Join Us for Our Shakambhari Navaratri Celebration 2023!

Shakambhari Navaratri is the 8 night festival for Goddess Shakambhari, honoring the origin of Goddess Shakambhari and her vanquishing of the demon Durgama, when he deprived the world of nurishment. Shakambhari restored vegetation to nourish the world.

​The festival starts on Shukla Ashtami (the 8th lunar phase of the waxing moon) in Pausha month (Dec. / Jan.) and ends on Purnima (fullmoon). This year, Shakambhari Navaratri begins on December 30th and concludes on January 6th.   

Sponsorship

As a not-profit Hindu temple we rely upon your generous contributions to perform these powerful rituals for loka kalyanam (the welfare of the world). Sponsors will be sent kumkum from the pujas.
​Dispatch of prasadam to sponsors in other countries may be subject to local customs regulations.    

$27 Sponsor 1 night's puja

$108 Sponsor the Devi Homam

$1,000 Spnsor all pujas 

Donate amount of your own choosing. 

Those who sponsor the pujas for $108 or more will receive a copper Shree Yantra pendant blessed during our Navaratri Pujas and Yajnas. This copper Yantra is on red thread and can be worn around the neck for blessings and protection of the Goddess. People can keep it at their place of prayer also. Sponsors who donate more than $108 will be sent one Yantra, unless they specifically request more than one. For families who wish to receive more than one Yantra, please make multiple donations, or contact us at info@somamatha.org to let us know how many Yantras you are hoping to have blessed for your family. 

Shakambhari Navaratri Puja Schedule 

​Friday December 30th - 3 PM Ganapati Ashta Dravya Homam 

Each Night From December 30th - January 6th,
we will be conducting Devi Puja:  

6 PM Lalita Sahasranam and Shakambhari Maahaatmyam
7 PM Nava Dravya Abhishekam of the Vyomashma (Jade) Meru Shri Yantra 

On Friday Jan. 6th, we will perform Devi Yajna starting at 3 PM and kumbhabhishekam of the Meru Yantra. Shakambhari Alankaran will be offered (decorating the image of the Goddess with garlands of fruits and veggies).