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Pope marries Chilean couple mid-flight

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Iquique (Chile), Jan 18 (IANS) Pope Francis married two Chilean flight attendants on Thursday while travelling aboard the papal plane from Santiago to the northern city of Iquique.

The historic impromptu in-flight ceremony was the first ever conducted by a Pope.

The two LATAM Airlines flights attendants, Carlos Ciuffardi and Paula Podest Ruiz, who have been in a civil marriage for eight years and have two daughters aged six and three, told the Pope during the flight that they had planned to have a Catholic wedding, Efe new agency reported.

But they explained that the Santiago church where the ceremony was to have been held was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake.

When the Pope offered to marry them, the couple asked him if he was sure. At this, the pontiff said: “Are you sure?”, Ciuffardi told reporters.

After the Pope told the couple to find a witness, LATAM Airlines Group Chairman Ignacio Cueto, who was on board the flight, agreed to serve in that role.

Like in any Catholic wedding, Francis blessed the rings and then asked one of the cardinals accompanying him to prepare the document attesting to the couple’s wedding.

That document indicates that the pope was the celebrant.

The couple met when Podest Ruiz was Ciuffardi’s boss, prompting the pontiff to remark, “And she’s still the boss, right?”

“That’s why the marriage has worked out,” the bride joked.

The couple now plans to enjoy a brief honeymoon in Iquique, the northern city where the Pope on Thursday will celebrate an open-air Mass on the beach before departing for Peru.

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Chaitra Navratri 2022 Day 2: Maa Brahmacharini Significance and History

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Chaitra Navratri 2022 begins on the first day of the Hindu month (lunar-solar calendar) Chaitra. It marks the end of spring season and beginning of summer season, and that’s why it is also known as Vasant Navratri. The nine-day-long festival has already started from April 2. Tomorrow, that is April 3, is the second day of Chaitra Navratri, and Goddess Brahmacharini is worshipped on the second day of the holy festival.

Chaitra Navratri 2022 Day 2: Maa Brahmacharini Significance

Maa Brahmacharini is known for her pure and sincere devotion and determination. According to the drik panchang, Goddess Parvati took birth at the home of Daksha Prajapati. In this form, the Goddess Parvati was a great Sati and her unmarried form is worshipped as Goddess Brahmacharini. It is also believed that Lord Mangal, the provider of all fortunes, is governed by Goddess Brahmacharini. She did severe penance to get Lord Shiva as her husband and performed hard austerity. Due to this, she was called Brahmacharini. According to Hindu mythologies, Goddess Brahmacharini was on a diet of Bilva leaves for 3000 years while she prayed to Lord Shankar. Later, she even stopped eating Bilva leaves and continued her penance without any food and water.

Chaitra Navratri 2022 Day 2: Maa Brahmacharini Puja Vidhi

Step 1: The devotees should get up early and should take a bath.

Step 2: Then, the devotees should take flowers, roli, chandan, among other puja samagari and offer them to the idol of Maa Brahmacharini.

Step 3: The devotees should chant mantras and conclude the puja by performing a special Maa Durga Aarti.

The favourite flower of Maa Brahmacharini is Jasmine. The website also mentions the mantras to chant for Maa Brahmacharini.

Om Devi Brahmacharinyai Namah॥

Stuti:

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Maa Brahmacharini Rupena Samsthita।
Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah॥

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