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Maa Kalaratri Nisha Puja: Significance, Rituals and Midnight Sacrifice on Mahasaptami
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News18•17-10-2026, 14:02
Maa Kalaratri Nisha Puja: Significance, Rituals and Midnight Sacrifice on Mahasaptami
- •Maha Saptami Nisha Puja is dedicated to Goddess Kalaratri, the fierce seventh form of Goddess Durga.
- •Midnight worship during Nishith Kaal helps destroy deep ignorance, fear, negative energies, and obstacles.
- •Worshipping Goddess Kalaratri is believed to mitigate the ill effects and afflictions of planet Saturn.
- •Symbolic traditional offerings like ash gourd or coconut are sacrificed during Nisha Puja to surrender negativity.
- •Devotees chant the powerful seed mantra Om Aim Hreem Kleem Kalaratryai Namah to appease the Goddess.
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Nisha Puja held at midnight on Mahasaptami allows devotees to attain the special grace of Goddess Kalaratri and Mahakali when divine energy is strongest. Tantric practices and worship performed during this time help appease the fierce form of the Goddess, destroying deep ignorance, fear, and negative energies.
During Nisha Puja, Goddess Kalaratri is offered night-blooming flowers, jaggery or jaggery-based items, and makeup items. In Tantric or special rituals, a symbolic traditional sacrifice involving an ash gourd (petha) or coconut is offered to represent the surrender of negativity.
During the Nisha Puja rituals dedicated to Goddess Kalaratri, devotees chant her specific seed mantra, which is 'Om Aim Hreem Kleem Kalaratryai Namah'.
