Nav chandi path
Nav chandi is nine recitations of the Durga Saptashati. Families book it when they want the Chandi path and do not want the hundred recitations of Shat chandi. The sittings are fixed before the visit.
Nav chandi path
नवचंडी पाठ
The rite
Nav chandi is nine full recitations of the Durga Saptashati, lighter than Shat chandi but more than a single path. Pandit Mrityunjay Sharma schedules sittings across days you can host in Bengaluru.
Time at the house: Typically 1½–2½ hours per sitting until nine paths complete
Pandit Mrityunjay Sharma does this at the house in Bengaluru. The fee is not printed on this page. It is sent on WhatsApp with the material list.
Why families book it
Nine sittings spread across evenings help working families; each ends with aarti before 10 pm in most societies. Pause between recitations within one sitting only at chapter borders.
Red flowers accumulate—plan compost or temple drop. Chant volume steady; inform security if same guests arrive nine nights.
When families ask
- Navratri when nine is symbolic
- Before marriage or new venture
- After astrologer names nine Chandi
- When Shat chandi is too long but one path feels incomplete
- Vow after recovery from illness alongside medical care
- New flat Devi establishment week
Short vidhi
- Opening sankalp for nine recitations total
- Daily Ganesh and Devi puja
- One or more Saptashati recitations per visit as planned
- Mark tally on calendar visible to household
- Havan on final day if booked
- Closing aarti and prasad
- Review count before pandit leaves each night
The pandit confirms the order on WhatsApp before the visit.
Samagri
- Saptashati book and Devi image
- Red flowers replenished each sitting
- Kalash maintained across days
- Kumkum, roli, rice, sandal
- Ghee, camphor, incense stock for nine days
- Fruit and prasad scaled to guest count
- Wall calendar for completion ticks
- Chair for elder unable to sit long
- Havan samagri only if final-day fire agreed
- Society guest list for repeated entry
The exact list for your day is sent on WhatsApp. This page does not sell a kit and does not say materials are included in a fee.
Questions
Nine in one day?
Unusual in flats; multi-day is normal.
Same as Nav chandi anusthan?
This page is path count; nine-day fire anusthan is different.
Who sits each night?
Same yajamana preferred; substitute if traveling—tell pandit.
Miss a night?
Reschedule within Navratri if possible.
Noise nine evenings?
Keep volume indoor; end before quiet cutoff.
Fees?
Quoted on WhatsApp per sitting plan.