Kamalatmika Devi is one among the Mahavidyas and showers her grace towards her sincere devotees. She is a divine form of Mata Parvati. And we can please Lord Shukra, by worshipping her. Kamalatmika’s complexion is golden colour. She has four hands. She holds lotus flower in her two hands, and in one hand she holds a golden pot, and in another hand she blesses us. Goddess Parvati after creating the entire universe, created Goddess Kamala in order to maintain peace and prosperity in the world. She gives all sorts of prosperity and gives us good health, and also offers sufficient wealth to us. Since she…
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Kali also called as Kali Devi is one among the Mahavidyas, and considered as a great goddess in Hinduism. She is worshipped for getting relieved from black magic and prolonged illness and to get great spiritual power, and to obtain more mental and physical strength. Kali was appeared in order to destroy the evil forces. She is the incarnation of Shakti, and worshipped widely in Saivism sect. She is a great protector and offers moksha to us. She is also called as Bhadra Kali, and his consort is Lord Veerabhadra, an avatar of Lord Shiva, and created by Lord Shiva, in order to destroy the yagna of…
Durga also known as Adi Parashakti, is an incarnation of Mata Parvati Devi. She is the warrior goddess, who destroys the evils and safeguards the innocent ones, and maintains peace and prosperity in the world. Durga Devi shows motherly affection to her devotees, and blesses them and helps them to reach the spiritual world. Durga Devi’s vehicle is a fierce tiger, and she carries various weapons on her hands and in one hand, she blesses us. She appears in the form of a beautiful lady, and wears ornaments in her neck, and she contains the powers of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati and is also a form of Kali…
“Bagalamukhi” Devi is one of the mahavidyas, and she clears the confusion in the minds of her devotees and gives great spiritual power. The Devi has 108 names and she is generally known as Pitambari Mata and worshipped by the people in North India, and the goddess complexion is golden colour. Her vehicle is Bagula bird, a kind of divine bird, similar to that of Lord Garuda. Hence she is called as Bagalamukhi Devi. Temples dedicated to Bagalamukhi are located at Assam, Karnataka, Madhya pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kanchipuram district, Tirunelveli district of Tamil nadu and also in Nepal. She is also called as…
Shachi Devi also called as Indrani is the consort of the heaven king Lord Indra, and is the goddess of beauty. She is the daughter of the Demon Puloman. She is one among the seven mother goddesses. She is described as a beautiful worshipful goddess and contains pleasing manners. She is the mother of Jayanta, Jayanti, Devasena, and Chitragupta. She also contains the powers equivalent to that of her husband Lord Indra and having The Great Elephant Iravatha, as her Vehicle. Grand puja would be performed to Goddess Indrani during the Navratri Festival. She is also mentioned in several vedic texts, and her importance and glory is mentioned in Hindu…
Gudi Padwa, also known as Samvatsar Padvo, falls on March 22. The festival falls on the first day of the Chaitra month of the Hindu calendar, which is also marked as the Hindu New Year. Gudi Padwa falls on the day Chaitra Navratri begins and is observed by the people of Maharashtra and the Konkan region. Gudi Padwa originates from two words – Gudi means a flag or emblem of Lord Brahma, and Padwa means the first day of the phase of the moon. It is believed that Lord Brahma created the universe on the day of Gudi Padwa. On…
Tara Devi is one among the Mahavidyas and she is a form of Durga Devi, and contains great powers. She is referred in the sacred text Adbhuta Ramayana, and she is also mentioned in the Buddhist texts. According to Adbhuta Ramayana, when Kali kills a great demon, all the divine gods assembled before her and chanted her with divine songs. She was pleased by the praises of the divine gods, and she has become calm and transformed in the form of Tara Devi. Tara had also assumed the form of Goddess Shodashi for maintaining the dharma and peace in the world. She was created for the ultimate…
Maha Shivaratri is a festival which is celebrated once in a year, in order to honour Lord Shiva. As per legend, it is believed that during the time of Maha Shivaratri, Lord Shiva would dance at his abode Holy Kailash, in order to bring peace and prosperity to the entire universe. Apart from the annual Shivaratri, monthly Shivaratri is also celebrated in the temples, and during that auspicious day, special pujas would takes place. It is considered as the main festival of Hindus, and especially by the devotees of Lord Shiva, since by celebrating the Maha Shivaratri festival, the darkness in our minds…
When the earth, continuing its eternal circular journey, used to get one of its poles tilted farthest away from the sun (winter solstice), the prachin Hindu culture uses to celebrate the date with grandeur, marking the first day of sun’s transit to Makara (Capricorn). With due course of time over centuries, the solstice period moved away (the Earth moves into the proximate presence of each of 12 Rashis or constellations at a total interval of 365.26 days) but we still celebrate the tithi like before. It marks the end of the month. The day, known by various names across the…
Annapurna Devi is the goddess who provides food for all the living beings in the earth. The name Annapurna itself indicates as the giver of sufficient food. Annapurna is an important goddess, since through her blessings only, we are able to eat food and sustain in this world. She is an incarnation of Mata Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. The Annapurna Sahasranam praises her glory and describes her various names. Kashi Viswanath Temple in Varanasi is the famous temple for goddess Annapurna and daily thousands of devotees come to this place to worship the divine goddess and to get her blessings. Akshaya Tritiya Festival is celebrated considering…
