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Indian Demon

The Indian Demon, often depicted in Hindu mythology, represents chaos and destruction. Sumbha, alongside his Asura army, wages war against Mahadevi Chandika, symbolizing the eternal struggle between good and evil. Discover more at https://www.sacredsurreal.com/products/sumbha-and-his-demon-asura-army-attacks-mahadevi-chandika-hindu-indian-folklore-vedic-mythology-vintage-fine-art-print.

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Online Durga Puja - Simplified Way Performing Navaratri for Devotees

Thinking of performing the Maha Navaratri this year? Well, you can do it online. Many virtual platforms offer puja services online these days. You can book Durga Puja online, Navaratri puja online, Ganesh Puja online, Rudra Puja online and so on. Durga puja booking online takes the height during the Navaratri season. For devotees who cannot arrange proper puja essentials at home or don’t have provision to perform the puja, online puja platforms are the best choice to serve their puja needs. 

However, today in this post, our focus of discussion is online Durga puja. So, let’s elaborate on our discussion to fill the knowledge bucket. 

What is Online Durga Puja? 

Online Durga puja is performed during the Navaratri. We worship Durga Maa in 9 different Avatars during the auspicious occasion of Navaratri. Let us know the nine avatars of Maa Durga, 

Sailaputri: The first day of Navaratri celebrates worshipping Maa Sailapurti. 

Brahmacharini: The 2nd day is celebrated by praying the Brahmacharini rupaa of Maa Durga. 

Chandraghanta: Devi Chandraghanta is worshiped during the 3rd day of Navratri or Durga puja anushthan. 

Kushmanda: The 4th day of Navaratri, and Maa Durga is worshipped as Kushmanda, the Ashtabhuja Devi. 

Skanda Mata: On the 5th day of Navaratri, Maa Durga is worshipped as the mother of Skanda, the Katrikeya. She is also known as Padmasana as she sits in Padam or Lotus here. 

Katyaynai: In this form, Maa Durga takes the form of Maa Katyaynai. She killed the ferocious demon Mahasasur in this avatar. Katyayani is worshipped on the 6th day of Navaratri. 

Kalratri: In this fierce avatar, Maa Durga removed her golden skin and attained the dark avatar to kill Sumbha and Nishumbha. Kalratri puja is performed on the 7th day of Navaratri, or Durga Puja. 

Mahagauri: In this form, Maa Durga is worshipped as Mahagauri on the 8th day of Navaratri. Maa wears only a white dress in this form and she is compared to Conch, Kunda flower, and Moon due to the extravagant fair complexion. 

Siddhidatri: Maa Durga is worshipped as Maa Siddhidatri. She is prayed by Rudra in this form. The puja takes place on the last day, the 9th day of Navaratri for the overall well-being of devotees and the universe. 

This is all about online Durga Puja or the Navaratri celebration. Devotees book slots for performing puja online with full Vedic rituals and customs under the proper guidance of priests. They can participate in the puja through online streaming or visit the puja place with prior notification to the virtual puja authority. 

Durga Puja Performed in Different Ways in India

Whereas, in most parts of India, Maa Durga is worshipped in nine avatars during these nine days of Navaratri, in West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and some states in the Eastern region of India people celebrate Durga puja with all grandeur and full devotion. So, anyone can perform the puja at home or online. Some do it in the name of Navaratri and some in the name of Durga puja. Choice can be different but the puja provides the same results to the devotees.  If you want to perform Durga puja or Navaratri in the coming October, book Durga puja online now to avoid booking hassle or rush. 

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Top 10 Places to visit in Varanasi for couples 2023

History of Varanasi

Varanasi is considered to be the most ancient spiritual city in India and one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.

 Tourism in Varanasi is considered to be one of the best touristry in up. According to the beliefs, this city situated on the trident of the god Shiva was established by god Shiva 5000 years ago. Its description is found in many Hindu texts.

 Varanasi is known as the city of temples and ghats. It is the city with the highest no of ghats in the world.

 It's considered one of the holiest cities in Hinduism and is considered sacred in Buddhism and Jainism. Gautam buddha gave his first sermon here.

It is known as Banaras and Kashi is situated on the bank of the holy river Ganges, this city attracts a lot not only  Indian but also foreign tourists.

If you talk about tourism in Varanasi then go there places and feel the sanctity there.

Assi Ghat, Ravidas Park, Dashswamedh Ghat, the BHU campus, and Madhuban park are the best places to visit in Varanasi for couples.

Best places in Varanasi for couples

1. Kashi Vishwanath Temple

 Talking about the major temples of  Varanasi, the first name is  Kashi Viswanath temple.

 one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of lord shiva established here. If you come to travel to Varanasi then you should start your day from here. By visiting here, the soul feels pure and peaceful.

 If we throw light on the history of this temple, it was broken and built many times.

 This temple was renovated by maharani Ahilya bai of Indore in 1770-80.

 Ahilya bai Holker built the Viswanath temple in this complex on which Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab built a golden pot, maharani Baija bai of Gwalior built the Gyanwapi pavilion and maharaja Nepal installed a huge Nandi statue

Aarti

3:00 AM to 4:00 AM 

Mangla Aarti

11:15 AM to 12:20 PM

Bhog/Aarti

7:00 PM to 8:15 PM

Saptirishi Aarti

9:00 PM to 10:15 PM

Night Shringar/Bhog Aarti

10:30 PM to 11:00 PM

Night shayan Aarti

2. Dasaswamedh Ghat

Dasaswamegh ghat is one of the primary and ancient ghats of Banaras.

 It is believed that a person who takes a bath at this ghat and visits the Kashi Visvanath temple, all his sins are cut away and he attains salvation. 

The main attraction of this ghat is the Ganga Arti in the evening which is visited by thousands of devotees and tourists every day.

Aarti Timing

summer :- 7 PM to 7:45 PM

Winter :- 6 PM to 6:45 PM

3. Assi Ghat

Assi ghat is situated at the confluence of the Assi river and The Ganga river. This ghat is very popular for tourism in Varanasi.

Assi Ghat is the best places to visit in Varanasi for couples.

 Due to its location at the confluence of the two rivers it got the name Assi ghat. Assi ghat was built by Maharaja Banaras in the 19th century.

 Tulsidas composed the famous Hindu text "Ramcharitmanas" on this ghat.

 This is the last ghat located south of Banaras and this ghat is the center attraction from the point of view of the faith and tourism of the devotees.

 Assi ghat is believed to be the place where the greatest poet Tulsidas died.

Here you can enjoy the Ganga Aarti and boating. If you are planning to travel to Banaras, then spend some time at Assi ghat.

Places to visit in Varanasi with Family

4. Durga Temple

Durga Mandir located in Durgakund is one of the ancient major temples of Kashi.

 It is believed that Maa Durga had rested in this temple after killing the demons named Sumbha-Nishumbha.

It is a very important temple for devotees and tourism in Varanasi.

 Maa Durga is seated in the form of a yantra in this temple.

 The idols of Baba Bhaironath, Goddess Lakshmi, Maa Saraswati, and Mahakali are established in this temple.

 There is a pool on one side of the very grand temple made of red stones, whose water does not dry up.

