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‘Anna’ means foods and grains. ‘Purna’ means full, absolute and perfect. Annapurna is respected, supreme goddess, who is complete and perfect in food and grains. She is the representation for the one who grants sustenance on every level.
Celestial Mother Annapurna nurtures us each day by giving us food for our bodies as well as sustaining our breathing and our lives in so many ways.
In the Annapurna stotram there is 1000 names of Annapoorna Devi, which are chanted at the time of ‘Annapoorna puja’.
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