Varahi Devi is one among the seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. With the head of a boar, Varahi is the female aspect of Varaha, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Varahi is worshipped by the hindus throughout india and by the Buddhist people in a different name. Her origin was found in ancient vedas and hindu sacred texts. She was described as a beautiful goddess, wearing red garments and sitting in the lotus flower. Her face shines as equivalent to that of millions of suns and she wears diamond ornaments on her neck, and carries various weapons on her several hands and protects us in one hand. Several…
Maheshwari is the consort of Lord Shiva and contains the power equivalent to that of Lord Shiva. And she is none other than our Mata Parvati Devi. Maheshwari is also known by the names Raudri, Shankari and Maheshi. Maheshwari’s Vehicle is the holy bull, Lord Nandi Bhagavan and also the divine lion, and contains golden coloured body with glittering face, contains weapons in her hands, and in her right hand she blesses us. She is worshipped by the people of odisha and throughout india. Mata Parvati took the avatar of Maheshwari in order to safeguard the demi gods in the heaven and…
Saraswati is the goddess of education and arts. She is the consort of Lord Brahma and resides in Satya Loka. She is worshipped similar to Mata Parvati and Lakshmi. Though there are independent temples dedicated to her in india, she is worshipped in separate shrines in shiva and Vishnu temples. She is also mentioned in the Rigveda and in other ancient sacred hindu texts. Several sages and saints were praised her glory and got liberated by her. Generally she is depicted in the pictures as carrying a veena in her two hands, and holding a japa mala and divine books in her other two…
Brahmani is one among the seven mother goddess, and she is the form of Gayatri Devi and contains the power equivalent to that of Lord Brahma. She contains golden coloured body with attractive divine appearance and cheerful smile on her face. She is seated on the vehicle hamsa. She wears red garments and diamond and gold ornaments on her neck and gives us good knowledge in all the subjects and grants us wisdom, courage, physical and mental strength and guides us throughout our life. She is worshipped as Kuladevi by certain community of hindus, and also worshipped by the hindus throughout india. She is…
Manda also called as Dhamini is the consort of Lord Shani and mother of Gulikan. She is a Gandharva princess and she is the goddess of art and the worshipper of Mata Saraswati Devi. Her expert in dance cannot be compared with anyone in the entire universe. She is the daughter of the Kantharva King Chitraratha and Queen Divyanka. She got a divine appearance with attractive and smiling face. She is considered as the most beautiful woman among the divine goddesses in the heaven. She is a good natured goddess and contains the features of Mata Saraswati. She is talented in all kinds of art, and contains great skills in…
Savata Mali was a Hindu saint and an ardent devotee of Lord Vithoba. He was born in 1250 in a village near pandharpur. He was a friend and an admirer of Namdev, a devotee of Vithoba. At his younger ag e itself, Savata has got married to a pious and a holy lady from a nearby village named Janabai, who is also a great devotee of Lord Vithoba. Savata Mali has got sufficient agricultural lands. Even while working in his fields he will use d to sing about the glory of Lord Vithoba. It is believed that Savata Mali and his wife…
Appanacharya was a direct disciple of Guru Raghavendra Swamigal and he was born in Bichali village in the Raichur district of Karnataka. Bichali is situated on the banks of Tungabhadra. Bichali is also known as Bhikshalaya. He studied vedas and other devotional scriptures at his younger age itself, and had got the opportunity of serving the Great Madhwa Saint Sree Raghavendra Swamigal. He also helped his guru towards performing moola rama puja and also helped in other daily related devotional activities. He had written stotras on Raghavendra Swamigal. It is also known as Sri Guru stotra. The Sanskrit verse, comprising 32 slokas, is recited till today by the followers of Raghavendra…
Daskanu is an ardent devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and lived during the period of Sai Baba. He was the main person towards delivering the teachings of sai baba to the general public. His sincere service to sai baba cannot be forgotten by the devotees of sai baba. Those who read the life history of Shirdi baba would have studied the details of Daskanu also. Among saibaba’s disciples, daskanu has occupied a prominent role in serving sai as well as spreading his messages throughout the shirdi. He was the main person for making ‘Baba’ a familiar name in Maharashtra. His full…
Sri Sivan SAR was born on October 3rd 1904 as younger brother of Sri MahaPeriyava. His birth name was Sadasiva Sastri. Sri SAR attained Siddhi on March 7th 1996. Sri Sivan SAR, also called as Sri Siva Periyava. Similar to his elder brother Sri Chandra sekara saraswathi swamigal, he also performed lot of miracles in the life of his devotees. He lived a humble and noble life, and got great courage, wisdom and knowledge in all the subjects. He got great bhakti on Lord Shiva and used to worship him in the temples and chant the shiva mantra and recite…
Trishanku is a king who lived in Treta Yuga and belonged to Ishvaku dynasty. The story of Trishanku was mentioned in Ramayana. Those people, who are unable to make a decision properly, will be called as “TRISHANKU”. The great king Trishanku is still living in the heaven created by Viswamitra. He was an ancestor of Lord Rama. After ruling properly the kingdom for several years, his father crowned his son Trishanku and made him as the king of Ayodhya and left to the forest for performing penance. Trishanku was interested in going to heaven with his physical body. He approached sage Vasishta,…