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babymuther · 3 months

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#m.i.a.#maya #matangi

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pazzesco · 7 months

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🛕🪔 शाक्त 🪔🛕

Shaktism (doctrine of energy, power, the eternal goddess), is one of several major Hindu denominations, wherein the metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically a woman and Maha Devi Shakti is regarded as the supreme godhead. It includes many goddesses, all considered aspects of the same supreme goddess. Shaktism has different sub-traditions, ranging from those focused on most worshipped Durga, gracious Parvati to that of fierce Kali. According to a 2010 estimate by Johnson and Grim, Shaktism is the third largest Hindu sect, constituting about 30 million or 3.2% of Hindus.

Some Forms of Maha Devi Shakti

Durga - Sits upon a tiger during Navaratri

Parvati - She is kind and tender and represents motherhood

Kali - Goddess of Time, Change, Creation, Power, Destruction and Death

Many Hindus worship Shakti as the divine mother who calls for absolute surrender. Yogis regard Shakti as the power, lying dormant within the body as a coiled serpent (kundalini), that must be aroused and realized to reach spiritual liberation. Shaktism is an essential part of Hindu Tantra, a system of practices involving the worship of the goddess and designed to empower and release both mind and body.

In popular worship, the goddess Shakti is known by many names; Hindus regard all female deities as her different manifestations and may refer to her simply as Devi (Goddess).

Relief statues of Vaishnavi, Varahi, Indrani and Chamunda

Ammavaru - according to Hindu belief, she is an ancient goddess who laid the egg that hatched Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. "Amma" means mother. She is thought to have existed before the beginning of time.

As Tripura Sundari, she is the complete supreme form. Here, she's enthroned with her left foot upon the Sri Chakra, holding her traditional symbols, the sugarcane bow, flower arrows, noose and goad.

The goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi

Shiva and Parvati with their Sons Karttikeya and Ganesha and the Calf Bull

The Mahavidya

The Mahavidya are a group of ten Hindu Tantric goddesses. The 10 Mahavidyas are: Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi , Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamala. Nevertheless, the formation of this group encompass divergent and varied religious traditions that include yogini worship, Saivism, Vaishnavism, and Vajrayana Buddhism.

The ten mahavidyas, Rajasthan. Top: Kali. Second row (l->r): Bhairavi, Bhuvaneshvari, Tara. Third row (l->r): Bagalamukhi, Kamala, Chhinnamasta. Last row (l->r):Tripura Sundari, Matangi, Dhumavati

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ado0odi · 4 months

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#m.i.a.#matangi #free palestine #bring the noize #palestine #m.i.a

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arjuna-vallabha · 1 year

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Matangi by Lakshmi Kanagasabai

#matangi #shaktism #goddess #hindu art

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dezmoines · 2 months

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#m.i.a #bad girls #matangi #2013

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swdefcult · 9 months

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#m.i.a.#double bubble trouble #matangi #cyberpunk

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infornograph · 1 year

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M.I.A. x Versus Versace 2013

#m.i.a.#versace #versus versace #2013 #matangi

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lazulilu · 3 months

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Matangi (2013, M.I.A.) booklet

source: encartespop

❝ (...) Its title is a variant of M.I.A.'s real first name and references the Hindu goddess Matangi. The lyrics feature themes related to Hinduism, including reincarnation and karma, and the music blends Western and Eastern styles.

The album's release was originally set for December 2012 but it was delayed multiple times; in August 2013, M.I.A. threatened to leak the album herself if the label did not finalise a release date. The first single, "Bad Girls", was released nearly two years before the album. (...) Matangi received largely positive reviews from critics and was included in several publications' year-end lists of the best albums of 2013. Its chart peak was lower on the main album chart of both the UK and United States, although in the U.S. it topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and reached the top ten of the Top Rap Albums listing. It also charted in other countries, including Australia, Belgium and Japan. ❞ — wikipedia

#music #design #2010s #m.i.a.#mia #matangi #matangi album #album booklet #album cover #album art #album artwork

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junosix6 · 8 months

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M.I.A photos

#music #m.i.a.#matangi #kala #mia

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louderfade · 9 months

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Late 19th-century lithograph depicting the Hindu goddess Matangi

#supernatural powers man #matangi #fav

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vizthedatum · 6 months

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I wrote a poem as a prayer for Kali pujo 2023!

jai Ma, why can’t it be easy?! (a Kali Pujo to Matangi) (2023)

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jai Ma, why can’t it be easy?! to listen to receive to speak to finally know what I see?

please don’t let shame appease me. to mask to hide to project when I just want what frees me.

the echoes ease me. to believe to hear to trust to know you agree.

you are dreamy. am I? are you? what is? but a Devi?

I’m ready. to shed to grow to bloom openly.

ugly. to be to you to me lovely.

three. to us to them to me Shri.

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- Rose the artist formerly known as she her Pri

~ গোলাপ্রী

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ginazmemeoir · 2 years

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i started reading up on the matrikas and tantric goddesses in hinduism

and i think the raddest has to be Matangi.

this right here is matangi. in simple terms, she's Saraswati's tantric form and one of the ten Mahavidyas.

she was formed from the leftovers of the food that the gods had at a feast, and Parvati had declared her as a goddess in her own right.

or she could also be the chandalini (women who work at the crematorium) form of Parvati when she had sex with Shiva which involved role-play.

or she could also be the casteist sister of Shiva, called Kauri-bai. Parvati cursed her for her casteism to herself be born as those she considered "low caste" to teach her a lesson. Shiva then made her a goddess, and no visit to Kashi today is complete without worshipping Kauri Bai.

as such she's associated with pollution and all things which are considered impure in classical Hinduism, and is extolled as the goddess of dalits and adivasis, and thus is a symbol of equality and the fact that knowledge and learning is unrestricted. she is offered the leftover prasad as offerings instead of freshly cooked food, a reminder of her origins.

she is green in colour and she sparkles and she is constantly high. she controls the material aspects of the arts and learning and speech, while Saraswati controls the more philosophical and spiritual parts. she also represents the 64 arts. she also is the goddess of the throat chakra. oh and it is said worshipping her gives you magical powers, specifically telepathy and mind control.

honestly she is so cool.

#matangi #hinduism #hindu mythology #tantric goddessses

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ado0odi · 1 month

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