Reflections on the Importance of Navaratri - Acharya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Acharya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina is an esteemed traditional consecrated teacher of Shaiva-Shakta Hindu Tantra. He is also the Endowed Chair of Indic Studies at Stony Brook University, New York in the Department of Asian & Asian American Studies. Acharya Sthaneshwar is the founder of Vimarsha Foundation, a non-profit organization through which he teaches shāstra and sādhanā to students of all backgrounds. Learn more about Vimarsha on our website, learn from our many free Tantra resources, and join us for free shāstra courses that occur every semester: https://www.vimarshafoundation.org/ This video is an excerpt of a talk that Acharyaji delivered to Global Mandala during Navaratri the previous year. Watch the full discussion from our Talks Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfbgwkldU93cgwIqN6g0cQZcqP5OlK6un&si=iGMF9Od21LLra0v7. #navaratri #shaktism #durga #hinduism #ancestralwisdom Original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujAYZ2dvms0 This presentation is part of the Sarvāmnāya Oral Tradition Archive. Vimarsha Foundation. (2025). The Sarvāmnāya Oral Tradition Archive [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15188107