Adhyaatmic significance of navaraatri

[Vaidya Sundaram]

"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote on 10/04/00 11:33 PM:

> eighth day of Navaratri has another sort of significance.  It is called
> Havanashtami and it when the Homa and Balidana should be done.  Balidana
> is the sacrifice of an animal (usually a goat or sheep.)  Bengalis and
> other North Indians actually do this.  But in Gujarat and other places
> were people are more likely to be vegetarian, a substitute is used
> instead.  Like at our local mandir, they slice a watermelon in half.
> It's not quite as dramatic but a lot gentler!

In south India, when boiled urad dhal by itself is mixed with yogurt, it is
considered meat! This is the substitute we use.

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Vaidya.

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