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Significance of akhand jyot: The holy festival of Navratri has started, and during this time devotees take many measures and worship to please Maa Durga. Burning unbroken flame for these nine days has special significance for the worship of the mother. This Jyot brings happiness, peace and prosperity in the house. Many people burn a unbroken flame burning in their house for 24 hours, but sometimes this flame is extinguished due to unknowingly or for some reason. If this happens to you, do not panic. In such a situation, some special rules have to be followed so that the fruits of worship are not broken. Let us know what you should do if the unbroken flame is extinguished.
What to do when the unbroken flame is extinguished?
If the unbroken flame is extinguished for any reason, it is considered inauspicious, but if you follow some rules, its negative effects can be avoided:
Apologies: First of all, join hands with Maa Durga and apologize for your mistake. Consider in your mind that this mistake has happened inadvertently and you want to continue your worship with full devotion.
Immediately burn Jyot again: After extinguishing the flame, burn it immediately. You can use matches or lighters to burn it again. Try to keep a small flame or lamp already for this, so that when the unbroken flame is extinguished, you can again ignite it with that small flame. It is also called ‘Ritual Jyot’.
Pure ghee or oil: Use pure ghee or oil only while burning the flame again. It is best to use the material you were already using.
Take a pledge: After burning Jyot again, standing in front of the mother, take a pledge that you will fulfill your worship with full devotion and loyalty. You can also say that you will take special care of Jyot for the next 9 days so that he does not extinguish again.
Stay near Jyot: After burning the Jyot again, sit near him for some time. You can recite Durga Chalisa or Durga Saptashati. This brings peace to the mind and the feeling of worship remains.
Donate: According to astrologers, if your unbroken flame is extinguished, then you can donate some grains, ghee or money to a poor or needy person. This reduces the defect of obstruction in worship.
Some important things for the unbroken flame
- Lamp size: Always choose a big lamp for the unbroken flame, in which sufficient amount of oil or ghee can be absorbed.
- Cotton light: The light should be thick and long, so that it keeps burning easily for nine days.
- Direction attention: It is considered auspicious to keep the unbroken Jyot on the right side of the idol of Maa Durga in the place of worship.
- Protect the wind: Keep the unbroken flame in a place where there is no direct flow of air. For this, you can keep the lamp in a glass cover or shelf.
- Take care of oil/ghee: Put oil or ghee in the lamp in between. Do not let the flame of the lamp be extinguished while doing this.
so Navratri Ilj Jyot has special significance, but even if it is extinguished inadvertently, there is no need to panic as a bad omen. There is nothing more than mother’s grace and blessings. Your devotion and true reverence is the most important. Immediately ignite it and Maa durga Forgive me
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