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As noted in our last installment (part 3), devotion played a central and foundational part in how Ramu (Swami Satchidananda’s birthname was Ramaswamy, Ramu for short) was raised.

In his biography, Sri Swamiji noted that of all the devotional worship offered in his childhood home, the Saraswati puja was the greatest and most special of the household ceremonies. It was held during the last three days of the Navaratri, nine nights worship in honor of the Goddess—God as Divine Mother—in her three main manifestations.

She is the moving force behind all the aspects of God.

The first three nights pay homage to the Goddess Kali or Durga, the destroyer. It sounds frightening, yet what she destroys is everything that stands between the devotee and realization of God.

After Kali has cleared the way, the Goddess Lakshmi arrives for the next three nights. She is the Goddess of