Shri Kamakshi Amman

Shri Kamakshi Amman

Kamakshi Amman, Kanchipuram - Year 1951

In the calm of the night, when the world sleeps, the breeze brings with it the fragrance of fresh water lilies in full bloom. With the moon’s reflection dancing around these full bloom lilies, it is the blissful moment of the night to be imbibed within the soul. The tranquility of the breeze in the leaves, the shimmering waves of the water as the moon shines through, dotted with lilies letting loose their fragrance is for the world to catch a glimpse of this inner beauty. The brightness of the sun by day parallels the calm of the moon by night as time moves from the sunshine to the moonlight across the brow of the Mother Goddess Kamakshi.

Such are the words that describe so beautifully the form of the Mother in the Soundarya Lahari. An ocean of beauty, far deeper than the star lit clear sky by night glowing in the presence of the moon. Within the chamber that houses the Goddess one can feel this silence of the night, this fragrance in the air. The darkness of the inner chamber, lit up with the lamps that bring the glow to her face, the Mother sits within, calm and compassionate to her children, her lotus eyes in partial bloom which is just truly divine.
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Sri Akilandeswari Devi

Sri Akilandeswari Devi


According to legend, there lived a saint called Jambu Rishi, who was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He once found a very rare fruit called “Venn Naaval Pazham” (white Naaval fruit) and he offered it to Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva ate the fruit and spitted out the seed of the fruit.

Out of his overwhelming Bhakthi, Jambu Rishi ate the seed, because of its sacred nature as it came out of Lord Shiva’s mouth. The seed which he ate started growing as a Naaval tree from the Rishi’s head. The Rishi prayed Lord Shiva to take abode and settle under the tree. The Lord agreed to him and said that, a time will come when I would come and settle under this Naaval Tree. This place then came to be known as Jambugeswaram.
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Khandeshwari Devi

 




Khandeshwari Devi Temple is situated at Beed in Maharashtra. This temple is set in the east of the Kankaleshwar temple. The temple holds the idol of goddess Khandeshwari Devi which was constructed by Ahilyabai Holkar. Every year Dussehra is celebrated very devotedly in the temple.
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Yogeshwari Devi

 Yogeshwari Devi 






Yogeshwari is a Sanskrit name which means "Goddess Durga". Sometimes even pronounced as Jogeshwari or Jogeswari.

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Jivantika Maa

 Jivantika Maa





She is the Divine Goddess of Midwifery. Jivantika is also the guardian of children. The cult of mother goddess worship  led to the divine baby sitter also. Love for the family and their children are beyond motherly frailties. It is instinctive of mothers to nurture and protect their offspring. Mothers appeased the gods and goddesses to avoid harm to their families.  This culminated in worshipping fierce goddesses who
personify childhood protection against ailments and fatal diseases. Fierce child
protection goddesses of note are Jivantika and Goddess Shasti (posted earlier).
Shasti is the companion of the boy-god Sastha. She is the Goddess of Married
Women, Fertility and Childbirth. She represented fertility, pregnancy and
childbirth protection. It is said that this companionship is indicative of her
protecting the young, symbolically Shashta and his cat. It is said Shahsti
visits the child the first week of birth and writes their destiny on their
forehead. Jivantika, on the other hand is infinite protection.

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Kamakhya Devi Maa



Kamakhya Devi Maa



Kamakhya was in Guwahati which is an quality of the Hindu idol Sati. A temple in her honour exist in the Kamrup region of Assam state, India. The holy place is one of the 51 holy Shakti Peethas linked to Sati.

Kamakhya, the Goddess/yoni, exist in the major holy place as a great crevice in the basis, cover by water smooth increasing from an secretive spring it was usually cover by a red cloth, flower, and was red sindur crush. Kamakhya which is an significant of Shakta pilgrimage site, attract many guests. One more name of this deity is sodashi.


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Shwetambar Jain Pratikraman

Pratikramana (Sanskrit: प्रतिक्रमण; also spelled Pratikraman) (lit. "introspection"), is a ritual during which Jains repent (prayaschit) for their sins and non-meritorious activities committed knowingly or inadvertently during their daily life through thought, speech or action.

Pratikramana also refers to a combition of six avashyaks (essential rituals), being Samayik (state of total equanimity), Chauvisantho (honoring the 24 Tirthankars), Vandana – (offering salutations to sadhus (monks) and sadhvis (nuns)), Pratikramana (introspection and repentance), Kayotsarga (meditation of the soul) and Pratyakhyan (renunciation).

