October 7th

Day 1 of the Navaratri – Divine Mother invoked in the form of of Bala Tripurasundari Devi

After the Paada Puja, accompanied by ceremonial temple music Amma went in a procession to the temple for morning worship.?

Throughout the elaborate worship, Amma is very focused on performing the ceremony with utmost scriptural accuracy and invoking the Divine Mother as the living embodiment.

It is very challenging to describe the spectacular worship but a few things that devotees who attended the ceremony in the past would always remember are the ways Amma distributes the prasad to everyone present calling on them individually by name and making perfect toss of the fruit prasad. Other sanctified items Amma distributes to devotees include the panchamrutham, sandalwood paste, vermillion, turmeric, Bilva leaves, garika grass. Also, the sanctified pieces of cloth that Amma uses to wipe the Srichakram after applying the fragrance are a treasure that everyone looks forward to receiving from Amma. ?