Devi Mandir

Temple of Divine Mother

2025 Sharad Navaratri Sankalpa

Last Updated on October 9, 2025 by Group Sankalpa

UPDATE OCT 2nd 2025 – We have crossed over 191,000 recitations as a group, well over the goal of 100,000 recitations. This sankalpa is now COMPLETED and CLOSED. ———————————————– Shree Maa and Swamiji have given us a sankalpa to honor Shared Navaratri 2025. The sankalpa is to chant 100000 recitations (1 lakh recitations) as a group of the Kamakhya Devi mantras starting on Aug 31, 2025 and completing on Oct 2nd 2025 ( or until the 100000 recitations are complete). Are you in? Would you like to join ? 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 chandimaakijai@yahoo.com. Please provide your name and also country where located. The Kamakhya Maa mantras are as below – we chant ALL 3 verses in the order as given in the puja below, to count as ONE RECITATION.
Here is an audio of Swamiji chanting the mantras : Here is a short Q&A regarding the sankalpa: Q1 – While chanting the mantras, 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 recitationss that I should chant as an individual? A2 – You can chant as many or as few recitations 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 recitations 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 that have signed up for the sankalpa:
NameLocation (Country)Total #Recitations Complete
AnithaIndia28
Aparna NairUK219
Apichat JoeThailand
Arjan Anand5
Arvind LuximanMauritius258
Bhavani FlowersUSA60
BrahmaaniIndia1120
Chandra SenguptaIndia25704
ChitraIndia108
CoralieUSA
Devan108
Dhyanaprana CaryUSA808
DurgaUSA275
ErikaUSA
Gautama (Shiva)New Zealand3132
Gopi (and kids)UK10000
Graeme DeVilSouth Africa2610
Harish BahugunaIndia5240
Harsh Kumar AgarwalIndia1635
JacquiUSA1141
JasminaCanada4451
JnaneshHong Kong108
JuliaUSA525
Kalpana DashIndia108
Kalpana MallickUSA5500
Kripananda (Kip)New Zealand7513
KowshikDubai
Krishna/KaizadIndia
KristaUSA250
LakshmiUSA
Laura WittUSA300
Mahalakshmi Manogaran1296
MausumiUSA401
May OlivaresSpain33
MeeraIndia9000
Mike KoontzUSA2152
MitaIndia200
NandaUSA300
NaynaIndia1408
NehaNew Zealand2268
NeilCanada860
Nirmal ShankarUSA3620
NM VaruIndia387
PallaviIndia11
Partha Roy11
PrabhakarUK720
PragnaUSA710
Premila MaaIndia12666
Queen (Rani Singh)India
QuentinFrance108
Ramachandra1000
Ramneek SharmaIndia42
Rashmi KanpurIndia850
Rashmi (Delhi)India870
Richard B
Rich SSpain603
Ritu BaliIndia7430
Riya LodhIndia2808
Sadhana DuttaUSA9077
Saneh SharmaUSA3124
Sangita ParmarUK
Shakti Surf Villas1900
SaswatiUSA1146
Shaila DattaUSA2308
Shila MaaUSA
Shiv AnuragUkraine108
SomanathUSA36
Susan SankarUSA
Suravi SaraswatiUSA684
Tom SiegelUSA273
Udit SunilIndia4644
Uma WasonUSA24300
UshaCanada3000
Vandana DuttaIndia2756
Varun SaxenaIndia3132
VasanthaUSA4500
VasuthevanMalaysia2376
VedaNew Zealand274
Vindra RagoonananTrinidad and Tobago5508
Wah MaaUSA1290
TOTAL # Recitations191396

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