{"id":18602,"date":"2024-04-16T12:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18602"},"modified":"2024-04-16T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:20:44","slug":"pandit-ganesh-persaud-calls-for-respect-of-women-as-navratri-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pandit-ganesh-persaud-calls-for-respect-of-women-as-navratri-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandit Ganesh Persaud Calls for Respect of Women as Navratri Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the auspicious period of Navratri commences, Pandit Ganesh Persaud urges all to honor and respect women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navratri, meaning &#8216;nine nights,&#8217; is a dedicated time for Hindus to honor the Divinity of Mata Durga, the Universal Mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this period, Hindus engage in penance through cleansing, fasting, and prayer to seek blessings from Mata Uma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first night of Navratri, Pandit Ganesh Persaud, speaking at the Sevak Satsang Mandir, encouraged attendees to respect women and distance themselves from negative practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that women are embodiments of Shakti, the divine feminine energy, and should be revered accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prayers and praises offered to the Universal Mother during Navratri are cultural traditions inherited from ancestors in India, upheld and glorified by subsequent generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a time marked by cleanliness and the avoidance of anything sacrilegious or unholy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This call for respect and reverence for women resonates deeply with the spiritual and cultural significance of Navratri, reminding individuals of the divine essence within all women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick As the auspicious period of Navratri commences, Pandit Ganesh Persaud urges all to honor and respect women. Navratri, meaning &#8216;nine nights,&#8217; is a dedicated time for Hindus&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18604,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602\/revisions\/18604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}