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Navaratri 2007

Chandi Path Yagya performed in Kanchipuram, South India

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1008 fried Modaka sweets are a favorite of Ganesha on the first day of the yagyas.
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Offering milk over the crystal Meru.
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Gold flowers are offered to the Meru; a 3-D Sri Chakra.
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The yagya series concluded with a Durga Abishekam in a local temple. Here milk is offered.
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Then fragrant scented sandalwood.
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After the yagya, Durga is decorated in a new silk sari with beautiful flower malas and a silver crown.
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One of the traditional parts of Navaratri is to honor women of all ages with a gift of a sari, comb, makeup and some fruit.
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Young girls, moms, and grandmothers; all are honored.