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Daily Prompt: Day 9: Write about your name Who named you and why? Does your name have meaning?

I Am Feeling Youthful to Research and Write About My Name

I am grateful to my parents

Lalitha Brahma
2 min readSep 10, 2022

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The Statue of Goddess Durga is being taken on a palanquin
Photo by Swarnavo Chakrabarti on Unsplash

Had I not participated in this challenge, I would never have made an effort to research more about my name.

Write about your name

Lalitha, my name is the name of a Hindu Goddess symbolizing….

Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुर सुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Lalita is a Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of supreme goddess Mahadevi mainly venerated in Shaktism, the goddess-oriented sect of Hinduism. She is also a prominent Mahavidya.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura_Sundari

Who named you and why?

My parents named me Lalitha as I was born during navarathri ( 9 Day Festival) when Goddess Lalitha, a form of Goddess Durga is worshipped.

Does your name have meaning?

In Sanskrit, Lalitha means pleasant and playful. In Hindu mythology, Lalita is a playmate to Krishna, a Hindu deity. I am so happy that…

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Lalitha Brahma
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