Archive: 2025 / 09

The fourth day of Ashadha Gupt Navratri, observed from June 26 to July 4, 2025, offers devotees a chance to intensify worship of Goddess Durga through secret rituals, mantra recitation, and focused meditation. This hidden Navratri, unlike the popular Chaitra and Sharad versions, stresses personal spiritual growth over public festivities. Tantric practitioners see the monsoon period as a powerful backdrop for inner transformation. Rituals involve red offerings, scriptural readings, and solitary austerities aimed at purification and the attainment of siddhis.

France says 26 countries are prepared to send troops or maintain a security presence in Ukraine once a ceasefire or peace is in place. Led by Macron and UK PM Starmer, the plan keeps forces away from front lines and hinges on U.S. support. Italy and Germany are in; Poland rules out ground troops. Legal and political approvals still needed as Kyiv calls the coalition a victory.