Although frequency of repenting varies, devout Jains often practice Pratikraman at least twice a day. It is one of the 28 primary attributes (mūla guņa) of both Śvētāmbara and Digambara monks.


Sthanakvasi Jain Pratikraman



Pratikramana (Sanskrit: प्रतिक्रमण; also spelled Pratikraman) (lit. "introspection"), is a ritual during which Jains repent (prayaschit) for their sins and non-meritorious activities committed knowingly or inadvertently during their daily life through thought, speech or action.

Pratikramana also refers to a combition of six avashyaks (essential rituals), being Samayik (state of total equanimity), Chauvisantho (honoring the 24 Tirthankars), Vandana – (offering salutations to sadhus (monks) and sadhvis (nuns)), Pratikramana (introspection and repentance), Kayotsarga (meditation of the soul) and Pratyakhyan (renunciation).

Although frequency of repenting varies, devout Jains often practice Pratikraman at least twice a day. It is one of the 28 primary attributes (mūla guņa) of both Śvētāmbara and Digambara monks.


Vahanvati Sikotar Mataji


Vahanvati Sikotar Mataji
Temple has mapping with 950 year old history.
In name Sikotar,
Si = Laxmi
Kotar = Goddess living in ravine.
Sikotar Maa is also known as Goddess of sea.

Sikotar Maa Photo

Ashta Lakshmi - several forms of Goddess Lakshmi Laxmi

Ashta Lakshmi - several forms of Goddess Lakshmi/Laxmi

In Hinduism, Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped in several forms. The most popular forms of Goddess Lakshmi are eight which are collectively known as Ashta Lakshmi. There are different opinions on the manifestations of Goddess Lakshmi in Ashta Lakshmi. However, following manifestations of Goddess Lakshmi are mentioned while describing the iconography of Ashta Lakshmi.

Maa Jagaddhatri



Maa Jagaddhatri




Jagaddhatri or Jagadhatri is careful as a shape of Devi, the highest goddess. Her respect which is extra ordinary in West Bengal than the extra parts of India. Her trendy is straight consequent from Tantra where she is a symbol of sattva beside Durga and Kali, which is properly symbolize with Rajas and Tamas.

Khnum Egypt Gods


Khnum Appearance:
  • Man with the head of a curly-horned ram
Khnum Egypt Gods
Khnum Egypt Gods

Khnum was a creator god, and a god of the innundation.

Khnum was a creator-god, moulding people on a potter's wheel. Since potters used Nile mud, Khnum was also connected with the innundation. 

Khepri Egypt Gods

Khepri  
'He Who is Coming into Being'
Appearance:
  • Man with the head of a scarab
  • A scarab beetle

Khepri was a god of creation, the movement of the sun, and rebirth. The scarab beetle lays its eggs in a ball of dung. Then, it rolls the ball along the ground until the young beetles are ready to hatch.
When the young beetles are ready, they crawl out of the ball.

Isis Egypt Goddess

 
  Isis
Appearance:
  • Woman with headdress in the shape of a throne
  • A pair of cow horns with a sun disk

Isis was a protective goddess. She used powerful magic spells to help people in need. 
Isis egyptian goddess
Isis was the daughter of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut and the sister of the deities Osiris, Seth, and Nephthys.
Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
Since each pharaoh was considered the 'living Horus', Isis was very important.

Sri Bhuvaneshwari Amman

Sri Bhuvaneshwari Amman


Sri Bhuvaneshwari Amman
Sri Bhuvaneshwari Amman



Sri Buvaneshwari Amman - SaranathanThe primordial energy (Sakthi) in the female form, is known by various names such as Rajarajeswari, Aadhi Parasakthi and Jagadamba. Rajarajeswari has ten different aspects such as Kali, Thara, Shodasi etc. One of these aspects is Bhuvaneswari. Bhuvanam Eswari means the ruler. She rules the universe according to Her will. In other words, the whole universe belongs to Her.

Goddess Bhuvaneswari is a symbol of beauty and grace. She is the giver of wealth, health and happiness. Prayers offered to her remove sorrows. Sins are forgiven by Her. By praying Her, birth less state and Moksha are obtained.

Renuka Devi Temple, Mahur

Renuka Devi Temple, Mahur
Renuka Devi
Renuka Devi 

Reṇukā/Renuga/Renu is a Hindu goddess worshipped predominantly in the Indian states of Karanataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Renuka's temple at Mahur in Maharashtra is considered one of the shakti peethas.

