Shree Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Kuala Lumpur

20/04/2026

SITA NAVAMI – The Power of Knowing When to Choose Yourself

There is a version of Sita most of us have been given, one that feels gentle, enduring, and easy to place within the idea of sacrifice, but when you look again, closely and honestly, her story does not read that way at all.

Sita was never uncertain of herself, and she was never waiting to be understood, because the decisions she made did not come from pressure or helplessness, they came from a place of deep inner clarity, the kind that does not negotiate with the world for acceptance.

What appears as silence was not submission, and what appears as patience was not weakness, it was discernment, it was restraint, it was the ability to stand in truth without needing to convince anyone of it.

And when the moment came, she did not hesitate to choose herself, not dramatically, not loudly, but with a finality that made it clear she had always known where she stood.

Perhaps her story was never meant to teach us how to endure, but how to remain whole, how to recognise the line between devotion and self-abandonment, and how to walk away from anything that asks us to forget who we are.

This Sita Navami, we do not revisit her story to feel for her, we revisit it to understand her, and in doing so, we may begin to recognise that same clarity within ourselves.

04/04/2026

Seva Invitation -
Street Feeding (Annadanam)

Dear Devotees,

The SDSKL Welfare Committee warmly invites you and your family to be part of a Street Feeding Seva, as we come together to serve meals to those in need.

Seva Details:
• Date: Thursday, 9 April 2026
• Time: 8:00 PM
• Location: Chow Kit (near Grand Continental Hotel)

This initiative is carried out in collaboration with a dedicated community kitchen that began during the second week of MCO, humbly serving 700–800 meals daily to the homeless and jobless. Today, from Sentul, they continue this noble work by providing over 400 meals daily to underserved families and school children.

In our dharmic tradition, Annadanam is among the highest forms of seva, where food becomes prayer, and service becomes worship.

We hope to nurture this into a regular temple seva, a shared commitment of the sangat to care, serve, and uplift.

Seva roles:
• Serving food
• Assisting distribution
• General support

If you feel called to be part of this, please reach out:
Kishen Adnani – +60 12-260 0038

Let us come together, in humility, unity, and compassion and make seva a way of life.

With warmth,
Secretariat, SDSKL
Saturday, 4 April 2026

03/04/2026

Spectacles Donation Drive
A Simple Pair. A Powerful Change.

Dear Devotees,

We often take vision for granted , until we imagine life without it.

Through this seva, a simple pair of spectacles can restore clarity, confidence, and independence for someone in need.

“Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu”
May all see what is auspicious

How You Can Contribute:
• Donate pre-loved spectacles
• In good, usable condition (clean & intact)

Drop-Off: Treasury Table (Mandir Premises)
LCommences: Sunday, 5 April 2026 onwards

All donations will be cleaned, sorted, and distributed to underserved communities in KL & Selangor.

A small act from you,can change how someone sees the world.

02/04/2026

01/04/2026

HANUMAN JAYANTHI – A REFLECTION

On this sacred day, we celebrate not just the birth of Hanuman Ji, but the awakening of fearless devotion within us.

When Hanuman Ji burned Lanka, it was not destruction, it was revelation.

From an Advaita lens, Lanka is not a distant city.
It is the inner world we build, made of ego, illusion, and false identity.

Every attachment that binds us,
every fear that limits us,
every story we tell ourselves about who we are, that is Lanka.

Hanuman Ji does not burn it in anger.
He burns it in alignment with truth.

His fire is the fire of awareness,
the kind that does not harm, but liberates.

What burns is arrogance.
What burns is fear.
What burns is the illusion of separation.

What remains, is truth.

In our modern lives, Lanka appears as anxiety, comparison, restlessness, a mind that never settles.

Hanuman Ji reminds us:
this fire is not outside of us.
It is within us, waiting to be ignited through clarity, not reaction.

• Sankat Mochan Hanuman Ashtak
A prayer invoking Hanuman Ji as the remover of difficulties.
It helps us recognise where we feel stuck, burdened, or overwhelmed, the visible parts of our “Lanka.”

• Hanuman Chalisa
The Chalisa brings the mind back to steadiness. It reminds us of Hanuman Ji’s qualities, strength, humility, devotion, guiding us back to what is stable and true within.

• Bajrang Baan
Direct and intense, the Bajrang Baan cuts through fear, doubt, and inner resistance.
Like fire moving through Lanka, it dissolves what no longer serves us and awakens inner protection and strength.

These are not just recitations, they are processes.

Together, they help us see our Lanka, steady ourselves within it,
and ultimately burn through it with clarity.

This Hanuman Jayanthi,
may we not just pray to Hanuman Ji,
but awaken Him within.

'Bal Buddhi Vidya Deho Meho Harhu Kalesh Vikaar'

28/03/2026

Hanuman Jayanthi - 2nd April 2026

Dear Members & Devotees,

On 2nd April 2026, we observe Hanuman Jayanthi. But why does this day truly exist?

In the Ramayana, Hanuman the Son of the Wind, spent much of his life unaware of his own power. Because of a childhood curse, he lived as an ordinary being, feeling small and incapable of crossing the ocean to Lanka.

He didn't need to "gain" new strength to leap the sea; he simply needed to be reminded of the strength he already had. His "amnesia" broke the moment he stopped doubting his nature.

Many see this day through the lens of restrictions, fixed rules on what to eat, how to dress, or who to avoid. Some believe this path is only for men.

But look closer: Hanuman represents Prana, the life force.

