Amrit Thoughts. Gupt Navratri will start from Wednesday, July 15 this year, from the Pratipada date of Shukla Paksha of Ashadha month. This special festival lasting nine days will be celebrated till 23rd July. During Gupta Navratri, worshiping the nine forms of Mother Adishakti along with Tantric sadhana, special rituals and secret worship is considered to have special importance. During this period, the devotees try to achieve success through Mahavidya Tantra Sadhana, while the devotees worship the nine forms of Goddess Durga with rituals.
According to Astrologer Pt. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, while Chaitra and Shardiya Navratri are considered important for householders and common devotees, Gupt Navratri is the festival of worship of saints, siddhas and seekers. It is considered a period of penance, meditation and meditation rather than celebration. During this time, sadhana is especially done for the accomplishment of tantra-mantra, spiritual progress and fulfillment of special wishes.
He said that worshiping in Gupt Navratri as per the rituals is believed to liberate one from many kinds of troubles. Especially Aghor and Tantrik practitioners try to attain siddhis by worshiping Mahavidyas during this period. This Navratri is also considered very important for the seekers who wish for salvation.
Gupt Navratri is considered most special for Tantra Sadhana.
Tantric practitioners wait for Gupt Navratri throughout the year. During this time they try to acquire rare spiritual powers through long-term meditation and special rituals. During Gupt Navratri, devotees mainly worship Goddess Kali, Tara Devi, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Chhinnamasta, Tripura Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Baglamukhi, Matangi and Kamala Devi. These ten forms are called ten Mahavidyas.
Gupt Navratri comes only twice a year
According to Pandit Dwivedi, Gupt Navratri comes only twice a year. The first in the Shukla Paksha of Magh month and the second in the Shukla Paksha of Ashadha month. Because very few people know about it and its practice is done secretly, it is called Secret Navratri. It is believed that special wishes are fulfilled during this time.
Gupt Navratri is also known as Gayatri Navratri. In this nine-day long ritual, Goddess Durga is invoked with mantras from Tantra Vidya. Devotees offer special worship to the Goddess with the wish of wealth, knowledge, prosperity and spiritual progress.
Chanting of this Mahamantra has special importance
During Gupt Navratri, devotees especially chant this Mahamantra –
“Om Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundayai Viche”
It is a religious belief that by regularly chanting this mantra, the seeker gets the blessings of spiritual energy, accomplishment and fulfillment of desires.
Secret meditation and mental chanting get special importance
Astrologer Pt. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi It is said that while Chaitra and Ashwin Navratri are important for householders, Gupt Navratri is considered special for the sadhana of accomplished men, saints and sages. During this, the devotees chant the mantras of ten Mahavidyas through mind, speech and action. Mental chanting is considered more effective and the practice is kept completely secret.
Sadhaks meditate, chant mantras and worship in solitude. The period of Gupt Navratri is considered very best for Mantra Siddhi and Tantra Siddhi. The rules of normal Navratri fast are relatively simple, but the rules of sadhana of ten Mahavidyas are said to be very strict. Only accomplished saints and experienced seekers are able to follow them completely. According to Pt. Dwivedi, during Gupt Navratri, devotees also perform special sadhana and worship for the purpose of attaining the eight Siddhis.
