Happy Durga Puja

Dear Guru brothers/sisters! I wish all of you a Very Happy Durga Puja! The full world is busy now in celebrating the Shakti Puja!! This Shakti & Matri Aradhana would continue till the Jagatdhatri Puja in Kolkata!! Really bengal is great because of its various festivals and I feel myself to be very lucky to be born in a bengali community! Without mother's help one cannot reach out to his father and mother would only tell you who is your father!! Moreover, if sometime a child commits a mistake it is only mother who saves you from the anger or wrath of one's father!! It once happened that Sri Sri Thakur was staying at a devotee's house in Kolkata and his room was full of many devotees and He was busy in talking with them and then suddenly He stopped talking to them and joined His both hands and paid His respects to somebody in the vaccum and even asked to accept a seat near to Him! Everybody was astonished at this!! The room was filled a divine fragrance and all devotees were wondering from it is coming!! Sri Sri Thakur started talking to that invisible entity for a while in a low tone and suddenly asked how is Devadhidev?? Then  after a while He laughed! After that again He said as Yes, definitely I would certainly attend the Devi Puja!! and again joined His hands and see-off that divine entity in the vaccum!! That divine fragrance also slowly went off!! Everybody was astonished at this. Sri Sri Thakur suddenly asked one of the devotees to immediately bring the year calendar and to check the dates of Sri Sri Durga Puja!! Sri Phanindra Malakar babu asked as to who has came to which Gurudev replied that Maa Durga herself had came to invite Sri Sri Thakur to the Devi Puja!!  Maa Durga came to invite our Lord Sri Hari!! Our Gurudev also initiated the worshipping of Maa Durga in his own portrait and termed it as Durgotsav!! not only Durga Puja any puja of any diety can be performed on the portrait of our Gurudev!! I had once the opportunity of doing the morning puja (the mangal arti puja at 4.00 a.m.) in an ashram in assam during the holy Durgotsav and Friends I must tell you the experience was just mind boggling!!   Jai Ram!