 Worshiping Adishakti Maa Durga, all sins are burnt to ashes. In the month of Navratri and Sawan, the crowd of devotees increases a lot.

 A fair is organized here in the month of Sawan, which is very popular among the residents here. 

If you are thinking of traveling to Varanasi then definitely come here.... Read More

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Navratri Day 7 | Kalaratri | 23 Oct 2020 एकवेणी जपाकर्णपूरा नग्ना खरास्थिता, लम्बोष्टी कर्णिकाकर्णी तैलाभ्यक्तशरीरिणी।वामपादोल्लसल्लोहलताकण्टकभूषणा, वर्धनमूर्धध्वजा कृष्णा कालरात्रिर्भयंकरी॥ Considered the most ferocious form of Goddess #Durga, #Kalaratri is revered on #Saptami. It is believed that #Parvati removed her fair skin to kill the demons #Sumbha and #Nisumbha. The color of the day is White. On Saptami, the #Goddess appears in a white color attire with a lot of rage in her fiery eyes, her skin turns black. #JaiMataDi #Navratri #tvam #tvamapp #Sanskrit #shailputri #navratri2020 #navratrispecial #navratrifestival #mata #matarani #Mataji #quotes #hinduism #festival #Lord #durgapuja2020 #DurgaPuja #navratrivibes #Katyayani https://www.instagram.com/p/CGq4KVcnCSR/?igshid=xaam6dl3vdjn

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The Demons Gather around Sumbha while the Gods Gather around Indra, ca. 1760, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

Size: sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 3/16 in. (17.2 x 23.5 cm) Medium: Ink on paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/146958

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Arya Kshitigarbha and the Dharani Mantra

The One Hundred and Eight Names of

Arya Kshitigarbha and the Dharani Mantra

In Sanskrit: Ārya kṣhitigarbha aṣhṭa uttara śhataka nāma dhāraṇī mantra sahita

བོད་སྐད་དུ། འཕགས་པ་སའི་སིང་པོའི་མཚན་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་པ་གཟུངས་ སྔགས་དང་བཅས་པ། །

དཀིལ་འཁོར་གི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཆེན་པོ་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་སེམས་དཔའ་ ཆེན་པོ་ས���ི་སིང་པོ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །

Homage to the Great King of Mandalas, Bodhisattva Mahasattva Kshitigarbha.

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ༀ་སུམ་བྷ་ནི་སུམ་བྷ། ཧ་ར་ཙ་ར། མ་ཧཱ་པཱ་ཤ་མ་རུ་ཏཱ། ཨ་མོ་གྷ་བཛྲ་ སཏྭ་སྭཱ་ཧཱ།

OṂ SUMBHA NISUMBHA / HARA CHARA / MAHĀ PĀŚHA MARUTĀ / AMOGHA VAJRA SATVA SVĀHĀ

དེ་ནས་ཡོན་ཏན་སྦིན་པ་ཡི། ། གཟུངས་འདི་བཤད་མ་ཐག་ཏུ་ཡང་། ། རོ་རེའི་དཀིལ་འཁོར་དམ་པ་ནི། ། ཏི་སེའི་གངས་བཅས་གཡོས་པར་གྱུར། །

Then, as soon as this dharani that bestows good qualities Had been spoken,

Even the holy vajra mandala

Along with the snows of Kailash shook.

ས་ཡི་སིང་པོ་ཚོགས་དབང་ལ། ། བཅོམ་ལྡན་རོ་རེ་ཅན་གིས་སྨྲས། ། སྐལ་ལྡན་ཆེན་པོ་ལེགས་སོ་ལེགས། ། ས་སེང་ཁོད་ཀིས་ཡངས་པར་བྱས། །

The Bhagavan Possessing a Vajra

Spoke to the powerful assembly of Kshitigarbha: “Great Fortunate One! Excellent! Excellent!

On the earth, you act extensively.

ཁོད་ཀི་གཟུངས་ནི་རྣམ་གྲགས་ཤིང་། ། ཡོན་ཏན་དཔག་མེད་ཚོགས་བསྐེད་པ། །

སེམས་ཅན་ཀུན་གི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་དང་། ། ཉེས་པ་ཟོག་བྱེད་ཐོས་པ་ནི། །

“Your dharani is highly renowned

And produces a collection of unfathomable good qualities. It stops the suffering

And faults of all sentient beings.

འཁོར་བར་རབ་ཏུ་རྒྱུ་བ་ན། ། ཉེས་པ་ཀུན་གིས་མི་གོས་ཏེ། ། ཇི་ལྟར་འདམ་གི་པདྨ་དག ། འདམ་གི་ཉེས་པས་མི་གོས་བཞིན། །

“Hearing it, when wandering in samsara One is unsullied by any fault,

Just like lotuses in a quagmire

Are unsullied by the faults of the quagmire.

ལུས་ཅན་དག་ལས་སུ་ཡང་རུང་། ། ཁོད་ཀི་གསང་སྔགས་འཆང་བྱེད་པ། ། དེ་དག་ལས་ནི་གཅིག་ཙམ་ཡང་། ། བྱང་ཆུབ་ལས་ནི་ལྡོག་མི་འགྱུར། །

“For any suitable embodied being

Who holds your secret mantra,

Their works, even the tiniest ones,

Will not be diverted from enlightenment.

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མཁས་པ་གང་ཞིག་གཟུངས་སྔགས་མཆོག ། ཐོས་ནས་མོས་པར་བྱེད་པ་ནི། ། ངེས་པར་ཡོན་ཏན་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀང་། ། ཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར་ཏེ་ཐེ་ཚོམ་མེད། །

“Any wise person who hears this supreme dharani mantra And has faith in it

Will also definitely attain all good qualities.

Of this, there is no doubt.”

དེ་ནས་ཐམས་ཅད་ལྡན་པའི་འཁོར། ། ལངས་ཏེ་ས་ཡི་དབང་ཕྱུག་པོ། ། ས་ཡི་སིང་པོ་ས་མཆོག་ལ། ། མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་སྨྲས་པ་ནི། །

Then the entourage of The One Endowed with All

Stood up and spoke the one hundred and eight names to Powerful Lord of the Earth,

Essence of Earth,1 Supreme Earth:

ས་ཡི་སིང་པོ་གཙོ་བོ་ཆེ། ། གོག་འགྱུ་ལྟ་བུའི་སྤྱན་མངའ་བ། ། ཅོད་པན་ཅན་ཏེ་ས་བསེས་པ། ། ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་ལྡན་འབྱོར་པ་མཆོག །

“Essence of Earth, Great Principal,

Eyes like Lightning,

Having a Crown, Resting on the Earth, Endowed with Excellence, Supreme Wealth,

རིག་ལྡན་རིག་མཛད་མཆོད་པའི་གནས། ། གཙོ་བོ་དགེ་སྦོང་སོན་པ་པོ། ། གཞི་བཅས་ལྡན་པའི་རླུང་གི་ཚུལ། ། སྭཱ་ཧཱའི་བོ་ལྡན་སིང་རེའི་རབ། །

“Endowed with Knowledge, Maker of Knowledge, Object of Worship,

Principal One, Virtuous Practitioner, Teacher,

Endowed Mode of Wind Along with the Foundation, Endowed with the Mind of SVĀHĀ, Best of Compassion,

