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Festivals
She had already lived one life, and it ended badly. Navratri begins with what she did next.
She was someone else first.
Her name was Sati. She married Shiva, and her father never forgave her for it. His name was Daksha. He held a great sacrifice and invited everyone, every god, every sage. He did not invite Shiva.
Sati went anyway. She stood in her father's courtyard and listened to him insult her husband in front of all of them. She did not argue. She sat down, closed her eyes, and left her body in the fire of her own yoga.
That was the end of Sati. It was not the end of her.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.