The Divine Mother of the Universe, Lalitha, once gave audience to all the gods.  To worship her came crores of Brahmas (creators) and Brahmin’s (consorts of the creators), and crores of Narayanas with their Lakshmis and crores of Rural with their Gaur is.  The different Shaktis who came to do Lalitha reverence were also innumerable, as were the Devas and Siddhas.

When they had all worshipped her, they took their

seats, upon which, Sri Devi Lalitha, glanced meaningfully Vashini and others, the goddess of speech.  There upon they began to sing the thousand names of Lalitha, composed by them earlier, at her express command.While Devi Lalitha became glad upon hearing the hymn, all those who were assembled there were amazed at its exquisite beauty and puissance. “Declare these thousand names to my devotees.  It a devotee recites it even once, I grant him all his desires,” Devi Lalitha told them.

The above details are conveyed by Lord Havagriva, the horse-faced manifestation of Lord Vishnu worshipped as the embodiment of intelligence, to the Sage Agastya, one of the most revered figures in Hindu lord.  The passage occurs in the preface to the Lalitha Sahasranama, a great masterpiece that finds pride of place in the second part of the Brahmanda Purana. (The Puranas are sacred texts, which explain the Vedic doctrines, the fountainhead of Hindu philosophy, to lay minds).

1. Sri Narayana Hrdaya Nyasam
2. Dhyana
3. Prarthana
4. Sri Lakshmi Hrdaya Nyasam
5. Sri Lakshmi Hrdayam with Dhyana Slokas and Bija Mantras

This is an extra ordinary devotional hymn sung in praise of Goddess of Kanchi in five sections each one containing a centered of verses: by Mooka Kavi(396-436AD).

Arya Sataka, Stuti Sataka, Paadaravinda Sataka, Kataaksha Sataka and Mandasmitha Sataka are the five sections where Mooka Kavi a dumb turned poet by the grace Goddess Kamakshi’s

1. Mahishasura Mardhini Stotram
2. Mahalakshmi Ashtakam
3. Raja Rajeswari Ashtakam
4. Durga Abhadhutharana Stotram

1. Lalitha Pancharatnam
2. Kanakadhara Stotram
3. Annapoorna Stotram
4. Ashtalakshmi Stotram

1. Mantra Tantra, Mantra Gayathri
2. Poorvanga Pooja : Gantadhi Pooja, Bootha Suddi, Aatma Prana Prathishta,     
3. Vignothsaranam, Matrikanyasah and Kalasadi Pooja.
4. Chaturyathana Pooja, Layaana Pooja, Shadangaarchanam Nithya Devi Yajanam, Guru 

1. Mandala archanam
2. Pradhana Pooja, Aavarna Pooja, Dandanatharchanam, Mantriniarchanam, Lalithaarchanam, Dhupa Deepadhi Pooja, Balidaanam, Pooja Samarpanam and
3. Shanthisathavam.

1. Gayathri
2. Sri Durga Sahasranama Stotram
3. Pradasmarana Stotram
4. Sri Durga Chandrakala Stuti
5. Dhyanani

1. Sri Durga Kavacham
2. Sri Durga  Pancharathnam
3. Sri Durga Abadhudhara Stotram
4. Sri Devi Namakam

Durga Dukhahantri Sukhapradha – Shri Matha thus described in “Lalitha Sahasranama” is ever praised as the wainer of all evils and bestower of all auspiciousness in her best manifestation as Devi Mahishasura Mardhini.

In this Compact Disc, Sangirtha Kalanidhi Dr.M.L.Vasanthakumari first renders the famous twenty Slokas that celebrate the Devi’s victory over Demons like Madhu Khairtabaha, Mahisha and others.

Nine Slokas called from the ‘Soundarya Lahari” of Shri Adi Shankaracharya are offered next.  To each Sloka is linked as appropriate Stothra on the Navgraas enchoing the truth that those who sunrrender at the lotus feet of Devi shall not have the evil spirits of nine planets and shall have only the auspicious benevolence of the Navagrahas.

Dr.M.L.Vasanthakumari concludes with “Shri Durga Saptha Sloki” which though only seven in number yet span the entire gamut of seven hundred Slokas of Devi Mahatmiyam and ring in the Jayam and Mangalam bestowed by  Devi Mahisasura Mardhini.

1. Kali Sahasranamam
2. Kali Ashtakam
3. Kali Ashtottara Satanamavalli

1. Sri Tripurasundari Gayathri & Sri Bala Sahasranamam
2. Sri Bala Kavacham
3. Sri Bala Sthavaraja
4. Sri Devi Bujanga Prayatha
5. Sri Manthramathrika Pushpamala Sthavaha

1. Sri Tripura Sundari Stotram
2. Sri Lalitha Pancha Rathnam
3. Sri Bala Ashtottara Sathanamavalli
4. Mangalam

1. Ganapathy Dyanam Guru Vandhanam
2. Sri Mahalakshmi Ashtakam
3. Sri Lakshmi Ashtothra Sathanama Stothram
4. Thulasi Stothram
5. Annapoornashtakam
6. Durga Kavasam

1. Saraswathi Stothram Saraswathi Namsthubhyam
2. Shyamala Dhandakkam
3. Sri Raja Rajeshwari Ashtakam
4. Amba Pancharatnam
5. Meenakshi Pancharatnam