First day of the Navaratri is to do sthapana of Goddess at home and invoke goddess to enter at home. Get the detailed information on how to worship goddess Shailputri on the first day of Navaratri. Meanwhile in order to start the Pooja on the first day, it is essential to put a flower garland around the photo of the Goddess and take a bowl or metallic diya holder for lightening the lamp.
Some people lighten the lamp twice in a day; while, many like to lighten the lamp continuously for 9 days. In the second condition, the care has to be taken by the people of the family to put Desi Ghee regularly in the bowl. Indeed, the preparations have to be made properly to let the custom continue without difficulty.
At the first step, the bowl should be filled more
than half with Desi Ghee and one has to put small Swang rice pieces in it.
Then, the Moli or holy thread in red color should be taken long enough to
continue for 9 days. Further to this, the silver Chhatar should be placed in
the bowl and the thread needs to be passed out of the middle hole in the
Chhatar and lit with “Agni”. In order to protect the lamp-light, the devotees
also make use of metal cover with holes in it. As the preparations get
complete, one has to start reading Durga Saptshathi with one chapter every day.
All these moments make the entire home pious on the very first day of Navaratri.
