{"id":23882,"date":"2024-11-07T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23882"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:42:57","slug":"final-night-of-navaratri-celebrated-at-lusignan-gopal-mandir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/final-night-of-navaratri-celebrated-at-lusignan-gopal-mandir\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Night of Navaratri Celebrated at Lusignan Gopal Mandir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vibrant Hindu festival of Navaratri, which began on October 3rd, came to a close on October 12th, with a grand celebration at the Lusignan Gopal Mandir on the East Coast of Demerara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival, dedicated to honoring Goddess Durga, saw devotees gather for the final night of the Satsang, a night of prayer, chanting, and reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandit Hardesh Tewari of the Lusignan Gopal Mandir offered words of encouragement, highlighting the importance of resilience in facing life&#8217;s adversities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged attendees to live fearlessly and remain steadfast in their journey through life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Pandit emphasized the importance of mental health, acknowledging it as one of the greatest challenges faced by many. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the congregation to take mental well-being seriously and to seek peaceful control of the mind through spiritual practices such as chanting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navaratri, a festival observed twice a year, is marked by prayer and fasting, and continues to inspire faith, mental clarity, and strength among its devotees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2024 The vibrant Hindu festival of Navaratri, which began on October 3rd, came to a close on October 12th, with a grand celebration at the Lusignan Gopal Mandir&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23882","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\/23882","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=23882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23883,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882\/revisions\/23883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}