ཐམས་ཅད་མཁེན་པའི་ཉི་མའི་མཆོག ། སིང་པོ་སིང་པོ་མཁེན་པར་གྲགས། ། གསང་སྔགས་རོལ་ཅིང་རྒྱ་ཆེར་རོལ། ། ས་ཡི་དབང་ཕྱུག་གར་ཐབས་ཅན། །

“Supreme of the Suns of the Omniscient One, Essence, Renowned as Knower of the Essence, Sports with Secret Mantra and Sports Extensively, Powerful Lord of the Earth, With Method of Dance,

སེག་པོ་ཞལ་བཟང་གར་མཁན་ལྡན། ། འབྲས་བུ་མངོན་སུམ་སོན་པ་པོ། ། རབ་འབྱོར་བོ་གྲོས་སིང་པོ་མཁེན། ། སིང་པོ་བརེས་པ་འཇིགས་པ་མེད། །

“Graceful, Kind Face, Endowed with the Dancer, Teacher of the Manifest Result,

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Great Wealth, Wise One, Knower of the Essence, Finder of the Essence, Fearless.

མགོན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་གཟུགས་མངའ་བ། ། ཤེས་རབ་ཀིས་ནི་མ་ལུས་གཟིགས། ། འདོད་ཆགས་ལ་སོགས་སྐོན་བསལ་ཅིང་། ། གར་ཐབས་ཆེན་པོ་སོན་པ་པོ། །

“Savior, Possessor of a Buddha Form,

Seer of Everything with Wisdom, Eliminator of All Faults Such as Attachment, Teacher of the Great Method of Dance,

སོན་པ་དཔག་བསམ་ཤིང་དང་འདྲ། ། ནམ་མཁའི་དབང་ཕྱུག་གསུང་སན་པ། ། ཉི་མ་ཆེན་པོ་ཉིད་ཡིན་ཏེ། ། དབང་ཕྱུག་ཆེན་པོ་འབར་བས་བསྐོར། །

“Teacher like a Wish-Granting Tree,

Powerful Lord of the Sky, Sweet Sounding Voice, The Great Sun Himself—

Great Powerful Lord Encircled by Radiance.

ཡོན་ཏན་མཐའ་ཡས་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་པ། ། ས་ཡི་དབང་ཕྱུག་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་ཅན། ། ཆོས་ཀི་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་ཆེ། ། ཡོན་ཏན་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་གང་ཆེན་མཚོ། །

“Enjoyer of Limitless Good Qualities,

Powerful Lord of the Earth Possessing the Objects

of Enjoyment,

Enjoyer of Dharma, Great Enjoyer of Enjoyments, Infinite Ocean of an Ocean of Good Qualities,

ཡོན་ཏན་སྣ་ཚོགས་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་པ། ། དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་རིགས་ཀི་མཆོག ། ཐབས་ཚུལ་ཟབ་ལ་མཁས་པ་སེ། ། ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ་འཇིགས་པ་མེད། །

“Enjoyer of a Variety of Good Qualities, Supreme One of the Tathagata Race, Skilled in the Profound Modes of Method, Great Vehicle without Fear.

མཆོད་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སྒྲ་ཆེ་བ། ། ཟ་ལྟར་གྲགས་པའི་དཀིལ་འཁོར་ཅན། ། རོ་རེ་འཆང་ཆེན་མཚན་བརྒྱ་པ། ། རོ་རེ་དཀིལ་འཁོར་མེ་ཏོག་ཐོད། །

“Great Worshiper, Great Sound,

Possessor of a Mandala Famed like the Moon, Mahavajradhara of a Hundred Names,

Vajra Mandala, Crown of Flowers,

བོ་གྲོས་ཆེན་པོ་ཕྱག་རིང་བ། ། པདྨ་ཆེན་པོ་སོབས་པོ་ཆེ། །

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གསང་སྔགས་ཆེན་པོ་ཚོགས་ཆེན་པོ། ། ས་གཞི་ཆེན་པོ་ལྷུན་པོ་ལགས། །

“Great Wisdom, Long-Armed,

Great Lotus, Great Force,

Great Secret Mantra, Great Assembly, Great Earth Foundation, Honored Sumeru,

ལག་ན་རོ་རེ་ཡོན་ཏན་ངེས། ། ནོར་བུའི་མེ་ཏོག་ཐོད་ཀིས་བརྒྱན། ། མཉམ་ཉིད་འབྱམ་ལ་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་པ། ། རྒྱ་ཆེན་ཞིང་གི་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཅན། །

“Vajrapani Definite in Good Qualities, Adorned with a Crown of Jewel Flowers, Enjoyer of Equal Love,

Owner of an Ocean of Vast Fields,

རོ་རེའི་འོད་མངའ་རོ་རེ་ལྡན། ། ས་ཡི་བདག་པོ་ལྷུན་པོ་བཞིན། ། ས་ལ་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་ལོངས་སྤྱོད་བཟང་། ། མཚོན་ཆ་གཡོ་བ་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས། །

“Possessor of Vajra Light, Endowed with a Vajra. Owner of the Earth, Like Sumeru,

Enjoyer of the Earth, Good Enjoyment,

Excellent One Brandishing a Weapon,

རབ་འབྱམས་སྣོད་ནི་རྣམ་པར་གྲགས། ། སྨྲ་མཁས་རོ་རེ་རབ་འཇོམས་པ། ། སྤྱན་རྩ་ཡིད་ཙམ་དམར་བ་སེ། ། མེ་ཏོག་སྔོན་པོའི་ཐོད་ཀིས་བཅིངས། །

“Extremely Renowned Myriad Vessels, Skillful Speaker, Utterly Destroying Vajra, Eye Capillaries Slightly Red,

Bound by a Crown of Blue Flowers.

སྤོ་བ་ཆེན་པོ་ཕྱག་རིང་བ། ། བརྟན་པོ་བརྟན་ལ་བདེ་སྦིན་པ། ། དེད་དཔོན་དཔལ་བཟང་ཆེན་པོ་སེ། ། གངས་ཅན་ལྷུན་པོ་ལྟ་བུ་ལགས། །

“Great Zeal, Long-Armed,

Steadfast, Giver of Happiness to the Steadfast, Helmsman, Great Glory and Goodness, Honored One like Snowy Sumeru,

དབང་པོ་གཤིན་རེའི་རྒྱལ་ཆེན་དང་། ། བཙན་པོ་ཁབ་འཇུག་སོབས་དབང་ཕྱུག ། འཇིག་རྟེན་མཆོག་རིགས་སངས་རྒྱས་ཚངས། ། དེ་བཞིན་ཉིད་ཚུལ་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་ཅན། །

“Indra, Great King of Yama,

And Mighty Vishnu, Powerful Ishvara,

Supreme Race in the World, Buddha, Brahma,

One Object of Enjoyment Is the Mode of Thusness.

