Bhadrakali Navaratri, Day 5 (Lalitha Panchami): Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari Alankaram

Lalitha Panchami: the goddess as Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari, with Skandamata durgarchana. Pallaki seva at 11 am; Shesha vahana seva at 7 pm. Nityahnikam at 4 am every day. Darshan 4 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 8 pm (madhyahna puja 12 to 1). Part of the Sri Bhadrakali Devi Sharannavaratri (Dasara) Mahotsavam, 11 to 21 October 2026.

Significance: Lalitha Panchami honours Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari, the most beautiful of the three worlds and the central goddess of Sri Vidya worship; many recite the Lalitha Sahasranamam today. Skandamata, the fifth Durga, is the mother of Skanda (Kumaraswamy), a form of motherly love.