I bow down to revered Goddess Shailaputri, who fulfills the desires of her devotees. She's adorned with a crescent moon on her head, rides a bull, holds a trident in her hand, and is ever-glorious.
𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐔𝐓𝐑𝐈; the ever glorious daughter of Himavat. She who symbolizes strength, purity, resilience, and new beginnings, encouraging us to embrace our inner power, remain grounded, and rise gracefully through life's challenges and transformations.
Shailputri is considered the first manifestation of Goddess Durga in the Navadurga tradition. She is believed to be the incarnation of Goddess Parvati and symbolizes the divine feminine energy.
Shailputri is worshipped on the first day of Navaratri, a nine-night festival dedicated to the goddess. Devotees perform rituals and prayers to seek her blessings for courage and stability in life.💐💐
She is Devi of the root chakra, who, upon awakening, begins her journey upwards. Sitting on a bull and making her first journey from the Muladhara chakra. As from her father to her husband – the awakening Shakti, beginning her search for Shiva or making a move towards her Shiva. So that , in Navratri pooja the first day Yogis keep their minds concentrated on Muladhara.
Navratri is a festival for one to take the mind back to its Source.🏵️🌸🌷🌺🥀🌹💐⛰️
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So for the past 2.5-3 years I’ve been studying Hinduism and incorporating aspects of Hindu Spirituality into my personal practice.
This has been an amazing journey for me, and as a child who was raised Catholic but had many Hindu friends - this fulfills part of my inner child.
I always wanted to go to the Hindu and Sikh festivals my friends went to, always wanted to learn more about their gods, and always wanted to better understand the Mandir’s they had in their homes. But I wasn’t allowed to, and so I was left wanting almost all of my childhood.
In 2021 I made a friend at my first post-college job who has a multitude of vibrant intersecting identities. She is Indo-Caribbean, and a trans woman, and a practicing witch, and a model, and an activist, and so so much more - but she is also Hindu.
Her gentle hands helped to guide me into this path that is now a piece of who I am spiritually, and I can’t express my gratitude in her accepting me into her faith and spirituality.
I’ve now celebrated Diwali and Navratri, as well as held many personal Puja’s in my home. I’ve been to a few different Mandir’s in my area - but found that I prefer a solitary practice (and felt very uncomfortable in those spaces, due to my trauma with organized religion).
I’m not sure that I’d call myself Hindu, it feels like my practice is too mixed with other influences to claim that label, but I would like to think that I am spiritual aligned with many aspects of Hinduism.
I’m in the early stages of developing a relationship and devotional practice to Sarasvati and Shailputri, and I’m *so* excited to be starting this new journey.
One of the nine aspects of Durga worshipped during Navratri, Shailputri represents the goddess as an innocent girl, and relates to the story of Goddess Sati immolating herself after hearing her father hurl insults at her and her husband Lord Shiva, thus being reborn to the loving Lord Himavan as she had wanted.
