Subho Mahalaya: 15 WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook greetings to wish your loved ones on Mahalaya | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Subho Mahalaya: 15 WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook greetings to wish your loved ones on Mahalaya | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |Kolkata |Updated: September 28, 2019 4:43:40 pm

Subho Mahalaya: 15 WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook greetings to wish your loved ones on Mahalaya

Subho Mahalaya! On this joyous occasion, take a moment and wish your loved ones with these lovely WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook greetings.

Mahalaya, which heralds the advent of goddess Durga also marks the beginning of ‘Devi’ paksha or phase and the end of ‘Pitra’ paksha’.

Mahalaya is a Sanskrit word derived from ‘maha’, meaning great, and ‘alaya’, meaning abode. This abode is no ordinary dwelling. It is the residence of the great souls. Mahalaya is a kind of an oratorical invocation of the goddess Durga, the feminine force behind the cosmos, to descend the earth. Through the rendition of Sanskrit chants like- ‘Jago tumi jago’, Arise, o thou arise, the goddess is invoked and invited to save us from the ‘asuric forces’ (evil powers or demons) that hound us.