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རིན་ཆེན་ཏོག་སེ་ཆེར་བཞད་པ། ། དགེས་པ་ན་བཟའ་སྣ་ཚོགས་གསོལ། ། གཟིགས་པ་རིང་བ་སྤྱན་ཡངས་པ། ། ནམ་མཁའ་བཞིན་དུ་ཐོགས་པ་མེད། །

“Precious Top Ornament, Laughing Greatly, Joyful, Attired in Variegated Clothes, Far-Sighted, Expansive-Eyes,

Without Obstruction like Sky,

ཐོགས་པ་མི་དཔོགས་རིན་ཆེན་གཙུག ། སིད་གསུམ་འདོད་པ་མེད་པའི་རྒྱུ། ། དུལ་བ་ཉོན་མོངས་དྲི་མ་བསལ། ། དག་པ་གཙང་བ་གསོ་སྦོང་ཅན། །

“Obstructing Unfathomed Precious Ushnisha,

Cause of No Desire for the Three Worlds, Disciplined, Eliminator of the Stains of the Delusions, Pure, Clean, With Restoration and Purification,

རྣམ་པར་གནོན་པའི་གཡུལ་ལས་འདས། ། ལྗང་མདོག་སྐབས་མཛད་སིང་རེ་ཆེ། ། སོབས་ཀིས་གྲགས་པ་རྒྱ་ཆེ་བ། ། བསམས་ན་ཤེས་པའི་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་ཅན། །

“Gone beyond the Battle against Oppression, Green-Colored, Granter of Refuge, Great Compassion, Widely Renowned by Strength;

When Thinking, Possessing Mind as Object of Enjoyment.

དཔའ་བོ་སེང་གེ་འཇིགས་པར་བྱེད། ། སྡང་བ་རྣམས་ཀི་སིང་འཇོམས་པ། ། མངའ་བདག་གྲགས་པ་ཡུལ་དང་ལྡན། ། དགའ་བ་རྒྱ་ཆེན་རབ་འབྱུང་བ། །

“Hero Who Frightens Lions,

Vanquisher of the Hearts of the Hateful,

Lord of Power, Renowned One Endowed with the Object, Extremely Joyful, Thoroughly Emerged,

རིགས་མཁེན་རིགས་ཀི་སིང་པོ་མཁེན། ། རིགས་ཀུན་དུ་ནི་མཆོད་པ་ལགས། ། རྒྱལ་པོ་རིགས་མཆོག་སྐེད་པའི་རྟེན། ། རོ་རེ་ཡི་ནི��དཀིལ་འཁོར་བརྒྱན། །

“Knower of the Race, Knower of the Essence of the Race, Honored One Worshipping All Races,

King, Basis Giving Birth to the Supreme Race,

Adorned with the Vajra Mandala,

རོ་རེ་ས་འོག་རབ་གྲགས་པ། ། རིག་སྔགས་འཆང་བ་སོབས་པོ་ཆེ། ། མངོན་པར་འཕགས་པ་ཁབ་པ་མཆོག ། མགྲིན་བཟང་ནད་དང་བྲལ་བ་ལགས། །

“Vajra Highly Renowned below the Earth,

Holder of Knowledge Mantras, Great in Strength, Manifestly Superior, Supreme Pervader, Honored Good Voice Free of Illness,

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སྐོང་མཛད་སོན་པ་དག་པ་སེ། ། སངས་རྒྱས་ལམ་ནི་རབ་སོན་པ། ། གྲོལ་བ་སིན་མཛད་འདུད་པར་མཛད། ། དཀིལ་འཁོར་མ་ལུས་རྣམས་ཀིས་བརྒྱན། །

“Protector, Pure Teacher,

Thoroughly Teaching the Path to Buddhahood, Liberator, Ripener, Worthy of Homage, Adorned with All Mandalas,

རབ་ཞུགས་དཀིལ་འཁོར་རྣམས་ལ་མཁས། ། རོ་རེའི་སོབ་དཔོན་ཡོན་ཏན་རྟེན། ། གྲུབ་པ་སྦིན་པ་རྣམ་དག་མཆོག ། ཚུལ་དང་ཚུལ་མིན་རྟོགས་པ་པོ། །

“Thoroughly Entering, Wise in Mandalas, Vajra Preceptor, Support of Good Qualities, Supremely Pure Bestower of Attainments, Realizer of Modes and Non-Modes,

དཀིལ་འཁོར་རྩ་སེར་མངའ་བ་སེ། ། འོད་ཟེར་ལྗང་གུའི་འོད་དང་ལྡན། ། སེར་ལ་ན་བཟའ་སེར་པོ་མནབས། ། དཀིལ་འཁོར་མ་ལུས་ཀུན་གིས་བརྒྱན། །

“Dominion over the Golden Root Mandala, Endowed with the Light of Green Light Rays, Golden, Dressed in Yellow Garments, Adorned with All Mandalas,

སྤྱན་རྩ་དམར་བ་ཟ་བའི་དཔལ། ། ནོར་བུ་སྣ་ཚོགས་འོད་འབྱུང་བ། ། རོ་རེ་བརྒྱ་ཡི་སོབས་ཀིས་སྤོ། ། མཉམ་ཉིད་མཉམ་པ་དྲི་མ་མེད། །

“Eye Capillaries Red, Glory of the Moon, Arisen from the Light of a Variety of Jewels, Scattering by the Force of a Hundred Vajras, Balanced Equality, Stainless,

སྐུ་ཡང་དག་ཅིང་ན་བཟའ་དག ། དག་པ་མཁེན་ཅིང་དག་པར་ལྡན། ། དག་པའི་ཆོས་མངའ་སྣང་བ་སེ། ། འབྱུང་ལྡན་སེད་པ་སེལ་མཛད་པ། །

“Perfect Body and Pure Garments,

Knower of Purity and Endowed with Purity, Dominion over Pure Dharmas, Illuminator, Born, Dispeller of Craving,

འཁོར་བ་ཟད་མཛད་ཤེས་རབ་ཅན། ། ཚུལ་ཤེས་ཚུལ་ལ་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་བ། ། རོ་རེ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་སིང་པོ་ལགས། ། རོ་རེ་སེམས་དཔའ་དགེ་བ་ཆེ། །

“Extinguisher of Samsara, Wise One,

Knower of Modes, One Whose Objects of Enjoyment Are

Modes,

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Honored Essence of the Vajra Ocean, Vajrasattva, Great Virtue,

འབྱུང་ལྡན་རབ་འབྱམས་ཤེས་རབ་ཅན། ། མ་ལུས་གྲགས་པའི་འོད་བཟང་བ། ། ས་ཡི་སིང་པོ་སིང་པོ་ཆེ། ། རོ་རེའི་སིང་པོ་རྣམ་པར་འདྲེན། །

“Arisen with Myriad Wisdoms,

Excellent Light Renowned without Exception, Essence of Earth, Great Essence,

Essence of Vajra, Complete Leader,

དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ་དཔག་མེད་རོགས། ། ཁད་པར་འཕགས་པའི་ཡུལ་ལ་གནས། ། ཟབ་ཅིང་གསལ་བའི་གཙོ་བོ་སེ། ། ཟ་བའི་དཀིལ་འཁོར་འོད་ཟེར་བསིལ། །

“Unfathomable, Completion of the Unfathomable, Dwelling on the Especially Exalted Object, Principal One of the Profound and Clear,

Moon Mandala, Cooling Light Rays.

