Shakti Avahan: Invocation of the Divine Mother

by Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Swami Sivananda

In January 2012, Swami Niranjananda initiated a new sadhana at Ganga Darshan: the invocation of the Cosmic Goddess in the form of mother Katyayani, the peace-bestowing force. Every morning havan is performed and the ashram reverberates with the sounds of invocatory chants, the thousand names of Ma Katyayani and victory and Protection mantras. The sadhana is a three-year sankalpa for the sannyasa training participants. This volume contains the stotra used in the sadhana and articles by Swami Sivananda, Swami Satyananda and Swami Niranjan which take us closer to the mother principle.