Renuka was the daughter of the king Renu of Kubaj country and the wife of the sage Jamadagni. When the king Sahastrarjuna paid a visit to Jamadagni in his abode, he was taken by surprise by the hospitality of the sage. When asked about the same, the sage told him that it is all because of the Kamadhenu, i.e., cow that fulfils the desires of the owner given to him by Indra, the king of the Gods.

Nakshatras

Nakshatras


Nakshatra (Sanskrit: नक्षत्र, IAST: Nakṣatra) is the term for lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Indian Astronomy. A nakshatra is one of 28 (sometimes also 27) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a prominent star or asterisms in or near the respective sectors.

 The starting point for the nakshatras according to Vedas is "Krittika" (it has been argued because the Pleiades may have started the year at the time the Vedas were compiled, presumably at the vernal equinox), but, in more recent compilations, the start of the nakshatras list is the point on the ecliptic directly opposite to the star Spica called Chitrā in Sanskrit, which would be Ashvinī, an asterism that is part of the modern constellation Aries, and these compilations therefore may have been compiled during the centuries when the sun was passing through the area of the constellation Aries at the time of the vernal equinox. This version may have been called Meshādi or the "start of Aries" The first astronomical text that lists them is the Vedanga Jyotisha.
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Maa Aavad Aaimaa

Maa Aavad Aaimaa 



પકડજે હાથ મારો આવળ
જગત ની આ ભીડ ભારી છે !
કયાંય હું ખોવાઈ ન જાઉં,
જવાબદારી આવળ તારી છે.
🙏 જય મા આવળ
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Maa Limbach Maa

Maa Limbach Maa







Shree Limbach Mata appeared on the Eight day of the Chaitra month as per the Hindu calendar of Vikram Samvant under a Neam (Limbado) tree. Hence, the followers are known as Limbachia.
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Maa Modheshwari Maa

Maa Modheshwari Maa




It is believed that the demon Karnat was creating havoc in the region by disturbing the Brahmins, Vaishyas during their prayers. Seeking protection from the demon, all the saints went to the goddess Parvatimata. On hearing their grievances, she was angry and started throwing fire from her mouth, which gave birth to an aspect of her known as Modheshwarimata. This incarnation of the goddess has eighteen arms, each having a weapon, like trident and dagger


The goddess is depicted as having eighteen arms, each having a weapon, including a trishula, khaḍga, talwar, kamandala, shankha, gada, pash, danda, damaru.


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Maa Dhavdi Maa

Maa Dhavdi Maa




Maa Dhavdi Maa is a Hindu Goddess. There is a temple dedicated to Maa (Mother) Dhavdi in Dhrangadhra, Gujarat. Rhinoceros is her Vahana. She is depicted with four arms, carrying Trishula , sword , Scimitar and the last hand as Abhaya mudra.
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Maa Verahi Maa

Maa Verahi Maa



varahi (Sanskrit: वाराही, Vārāhī) is one of the Matrikas, a group of seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. With the head of a sow, Varahi is the shakti (feminine energy) of Varaha, the boar avatar of the god Vishnu. In Nepal, she is called Barahi. Varahi is worshipped by four major practices of Hinduism : Shaivism (devotees of Shiva), Brahmanism (devotees of Brahma), Vaishnavism (devotees of Vishnu) and especially Shaktism (goddess worship). She is usually worshipped at night, using secretive Vamamarga Tantric practices. The Buddhist goddesses Vajravārāhī and Marichi have their origins from the Hindu goddess Varahi.
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Maa Matangi Maa

Maa Matangi Maa


Matangi (मातंगी) is one of the Mahavidyas, ten Tantric goddesses and a ferocious aspect of Parvati, the Hindu Divine Mother. She is considered to be the Tantric form of Parvati but she is very similar to Saraswati. Like Sarasvati, Matangi and she governs speech, music, knowledge and the arts. Her worship is prescribed to acquire supernatural powers, especially gaining control over enemies, attracting people to oneself, acquiring mastery over the arts and gaining supreme knowledge.
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Maa Sadhi Maa

Maa Sadhi Maa


Sadhimata is kuldevi (main goddess) of Raval Yogi Community. A temple is built by former pujari Shree Khodabhai Raval. His heredity worships the goddess generation to generation. Currently, Manoj Yogi is appointed as main pujari of temple. 