དགའ་དད་དང་བ་སྐེད་པ་སེ། ། ཡེ་ཤེས་རྒྱ་ཆེན་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་བ། ། རླུང་གི་དྲག་ཤུལ་ལྟ་བུར་དྲག ། དྲག་པོ་ལགས་ཏེ་དྲག་སེལ་གཙང་། །

“Producer of Joy, Faith, and Purity,

One whose Object of Enjoyment is Extensive

Transcendental Wisdom,

Fierce like the Ferocity of the Wind,

Honored Ferocious One, Dispeller of Ferocity, Pure,

རྒྱལ་བར་བྱེད་ཅིང་རྒྱལ་བ་ཞི། ། རྒྱལ་བའི་དཔལ་མཛད་དགའ་བར་མཛད། ། ལྷུན་པོ་ཏི་སེ་མ་ལ་ཡས། ། སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་ཟབ་མོ་ནོན་པ་སེ། །

“Making Victorious and Peaceful Victorious One, Creator of the Victorious Ones’ Glory, Creator of Joy, One of Mount Kailash and Malaya

Pressing Down the Profound Object of Enjoyment,

རིན་ཆེན་རོ་རེ་སིང་པོ་ཆེ། ། ས་གཞིའི་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་མངའ་བ་ལགས། ། རིན་ཆེན་བྲག་ལས་བྱུང་བའི་འོད། ། རོ་རེའི་དཀིལ་འཁོར་དག་གིས་བརྒྱན། །

“Precious Vajra, Great Essence,

Honored One with Dominion over the Earth Foundation as

Object of Enjoyment,

Light Arising from a Precious Rock, Adorned with Vajra Mandalas,

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་ལ་ལྷུར་དགེས་པ། ། ཤུགས་དྲག་དཔལ་གི་གཞི་རྟེན་ལགས། །

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རབ་གསལ་དཔལ་མཛད་གཙང་མ་སེ། ། ཕྱོགས་བཅུའི་དབང་ཕྱུག་དབང་ཕྱུག་ཆེ། །

“Intently Enjoying Having Gone to Thusness,

Honored Foundation of Intense Glory, Thorough Clarifier, Bringer of Glory, Pure, Powerful Lord of the Ten Directions, Great Powerful Lord.”

དེ་ལྟར་རོ་རེ་འཆང་ཆེན་ལ། ། མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་མཆོག་རྣམས་ཀིས། ། རོ་རེ་སེམས་དཔས་བསོད་ནས་ནི། ། རོ་རེ་ས་གསུམ་དབང་མཆོག་སྨྲས། །

Having thus praised Mahavajradhara

With the one hundred and eight supreme names, Vajrasattva spoke

The supreme vajra empowerment of three levels.

ཡོན་ཏན་སིང་པོ་ཤེས་རྣམས་ཀིས། ། མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་མཆོག་བརོད་ཅིང་། ། ཉེས་པ་ཟོག་པ་འདི་ལས་གཞན། ། ས་ཡི་སེང་ན་ངས་མ་མཐོང་། །

“Those who know the essence of good qualities Express the one hundred and eight supreme names And put a stop to faults.

On the earth I have never seen anything such as this.

མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་དམ་པ་འདི། ། ཐམས་ཅད་འགྲུབ་བྱེད་དགའ་བ་སེ། ། སྡིག་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་སེལ་བ་དང་། ། དྲི་མ་ཀུན་བྲལ་ཡོན་ཏན་ངེས། །

“These hundred and eight holy names

Are what accomplish everything and are beloved. They eliminate all sins,

Are free of all stains and have definite good qualities.

དེ་ཕྱིར་སྒྲིམ་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀིས། ། ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་འདོད་པའི་མིས། ། མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་དགེ་བ་འདི། ། རྟག་ཏུ་ཡང་ནི་བརོད་པར་གིས། །

“Therefore, with all diligence,

People who want excellence

Should also always express

These hundred and eight virtuous names.

མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་དམ་པ་འདི། ། བསམ་པ་ཀུན་དང་འབྱོར་པ་ཡི། ། གནས་མཆོག་བ་ན་མེད་པ་སེ། ། དཔལ་ཡོན་རྒྱ་ཆེན་སྦིན་པ་ཡིན། །

“These hundred and eight holy names Are the supreme peerless repository

Of all thoughts and actions.

They confer extensive glorious qualities.

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ཡིད་ནི་ཤིན་ཏུ་དང་བ་ཡིས། ། ས་ཡི་སིང་པོའི་མཚན་གསལ་བ། ། འདོད་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་རབ་སྒྲུབ་པའི། ། ཡོན་ཏན་མཆོག་ནི་གང་བརོད་དང་། །

“Anyone who, with a very pure mind, Expresses the clear names of Kshitigarbha— The supreme good quality

Thoroughly accomplishing all that is desired—

དཔལ་ཡོན་རྒྱ་ཆེན་འཛིན་པ་ཡི། ། མིང་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་དམ་པ་འདི། ། མི་ནི་གང་ཞིག་རོད་བྱེད་པ། ། སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཀུན་ལས་མྱུར་དུ་འགྲོལ། །

“And anyone who expresses

These one hundred and eight holy names— Which hold extensive glorious qualities— Will quickly be liberated from all suffering.”

འཕགས་པ་སའི་སིང་པོའི་མཚན་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་པ་གཟུངས་སྔགས་དང་ བཅས་པ་རོགས་སོ། །

The One Hundred and Eight Names of Arya Kshitigarbha and the Dharani Mantra is complete.

(FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization

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Kali -from the beginning of time

The story begins from the times primordial, the origin of everything from the abstraction of nothingness. The concept of creation roots back to the time when desire emerged in the Supreme Force to be multitudinous. our creation is the result of the kamana that crept up in the mind of the singular, Primordial Entity. The Upannishads quoth

Ekaki na Ramate

Cha kamayate : Eko’ham, bahu syam.

Meaning anyone who is alone is not happy. I desire that since I am alone, let me be many.

Thus, the Para Brahman split into two : the Supreme Goddess and Supreme Lord. This Lord waited for the right time to be manifested while the Goddess relesed all her vivacity into the creation. Energies of the world was now released into a singularity, which was smaller and denser than anything we can imagine.

The goddess resembled depths undiscovered, and assumed the form of mysterious darkness, having a thousand faces and limbs. This Adyaa or primordial form of the goddess is known as Mahakali, or Adyaa Kali.

Now,Let me narrate the story of Bhadrakali...

The goddess now harmonized her supremacy to create a deity resembling her attributes,but manifested as a male force, the one of the Three Supreme purushas, Maha Vishnu. The goddess made him indulge into her Maya, her power, and Maha Vishnu was put to sleep in a divine slumber, the Yoganidra, by the Yogic powers of Yogmaya Mahakali.

When Brahma, another member of the Trinity, was just created from the lotus-navel of MahaVishnu, he was sheer inane. He was just like an infant, unknown to exactly what his purpose was. However, he was but a child, and his urger for a populous world full of care was also like any other human new born. But here, the new born Brahma was to become the progenitor to satisfy his own desire of a populous world. He did not know so, but saw glimpses of the creation (that he was to endeavour for) in the all overwhelming smile of the dark goddess on whose lap was he seated as was all that was existing and was yet to exist. In the laughter of the omnipotent mother he say glimpses of the creation and his desires began to grow passionately intense. He began the creation. He urged the Mother Mahakali to help him. So, she appeared as Maa Kushmanda and released the celestial objects from her smile (essentially from her tongue), ie, from Mahakali or the rooted omnipresent dark energy was released the percievable mass and strength which led Mahakali to be manifested as the illuminati Kushmanda.

