During Navaratri, the energy of Sri Durgadevi is intensely available to all. Navaratri is the festival of worship of Goddess Shakti (feminine manifestation of cosmic energy). Navaratri means "nine nights". The Goddess fought evil demons over nine days and nights and destroyed them on the tenth day. Therefore, the Navaratri festival is observed by contemplating on God for ten days, cleansing one's self of all impurities, in order to experience the divinity within.

The celebrations continued at the Nithyananda Vedic Temple, Los Angeles (Montclair) on Oct 5, 2008 with a violin concert with the reknowned violin performers, Lalgudi Srimathi Bhramanandam and Anuradha Sridhar, a grand procession around the Temple with Venkateshwara and Devi, and puja for Lakshmi. The evening ended with Maha Aarti and Maha Prasad.

Following are pictures from the Navaratri Celebrations on Oct 5, 2008