustee besides Sukhdev Sharma, Working Committee Member & Er. Rashpal Sharma, Incharge B.C. Road, office of the Trust.