However soon, the demons Madhu and Kaitabha arose from the dust in the ears of Vishnu, who was absolutely unaware of the incidents, slumbering divinely. These pig-ignorant beings tormented Brahma, who called out to Kushmanda for succour. Now, Kushmanda entered Sri Vishnu's ears, adsorbing all the dust to awaken him. Once again rose the goddess of dark complexion, who wakened Vishnu, and inducing her maya, she lead Madhu and Kaitabha to their doom all by themselves. This form of Kali is calm and the bestoyer of Maya to devise divine ploys so that she may create events and attributes to her wishful choices. Thus she is Bhadrakali, or the calm Kali or the Yogamaya Kali.

Bhadrakali appears in the following descriptions too

Upon coming to know that her father Daksha was planning a yajna to insult Shiva, Sati became clearly determined to refute her father's opinions. She, Mother of the creation, knew that no world would be equilibriated without Destruction, her husband Shiva, who was the complete manifestation of the Supreme Lord as Mahakala. However, as Shiva refused to let Sati visit her father and question him, Sati was hurt. To top this all, Shiva camouflaged his fear of losing Sati behind the arrogant voice of a dominating husband. She flared up and revealed to Shiva her very primordial form. As a glaring illumination emanated from Sati, she stood no more in front of Shiva as the same benevolent wife, clad in all the earthly indulgences . No longer was she bedecked in jewels of gold but a garland of apes and men alike, she revealed the Ugra form of Mahakali in herself. Howbeit, as Shiva ran affrighted, Sati was struck with pity. She calmed down and stood before Shiva as somewhat sangfroid and soberly mild, yet dark as blue iris. This milder form of Mahakali is the 1st Mahavidya, Bhadrakali, who calmly spoke out to Shiva that he better calms down and relents his wife to live to her decisions. However, Shiva ran out of fright, only to be encountered by the rest of the 9 Mahavidyas.

Incidentally, the same Bhadrakali reappears when Shiva came to know about Sati's self immolation. After Shiva became the destroyer Panchanana and utilises a lock of his matted hair to create Veerbhadra, the latter becomes bound by Maha Vishnu at the Daksha Yajna site. To release him, Shiva invites Sati to reincarnate and avenge the wrong done to them. Sati's soul, that of the great Mahamaya, enters the 3rd eye of the North Face of Panchanana, and emerges as Bhadrakali, iris blue as the eye of the North Face of Panchanana Shiva. She is diplomatic in words, calmly frees Veerbhadra after an exchange of arguements on basis of justice. Next, she calmly fetches Daksha, brings him to Veerabhadra and again reunites with the lifeless body of Sati,yet housing all the divine vitality, to rid her worshipper’s body of all sins, proving the fullest blessings of the Mother Supreme.

The same Bhadrakali appears again in the slaying of Darik. He was a demon who ruled in the Darikavana, utilising the powers of his wife Mandodari, also called Daruki, and is not to be confused with Mandodari of Ramayana. The wife Daruki was a great devotee of the Goddess Parvati. Hence she attained immense powers though tapas and imparted the good of her yogic attributes to enable Darik stay overwhemingly poweful. Parvati blessed that he may remain undefeated unless rendered to her displeasure . However, he became so amorous and torturous to women that Parvati was troubled. To top it all, Darik captued and began torturing a snake-man , Supriyo, who was worshipping Shiva in his kingdom. This infuriated Shiva, who instantly came to save Supriyo in form of Nageswara jyotirlingam. Now, Parvati was humiliated to an ultimatum. She decided to teach Darik a lesson, for, by saying that Parvati would spare Darik provided he doesn't disrespect her, she meant her disregard in all respects, be her own self, her abode, or her beloved. And fool was Darik to assume that Shiva's devotee would repose not in Parvati,’s heart.

Into the third eye of Nageswara entered Parvati, and appered in a form of blue complexion, absorbing the colour of the Prussian hued poison in Shiva's neck. Again she stood as Bhadrakali, who slew Darik with great aplomb, yet did not lose her mind in the liquidation of the fool asura. She remained clam and did not continue the blood-shed once Darik met his end. Bhadrakali is thus the exact bearer of her duties.

As Bhadrakali Parvati indulged in her happy domiciliary life with Shiva at Kailasa, Daruki began to practice severe austerities to propitate Shiva, that she may avenge the death of her love.

Now, let me narrate the story of Bhadrakali's transformation into Ugra Kali. We shall again come back to the Daruki episode later.

In the meantime, Sumbha and Nisumbha began their abuse. The maltreated world, afflicted with misery, cried out for help. To top it all, they attacked the Gods while the son of Ugrasena, Kamsa, took over the mortal world. Such was their tyranny that every nook and cranny resonated with cries for relief.

The Gods approached Kali Parvati as she was going to take a dip in Mansarovar . She manifested herself from the Kosha or cells of her body, appearing as the wheatish complexioned, the radiant Kaushiki. As Kali remained in yogic trance, Kaushiki went to serve her task.

Kaushiki took birth as the daughter of Yashoda while Sri Vishnu manifested as Krishna, taking birth from Devaki's womb. As Krishna's father interchanged the children, Kansa appeared to kill Devaki’s 8th child, prophesised to be his death itself. Having already killed her previous 6 children and thinking her to have miscarried the 7th pregnancy, finally he would become immortal, thought he. However, as Kamsa took the girl in his hands as was about to thrash her to death, she flew out of his grip. A thunderous laughter of the celestial lady overwhelmed all directions as she proclaimed that his death incarnate was intact , and disappeared.

She went to to the Vindhya Mountains and assuming the form of a very young girl, a Kumari, she slept her Yogic slumber. The trinity performed the Kumari Puja to awaken the damsel Goddess. The Goddess rose as a young maiden, with the attributes of MahaSaraswati, and lured the demons. As Sumbha and Nisumbha sent a marriage proposal, she rebuked it and invited them to fight. Instigated, they sent their comarades to fight, but all were sent to the abode of death by the Eight Warrior Sisters whom Kaushiki created, headed by the skeleton-thin, fierce, blood-red necked Chamunda, the slayer of Chanda and Munda. However, quite opposed to the common notion that Chamunda is same as Ugra Kalika, she is not. They are similar in their dark complexion but different in genesis and their seed syllables. Chamunda was created by Kaushiki from her eyebrows and after the slaughter Of the asuras, she reabsorbed Chamunda into herself. Whereas Kaushiki herself arose from the Bharman within the Koshas of Kalika. This Kalika gets enraged and becomes the Ugra Kalika. Moreover, the physique of the goddesses differ in the sense that Kali is described as a plum woman, having full breasts and a youthful radiance of the feminine; while Chamunda has a thin, malnourished appearance with protruding ribs . However, both Ugra Kalika and Chamundika have fearsome expressions and are extremely stormy, angry and malevolent in destruction of the negative elements of the Universe . The emergence of Ugra Kali in the story is as follows …

When Raktabija arrived at the battlefield, Kaushiki went on stabbing him with her trident but with the flow of hus blood rose thousands of Raktabijas. So, she invoked Kali Parvati. Kali Parvati woke up on the banks of Mansarovar and incarnated on the battlefield as Ugra Kali. She slew all the raktabijas abd drank their blood. The drops that fell were consumed by jackals following her.

