Devi Mandir

Temple of Divine Mother

2025 Rām Navami Sankalpā

Last Updated on March 21, 2025 by Nanda Maa

JAI MAA ! JAI SRIRĀM !

Chaitra Navarātri is just around the corner, and Swamiji has given us a group sankalpā for Rām Navami.

It is to chant the mantra Om Rām Rāmāya Namah starting from March 14th 2025 until April 6th 2025 (Rām Navami). The target is 25,000 mālās  as a group, which is  25,000 x 108 repetitions of the mantra. With the grace our Gurus, let us meet and exceed the goal!

Here is a clip of beloved Swamiji chanting the mantra :

Are you in? Would you like to join in for chanting mālās of “Om Rām Rāmāya Namah” starting Mar 14th?
If so, you can post on our Global Devi Mandir Telegram Group  or on our India Devi Mandir WhatsApp Group  and let us know you are joining the sankalpā.
Alternatively you can also confirm your participation via email to ch************@ya***.com.
Please provide your name and also country where located.

Here is a short Q&A regarding the sankalpa:

Q1 – While chanting the mantra, should I sit on an āsanā, or is it ok to sit on a chair?
A1- You can do mantra japā while in an āsanā AND also while doing normal everyday tasks ie without an āsanā

Q2- Are there any rules to follow while doing the Japā, like taking a bath before starting the practice.
A2- There are no specific rules. Just do it

Q3 – Is there a minimum number of mālās that I should chant as an individual?
A2 – You can chant as many or as few mālās as you want. Obviously the more the better towards reaching our group target, and more importantly for your own bhāvā during this auspicious time.

Q4- How to do I report the number of mālās I chanted?
A4 – You can reply to the message that Nanda Maa posts on the either the Global Telegram group of the India WhatsApp Group. She will request your counts once or twice a week and you can respond with the total number you have chanted from the beginning of the sankalpa until the point you report.

Have more questions regarding this sankalpā? Just post in any one of the groups, or to the email mentioned above, and we will respond.

Here is a list of participants and their total number of malas chanted as of March 22 2025 10:00 AM IST. As a group we have chanted 4064  malas so far!

NameLocation (Country)Total Malas Completed
Andres M PardoNetherlands
BenUSA
BrahmaaniIndia21
Chandra SenguptaIndia108
ChitraIndia
Chuck Sandstrom108
DeviUK
Dhyanaprana CaryUSA13
ErikaUSA
Gauri (K H)UK
Gopi (and kids)UK185
Graeme DeVilSouth Africa6
Harish BahugunaIndia200
Harsh Kumar AgarwalIndia9
HriyaCanada33
JanitriUSA159
JasminaCanada70
Jaya (Prabha)USA21
Jayanti SenguptaIndia11
Jayashree JuddUSA10
Kalpana DashIndia
KanuCanada
Kripananda (Kip)New Zealand126
KowshikDubai
Krishna GhoshIndia
Krishna/KaizadIndia
KristaUSA40
Kunal H Aminindia
LakshmiUSA110
Lalitha (Prabha)India80
Lalitha SIndia150
Laura WittUSA
LesleyUSA68
LokeshCanada
Michael ParenteauUSA72
MitaIndia33
NandaIndia22
NandubenIndia7
NaynaIndia51
NeilCanada
NirmalPeru15
Nirmal ShankarUSA105
NityanandaUSA
PallaviIndia57
Papia RoyUSA
Raja Sengupta (tathagat)India15
Rakesh MathurIndia20
Ramneek SharmaIndia93
Ranji KrishUSA19
Rashmi MathurIndia12
Rashmi (Delhi)India20
Rich SSpain154
Risheenand ParasramCosta Rica70
Ritu BaliIndia33
Riya LodhIndia70
Saneh SharmaUSA262
SanniIndia
SaptashatiMayotte40
Saraswathi (Prabha)India40
Satya BaliIndia25
Shila MaaUSA77
SomanathUSA
UditIndia
Uma WasonUSA735
UshaCanada130
Vandna SUSA
Vandana DuttaIndia90
Varun SharmaIndia25
VasanthaUSA208
Vindra RagoonananTrinidad and Tobago36
TOTAL # MALAS4064

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