Does the wind only blow for some? Does the breath in our lungs care about gender or status? Hanuman’s discipline was never about "staying away" from the world or the feminine; his entire life’s mission was the protection and service of the Divine Mother, Sita.

Hanuman Jayanthi is not a performance of discipline. It is a day to break your own amnesia.

Inclusive of every soul, this day asks a single, sharp question:
“What would you be capable of if you finally stopped forgetting who you are?”

27/03/2026

Chaitra Navratri – Day 9

Dear Members & Devotees,

Day 9 introduces Maa Siddhidatri.

By now, something has been created.

It has been held.
Protected.
Refined.
And what was not aligned has been removed.

What remains
is steady.

And this is where the journey settles.

Because at this stage,
there is nothing left to chase.

Nothing left to prove.

Nothing left to fix.

This is that form of Shakti.

She is not searching for completion.

She is not trying to become.

She stands in what already is.

Whole.

And that is where it becomes relevant.

Because many of us live in constant movement.

Trying to reach something.
Trying to become something.
Trying to fix what we believe is missing.

But this form of Shakti does not.

She is not in pursuit.

She is in presence.

And because of that,
there is nothing lacking in her.

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And perhaps that is what this journey has been about.

Not becoming someone new.

But recognising
what was always there.

The strength to begin.
The discipline to hold.
The courage to remove.
The wisdom to let go.
The ease to simply be.

So as Navratri comes to a close,

What have you created?
What have you held?
What have you finally released?

And more importantly —

What remains now,
when you stop trying to become anything at all?

And as we step into Ram Navami,

This is where it moves beyond reflection.

Because what has been realised within
is now meant to be lived.

26/03/2026

SHRI RAM NAVAMI

Dear Devotees,

Today marks the celebration of Ram Navami , the birth of Lord Ram.

This year , it carries a rare alignment.

Ram Navami falls on the final day of Navratri.

The same day.

And that changes how you look at it.

Because we usually see Navratri as the build-up and Ram Navami as what comes after.

But this time , there is no “after.”

Which means one thing.

Ram Navami is not separate from the process.

It sits within it.

Right at the peak.

And that’s interesting, because the Ram we remember is known for clarity , restraint , and decisive action.

Not qualities that appear suddenly.

But ones that are built.

So when the birth of Ram is placed on this exact day ,
it stops feeling like just a date on the calendar.

It starts to feel intentional.

As if the story is showing us when clarity actually arrives.

Not randomly.

Not instantly.

But at the point where everything has come together.

26/03/2026

Chaitra Navratri – Day 8 (Ashtami)

Dear Members & Devotees,

Day 8 introduces Maa Mahagauri.

By now, something has been created.

It has been held.
Protected.
And what was not aligned has been removed.

So what remains
is no longer complicated.

And this is where the shift happens.

Because strength, at this stage,
is not about doing more.

It is about becoming lighter.

And this is why Ashtami holds significance.

Because it is not about reaching something new.

It is about standing in what remains
after everything unnecessary has been released.

This is that form of Shakti.

She carries nothing unnecessary.

No overthinking.
No excess.
No need to return to what has already been released.

There is a quiet ease in her.

Not because life is simple
but because she is no longer carrying what makes it heavy.

And that is where it becomes relevant.

Because many of us do the work
but continue to carry what we have already outgrown.

We remove
but we do not fully let go.

But this form of Shakti does.

She moves forward
without looking back.

And because of that,
there is a lightness in her presence.

25/03/2026

Chaitra Navratri – Day 7

Dear Members & Devotees,

Day 7 introduces Maa Kalaratri.

By now, something has been created.

It has been held.
Protected.

But not everything that exists within us
is meant to stay.

And this is where the shift happens.

Because there comes a point
where strength is no longer about building or protecting.

It is about removing.

Not impulsively.
Not emotionally.

But with clarity.

This is that form of Shakti.

She does not avoid what is uncomfortable.

She sees what is no longer aligned and she does not keep it just because it is familiar.

Sometimes, what needs to be removed is within.

A pattern.
A belief.
A version of ourselves we have outgrown.

And sometimes, it is outside.

A relationship that no longer supports you.
An environment that drains you.
A space that no longer feels true.

This is where most people struggle.

Because letting go feels like loss.

So we hold on.
We adjust.
We convince ourselves to stay.

But this form of Shakti does not.

She removes what cannot stand in truth.

Not to take away, but to make space.

Because what is real
does not need to be held together by force.

24/03/2026

A thought as we move through these days.

We often think we are returning to the same Ramayan.

But there isn’t just one.

It was first composed by Valmiki.
Retold by Tulsidas.
Reimagined across regions , languages , and generations.

And with every version , something changes.

Which means the story was never meant to be fixed.

Because when you sit through the Ramayan Paath , something subtle happens.

The words remain the same.

But your understanding doesn’t.

Kaikeyi no longer feels one-dimensional.
Ravana no longer feels entirely distant.
Sita’s silence begins to feel different.

The more you listen , the harder it becomes to see the story in just one way.

And maybe that is the point.

The Ramayan was never written to give one final answer.

It was meant to be returned to.

To be questioned.
To be seen differently.
Again and again.

That is why the Paath comes first.

Because before we celebrate Ram Navami , we sit with the story.

Not to memorise it.

But to experience it.

Our tradition also holds that wherever the Ramayan is recited with devotion , Hanuman ji is present , listening.

So as we gather for both the Paath and the celebration , we are not attending two separate events.

We are stepping into the same story, more deeply.