Kaushiki then killed Sumbha and Nisumbha. Meanwhile, Ugra Kali became extremely stormy and aggressive. The dance of her feet struck sheer destruction on Earth. Her tongue lolled out in desire to consume more blood. This signifies how Kala or time dissolutes into the goddess of time . Her all devouring tongue signifies the all engulfing Kala or time.

Finally, to pacify her, Shiva lay as a corpse at her feet. This shows how Shiva or Purusha is just a corpse without Shakti or Prakriti. Stepping on Shiva, whom she loved dearly and placed him in her bossom, the malevolent act aroused a perdurable sense of guilt for causing pain to her love. She bit her tongue in guilt, as Kalika is portrayed for popular worship.

As Ugra Kali calmed back into Bhadrakali, she retreated into the forests of Darukavana, guilty of having performed such unnecessary destruction and having harmed the Purusha of her heart.

It was here that Daruki was performing tapas to appease Shiva and avenge Darik's death. Shiva was forced by her tapas to grant her a boon. Daruki asked for a boon to avenge her husband's death. Shiva, the Ashutosha, got quickly satisfied. He was already preoccupied with thoughts so as to console his consort, who was troubled by what she had done and was residing somewhere in the same Darukavana. Shiva gave Daruki few drops of his sweat, such that one when sprinkled by which would be afflicted with tremendously irritable and painful eruptions on one's appearance.

Daruki now sought for Bhadrakali. Finding her, Daruki sprinkled on Bhadrakali Shiva's sweat. As a result, she was Bhadrakali was extremely pained by the blistering eruptions in likeness of chicken pox. Anguished , she questioned Shiva , in the trauma of her maim, what wrong she had done in punishing Darik that too in compliance with Shiva's wish.

Shiva sent Ghantakarna, one of his ganas to medicate and remove her rashes, which detrimented and saddened Bhadrakali Parvati all the more, for she knew not what caused Shiva not to come himself, unknown to the fact that Lord Indra had come to meet Shiva. Hence she sent the gana back.

Indra, the king of Gods, wished to send some apsaras to assist Shiva help console Bhadrakali. As Shiva approached her, he found the fair complexioned apsaras advancing , and he addressed his consort as the ‘O dear Kalike, my Dark One’, and called out to the apsaras as “ O ladies of divine radiance as fair as the pristine snow, the possessor of Divine Arts, I hope you shall take no offence in assisting me to serve my little woman here… she is quite pained. ”

Bhadrakali-Parvati took offence at seemingly racist comment . She believed Shiva was mocking at her black complexion and that Shiva too was harnessing the traditional mortal belief that fairness was beauty and became depressed and dolorously declared,--- “since i am such an ugly burden to you that you can take such liberties with me as afflicting me with quite an incessant pain and since you again look down upon me in public; it is better that you may stay without me forever. As for the scars of these boils I have on my soma, let it stay forever thus, blemishing my skin to mark how REALLY BEAUTIFUL I AM.”

Bhadrakali retired to Kanchipuram as a yogini and began penance beneath a mango tree , dedicated to a Shiva lingam she made out of sand . The greatest of all Yoginis as Parvati is, her anger, the force of destruction, the primordial energy of the most intense enigma, i.e., the darkness that comprises the depth of the unkown where all converges into and diverges from, is all lost within Parvati and she becomes the fair maiden. This incident does Not eulogise racism but denotes the fact that Parvati is not ashamed of her colour, be it as the fair Parvati or the Dark Mahakali. Quite opposed to popular notions that Parvati was born Dark…, Parvati was the FAIR born Goddess Mahakali, she was fair and not dark from birth. It is a simple fact and no comment made on the preferred colour of the skin. Hence she simply reverts to her original form.

I intend to end this narrative on a more softer and delicate note, the story of their reunion after the episode of Shiva-Parvati’s previous fall out.

Narada, the divine mischief maker, sage of the gods, visited the Yogini Parvati, who was now her original self. She was, by now, terribly missing Shiva and having carved out a sand Shiva linga to be consoled by his physical appearance near her, was now continuing her penance with grit and determination so that no force might deter her from extracting one just sorry from her beloved.

Narada however ployed some fun and notified the Goddess that Shiva was not at all unhappy without her company. Rather, he showed no signs of grief in her absence. The fair Parvati, dedicated and dolorous to hear this, sat down to concentrate in an even deeper meditation.

Shiva was woebegone at his loneliness, would watch Parvati from the branches of the mango tree. Unable to bear it any longer, he called upon Ganga to break Parvati's penance. As Ganga tried her best to counsel her sister, the latter showed no signs of budging from her trance. With every passing moment, she was becoming even more radiant and was as if on a journey to get re-incarnated as a maiden, with a newly youthful glory. She had as though made up her mind to test Shiva with her allure and check if it were only the outward beauty which appealed to him or he was actually the very ascetic she loved so dearly.

Ganga, unable to break Parvati's austerities, decided to flow in and flood the area with all her force, her waves smashing into the Shiva ling to destroy its sculpture. At this, Parvati woke up with a start, and assimilating all the love she So dearly cherished in her heart, hugged the lingam with her youthful nurture, in form of his eternal inamorata. She thus emerged as Kamakshi.

Ganga notified her of Shiva's longing and advised her that she need not have changed to prove in adverse to Shiva's heart, for the heart of her man loved her in all her attributes and that she was not to be objectified, neither should she have given in to this objectification, nor was she at all objectified by the PARAMA Purusha Shiva.

Parvati, nurtured in good counsel, decided to test the same and visited Shiva in her renewed manifestation as an young damsel of 16, named Sorashi, the queen of all seasons, the 2nd of the 10 Mahavidyas, who is the same as Kamakshi.

As Sorashi asks Shiva who resides in his heart, she finds the imagery of the damsel she is in the guise of- — the beauty of Sorashi. Just as Parvati is downcast to find that outer beauty is what seemed to be appealing for Shiva, a closer glance revealed the picture in Shiva's heart to be Kali, the primordial, and then Parvati, as she had always been and ever shall be . Sorashi's heart melted and with it was washed away the misunderstanding that separated them . She reverts back to Parvati, in whose form she became the consort of the householder Shiva.

Thus were the Purusha and Prakriti reunited…

Source : quora

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Eastern Region Trekking, in the contrary is filled with verdant farmland and spectacular forest range rich in flora and fauna. Kanchenjunga is the highest point of the region and counted as the 3rd highest peak in the world.  The mountainous terrains and landscapes traverses through off-beaten track and the views are simply nearby base camp and Makalu Base Camp, Arun Valley, Lumbha Sumbha are others off-the beaten track in the eastern region as well as  while  Dolpa Trek is fully Camping trek in far western Region. Manaslu Circuit, Dhaulagiri Circuit, Lower Dolpo, Upper Mustang. and Limi Valley Treks are Popular trekking routes  in western Region so Wilderness trekking in Nepal is humbling.