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Maa Bhuvaneshwari Maa

Maa Bhuvaneshwari Maa



The fourth Goddess described in the Dasha Mahavidya is known as Bhuvaneshwari. She is also known as Adi Shakti, one of the earliest forms of Shakti. In Her Saguna Rupa, Goddess Bhuvaneshwari is known as Goddess Parvati as well Bhuvaneshwari Devi is also known as World Mother and personifies the whole universe. As the name suggests she is the queen of all the worlds and rules the whole universe. She relates to Tripura Sundari in many aspects. Bhuvaneshwari is depicted as a goddess with three eyes, a sign of her complete knowledge of the manifested worlds, very big breasts (all the beings are nurtured and extract the essence of life from Her), and a smiling face.
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Maa Shodashi Maa



Maa Shodashi is the third Mahavidya who is worshipped by the name of Tripur Sundari, Lalita Tripur Sundari. Her Sadhna is known as SHRI VIDYA SADHNA and Sadhaks are known as SHRI VIDYA SADHAKS. This is a complete vidya in which you get the siddhis of 10 mahavidya, 10 Vishnu Vidya and Aast Shankar Vidya Siddhi. It makes you complete in all aspects of your life’s needs and also in your next life, if you take a re-birth by the karma factor. This is a very detailed Vidya and only a sadguru’s blessing can make it possible for you. You get the Mantra Dikha Panchdasachri(fifteen word mantra) from a well qualified sadguru of Shri Vidya. It will entirely change your personality. You can also find this in few good books of Shri Vidya as well but my humble advice is to not recite it without taking Dikha from Sadguru as it can harm you. There are various methods of doing this sadhna, which are as follows:-
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Judaism Gods

Judaism Gods




The relationship with God

Jews believe that there is a single God who not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship.
They believe that God continues to work in the world, affecting everything that people do.
The Jewish relationship with God is a covenant relationship. In exchange for the many good deeds that God has done and continues to do for the Jewish People...
  • The Jews keep God's laws
  • The Jews seek to bring holiness into every aspect of their lives.

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This is a list of Egyptian Gods and goddesses



This is a list of Egyptian Gods and goddesses from Egyptian mythology. It is said that ancient Egyptians worshiped a number of gods (deities) at different times and in different places. It is important to under that ancient Egyptian “gods and goddesses” were mainly just REPRESENTATIONS of certain elements of nature, human attributes and other important aspects of their lifestyle that we indeed celebrated and ‘worshiped’.  The importance of certain gods and goddesses change over time while others were nonexistent until in later eras of Kemet.
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Maa Bagala Mukhi Maa

Maa Bagala Mukhi Maa



Baglamukhi or Bagala (बगलामुखी) is one of the mahavidyas (great wisdom/science), a group of ten Tantrik deities in Hinduism. Devi Bagalamukhi smashes the devotee's misconceptions and delusions (or the devotee's enemies) with her cudgel. The word Bagala is derived from the word Valga (meaning – bridle or to rein in) which, became Vagla and then Bagla. The Devi has 108 different names (some others also call her by 1108 names). Bagalamukhi is commonly known as Pitambari Maa in North India, the goddess associated with yellow color or golden colour.
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Maa Chhinna Masta Maa


Maa Chhinna Masta Maa




Chhinnamasta (Sanskrit: छिन्नमस्ता, Chinnamastā, "She whose head is severed"), often spelled Chinnamasta, and also called Ch(h)innamastika and Prachanda Chandika, is a Hindu goddess. She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of Devi, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated nude goddess, usually standing or seated on a divine copulating couple, holds her own severed head in one hand, a scimitar in another. Three jets of blood spurt out of her bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants.
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Goddess GuanYin

Goddess  Guan Yin



She's the Chinese goddess of compassion, bestows prayers and fertility. In ancient times Guan Yin was supposed to be a male, so don’t be surprised if you come upon a masculine Guan Yin.