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#Navarathriday7 #Kalarathri This is the fiercest and the most ferocious form of the Mother Goddess, in which Parvati manifests to destroy the demons Sumbha and Nisumbha. Kalaratri, meaning the night of death (death night). All time, light, emotions, life forms and others all blend into her. She is the death of time and is greater than Kala (time) himself. Her complexion is dark black and She rides on a donkey. She is depicted with four hands. Her right hands are in Abhayamudra and Varadamudra. She carries a sword and deadly iron hook in her left hands. ekaveṇī japākarṇapūra nagnā kharāsthitā lambośhṭhī karṇikākarṇī tailābhyaktaśarīriṇī ‖ vāmapādollasallohalatākaṇṭakabhūśhaṇā vardhanamūrdhvajā kṛśhṇā kālarātrirbhayaṅkarī ‖ #kraftjournal - @kalamandal_store @kalamandal #kalamandal #gellyrollfeatures - @gellyrollph #fineliners - @brustro_official #navadurgas #kalarathri #navdurgawarli #navrathri2021 #learnWarli #simplewarli #kraftpaper #dasara2021 #moonlightgellyroll #celebratenavrathri https://www.instagram.com/p/CU9Gttth9Nk/?utm_medium=tumblr

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May Maa Durga illuminate your life with countless Blessings and happiness "SHUBH NAVRATRI" 🙏 What is Navratri and why is it celebrated? Navratri is one of the most important and widely celebrated festivals in India, with devotees to the Goddess Durga honouring her nine forms over the nine days. During this period, devotees observe a fast, perform a worship ritual called puja and celebrate the nine displays of Durga's feminine power to the world.

Day 1 – Shailaputri (Daughter of Mountain) Day 2 – Brahmacharini (Parvati became Yogini) Day 3 – Chandraghanta (after marrying Shiva, Parvati adorned her forehead with the ardhachandra (lit. half-moon)) Day 4 – Kushmanda (endowment of vegetation on earth) Day 5 – Skandamata (when Kartikeya(son of Parvati) confronted with danger) Day 6 – Katyayani (Known as the warrior goddess, she is considered one of the most violent forms of Devi) Day 7 – Kaalaratri (It is believed that Parvati removed her fair skin to kill the demons Sumbha and Nisumbha) Day 8 – Mahagauri (It is believed when Kaalaratri took a bath in the Ganga river, she became extremely fair from her darker complexion) Day 9 – Siddhidatri (Siddhidhatri is also seen as the "Ardhanarishvara" form of Shiva and Shakti. It is believed that one side of Lord Shiva’s body is that of Goddess Siddhidatri)

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This is the fiercest and the most ferocious form of the Mother Goddess, in which Parvati manifests to destroy the demons Sumbha and Nisumbha. Kalaratri, meaning the night of death (death night). All time, light, emotions, life forms and others all blend into her. She is the death of time and is greater than Kala (time) himself.

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Today is the 3rd day of Navratri and I tried to include the white colour food in every meal I take! White colour portrays peace, purity and the prayer in devotees’ hearts when they worship her and ensure that the what is that the gods will protect them from the harm. It is believed that parvati removed her fare skin to kill the demons sumbha and Nisumbha one such a food item that's always in My plate is curd but I just tried a little twist with it today and made curd rice 🖤 And actually what happened is I wanted to capture the actual curdrice after the tadka but I was so much in hurry when I took it out the refrigerator door I just ate it all in one go Now I couldn't give you the actual photo of the curd rice but you can refer the process here! So it starts with the leftover rice It doesn't matter how much quantity you have just mix it with the curd night before and mixed the little bit of a pinch of salt and half teaspoon of sugar so makes this batterlike mixture of curd rice sugar salt and keep it in the refrigerator overnight When next day you wake up in the morning make sure that you do this before eating it like 4-5 hours before We need a very smooth paste of garlic and ginger and you will add this well soaked to the curd rice mixture and you just mix it very well and keep it in the refrigerator again and now rest is a last step That's takda You can just directly refer to the video which is at the end of the post how I have given the tadka You can see every ingredient but two things the peanuts and the urad dal are always optional! Lastly top it with the fresh coriander! And eat this yummy rice at the end of your meal🤍 It tastes reallly amazing😍 Benefits of curd rice 🤍Curd Rice aids digestion 🤍Improves immunity 🤍Reduce stomach cramps and pain 🤍Stress Buster & mood enhancer 🤍Aids weightloss (keep your belly full for longer time) Let's be happy that our ancestors knew these simple way of creating daily happiness and reach for that pot of curd rice. Bon Appetit! PS. Now a days I'm cooking for non fasting people so please ignore the mess around there😋 #indianfood #weightloss #pcos https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiF6ZDhmdF/?igshid=vzohmuwmsj8s

[supersingh-sbs]

As per Devi Bhagwata Maha Purana, Parvati, Sati or Durga is the original manifested form of Maa MAHAKALI. She is Adi- Parashakti herself. The Devi Gita declares her to be the greatest Goddess. Thus, She is considered the supreme Goddess and primary deity in Shaktism. Whatever deity one is worshiping, ultimately, they are worshiping her. She is every other goddess. She is Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati in her mild form; Goddess Kali and Goddess Chandi in her wrathful form. . 1) Mahasaraswati is the first partial expansion of Goddess Adi Parshakti. She represents the Sattva Guna and is the shakti of Lord Brahma. She is the goddess of wisdom, creation, and learning. She is the source of all of the arts. It is she who slew Sumbha and Nisumbha, who are symbols of ignorance. She was created from the body of Mother Parvati and is the embodiment of her hard work, spirituality and devotion. She is also known as Ambika Devi as per Durga Saptashati. She wears yellow clothes when she takes form. When she is without form, she becomes the Primordial Sound. . 2) Mahalakshmi is the second partial expansion of Goddess Adi Parshakti. She is the goddess of the material world and its preservation. She also brings good fortune and spiritual satisfaction. She is the shakti of Lord Narayana and is the bestower of all wealth and pleasure. She wears red Cloth. She was born from Goddess Parvati's mind and later took birth as Katyayani. She is also known as Chandi Devi as per Durga Saptashati. Mother Mahalakshmi is the primary deity of the Raja Guna. When she is formless, she is light. . 3) Mahakali is the third partial expansion of Goddess Adi Parshakti. She is the goddess of spiritual fulfillment as well as presiding over the destruction of the universe. She gives salvation to mankind. She is the shakti of Lord Shiva. She helped Lord Maha Vishnu slay the demons Madhu and Kaitabha. She was born from the eyes of Maha Vishnu as YogMaya. Mahakali is same as Yogmaya also known as Tamsi Devi as per Durga Saptashati. Mother Mahakali wears blue and presides over the Tamas Guna. When she is formless, she becomes heat.!! 💙🕉🍂🌈🌺🍃🌈🍂🌺💙🍃💟🍂🌺🍂🍃💙🕉🌈🙏🏽🕉 (at Shawn’s Fortress of Solitude) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBfYrCNDYnAhwp4bJUYFQWsI8nRbEP658FhcY80/?igshid=fpsslcnqrfoi