In Sanskrit she's known as Padma pani - "Born of the Lotus." She is revered by both the Taoist and Buddhist. Kuan Yin is a shortened form of a name that means One Who Sees and Hears the Cry from the Human World. Her Chinese title signifies, "She who always observes or pays attention to sounds," i.e., she who hears prayers. Sometimes possessing eleven heads, she is surnamed Sung-Tzu-Niang-Niang, "lady who brings children." She is goddess of fecundity as well as of mercy.
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SatyaNaryan Dev

SatyaNaryan Dev




The Satyanarayan Puja is a Hindu (Devanāgarī: हिन्दु) religious observance. It is a ritual performed by Hindus before/on any major occasion like marriage, house warming ceremony etc. It can also be performed on any day for any reason. The Satyanarayana Puja is unique in that it does not require a Brahmin to perform.It is believed the ceremony originated in Bengal as Satya Pir ritual performed by all communities (Hindu, Muslim and buddhists) and later in 1800s morphed into Satyanarayan puja.

The Satyanarayana Puja is usually done on the Purnima day of every month (the day of the full moon) or a Sankranti. It is also done on special occasions and during times of achievements as an offering of gratitude to the Lord. These occasions include marriage, graduation, new job, and the purchase of a new home to name a few. In addition, it is said that a devotional performance of this puja will bear children to couples trying to start a family.
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Vayu Dev

Vayu Dev





Vāyu (Sanskrit: वायु, IAST: Vāyu; Malay: Bayu, Thai: Phra Pai) is a primary Hindu deity, the Lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman. He is also known as Vāta (वात), Pavana (पवन, the Purifier), and sometimes Prāna (प्राण, the breath).

As the word for air, (Vāyu) or wind (Pavana) is one of the Panchamahābhuta or five great elements. The Sanskrit word 'Vāta' literally means "blown", 'Vāyu' "blower", and 'Prāna' "breathing" (viz. the breath of life, cf. the *an- in 'animate'). Hence, the primary referent of the word is the "deity of Life", who is sometimes for clarity referred to as "Mukhya-Vāyu" (the chief Vāyu) or "Mukhya Prāna" (the chief of Life).

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Sri Panduranga Vittala

Sri Panduranga Vittala


Vithal, or Vitthal, or Vithoba, or Pandurang (a form of Krishna) is worshipped in some temples in Kerala. Vittala's original temple is at Pandharpur, Maharashtra. It is located 65 km west of Solapur, on the banks of the river Bhimarathi also known as Chandrabhaga. Phandarpur is referred as Pandaripuram by GSBs in Kerala.

The name Vithoba means Father Vitthala. Vitthala is said to have been derived from the word Vishnu in Kannada. Panduranga is a sanskritized form of Pandarga, the old name of Pandharpur.

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Maa Thawewali Maa

Maa Thawewali Maa





The Goddess Maa "Shakti" is the "Supreme power" which saturates the entire of the universe, and from which the Universe has emanated. There is nothing in the world, which is not "Shakti" in its essence. Shakti is the Great Mother of the Universe. Maa fights and vanquishes the evil forces to protect her Bhaktas (Devotees). She is always on the lookout for ways and means of helping her Devotee. Maa is very "Karunamayi", "Kripalu" and "Dayalu" (Kindhearted).

There are several names and forms of Maa Shakti. Bhaktas (devotees) worship her by many names in many forms, Maa Thawewali is one of them. There are 52 "SHAKTIPITHAs" in all over India, this place is also as like as "SHAKTIPITHA".

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Maa Nandni Mata

Maa Nandni Mata



Maa Nandni Mata is a Hindu goddess. The name Nandni (sometimes written Nandini) is another name for durga, which means "daughter".

Nandni Mata is also called Nandore Ma in the Vagadi language. According to ancient Hindu epics, Nandni Mata was a daughter of Yashoda in the Dwapad era, and was killed by Kansh. Mostly she is worshipped at the Navratri festival. Nandni Mata appears in several Vedic hymns and is also described in the eleventh chapter of the book Durga Saptmi. The hymn also associates her with Yashoda’s daughter .
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Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa




Shri Ramakrishna, who was born in 1836 and passed away in 1886, represents the very core of the spiritual realizations of the seers and sages of India. His whole life was literally an uninterrupted contemplation of God. He reached a depth of God-consciousness that transcends all time and place and has a universal appeal. Seekers of God of all religions feel irresistibly drawn to his life and teachings. 
Sri Ramakrishna, as a silent force, influences the spiritual thought currents of our time. He is a figure of recent history and his life and teachings have not yet been obscured by loving legends and doubtful myths. Through his God-intoxicated life Sri Ramakrishna proved that the revelation of God takes place at all times and that God-realization is not the monopoly of any particular age, country, or people. In him, deepest spirituality and broadest catholicity stood side by side. 
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