Durga Maa

Saraswati by Udaya Charan Shresta, Nepal

🛕🪔 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

She is everything. He is just Ken

Day nine of Navratri

9 days, 9 Godesses

Day nine : Siddhidatri | सिद्धिदात्री

Purest form of energy

Siddhadhatri is pure energy-the first and purest form of energy. Modern science has only recently understood the concept of pure energy! She was formless but Shiva supplicated her and she became Adi Shakti. In her Parvati attained her supreme form as a complete manifestation of Mahashakti or the primeval power.

Siddhi means supernatural power and dhatri means the giver. So she is the sole source of all power-both material and spiritual. She is capable of giving us all the eight siddhis-ashta siddhis or supernormal powers.

Mantra for the day:

ॐ देवी सिद्धिदात्र्यै नमः ॥ "Aum Devi Siddhidhatrayai Namaha!"

Jai Maa Durga 🔱

"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. Do you understand?"

-Eric Draven

A Prayer of Thanks to Mother Earth

MahaDevi, Gaia-Shakti, She Who Is All

On The Eve of My Solar Return, I Thank You

I Thank You For the Earth, and the Ground Beneath My Feet

I Thank You For This World, and My Home in the Cosmos

I Thank You For this Life, and the Reality of My Existence

You, Who Has Guided Me Since Childhood

You, Who Holds the Worlds Axis

You, Who Both Birthed and Is the Universe

Thank You for the 25 Years of Life I Have Been Blessed With

Thank You for the Struggles That Have Made Me Who I Am

Thank You for your Love That Gives Me Life and Purpose

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Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Namo Namo

Sarab Shakti, Sarab Shakti, Sarab Shakti, Namo Namo

Pritham Bhagvati, Pritham Bhagvati, Pritham Bhagvati, Namo Namo

Kundalini Mata Shakti, Mata Shakti, Namo Namo

आदि शक्ति, आदि शक्ति, आदि शक्ति, नमो नमो

सरब शक्ति, सरब शक्ति, सरब शक्ति, नमो नमो

प्रीतम भगवती, प्रीतम भगवती, प्रीतम भगवती, नमो नमो

कुंडलिनी माता शक्ति, माता शक्ति, नमो नमो ||

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Devi , is resplendently beautiful as she is the abundance of cosmos . The suns , moons and the galaxies are her ornaments , and the fabric of creation are her clothes . Her complexion appeared neelvarna / bluish as she is vast and boundless like the universe . The Kumkum on her forehead is the Shakti / feminine tatva , the creative / birth giving aspect of the Universal Goddess. Everything is considered sacred on her path , nobody is discriminated and nothing is considered as a taboo . The Devi says when a woman is worshiped as her embodiment with all the proper acharas , and when her body is no more considered as a medium for lust but as a sacred space then only a devotee attains her ultimate blessings ....🌹🌷🌺🙏

𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑖,

𝑀𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑑ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑖,

🌺 𝐽𝑎𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑎 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑔e 🌺

“I wept before the Mother and prayed. “O Mother, please tell me, please reveal to me what the yogis have realized through yoga and the jnanis through discimination.” And the Mother has revealed everything to me. She reveals everything if the devotee cries to Her with a yearning heart. She has shown me everything that is in the Vedas, the Vedanta, the Puranas, and the Tantra.” “My Mother! Who is my Mother? Ah, She is the Mother of the Universe. It is She who creates and preserves the world, who always protects Her children, and who grants whatever they desire : dharma, artha, kama, moksha. A true son cannot live away from his mother. The mother knows everything. The child only eats, drinks, and makes merry, he doesn’t worry himself about the things of the world.” “The divine Mother is always playful and sportive. This universe is Her play. She is self-willed and must always have Her own way. She is full of bliss. She gives freedom to one out of a hundred thousand…”

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Jagath Pitarau Vande Parvathi Parameshwaram.

Kali

Kali by S.M Pandit, 1956

🟣🟣🌸🌸🟡🟡🌸🌸🟣🟣 AN AMAZING AUSPICIOUS BEAUTIFUL DEVIMAA 🌺🌺🌺from @vishvrajsinh_the_artist • . ༺।। श्रीविद्या ।।༻ ꧁𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢꧂ Śrī Balā Tripurasundarī is a child form of the Devī.She is Non Different from Śrī Lalita Mahātripurasundarī herself. She is seen with four hands holding an akshamālā, pustaka, abhaya and varadam. Her Vāhana is a swan (Hamsa) and is the representation of complete knowledge and wisdom.She is Gurumaṇḍaḷa rūpiṇī. Bala = Guru"....... Context? She is the one who resides in the Guru sthana in one's body. She is the intuitive power behind every Siddha. It is because of her that the line of siddhas starting from Shree Agastya himself had direct connections with the divine. But in today's world, she is underestimated. People yearn to go to the next stage without properly propitiating her. Shree Dakshinaamoorti's gurumaataa was Shree Bala Tripurasundari who later gave herself to Shree Dakshinaamoorti, in the form of Shree Tripurabhairavi, as his consort after eons of worshipping her. Hence she is the very embodiment of Guru Tattva. She is gurumandala all in all. Let us remember her through a verse : हे देवी गुरुरूपिणी शुभकरी कन्यास्वरूपे परे हे बाले ललिते बदरीशवन्दितपदे हे भैरवी मोक्षदे । हे सौम्ये वरदाभये शिवनुते रक्ताम्बरालंकृते श्रीविद्ये करपुस्तके सुखकरी माम् पातु पूर्णे सदा || Verses written by @kayceevee_19 #srividya #devi #ammavaru #manidweepam #shaktism #parabramha #shakta #srikulim #srimata #shodashi #mataji #sripuram #art #balatripurasundari #bala #bhuvaneshwari #srichakra #artistoninstagram #bahucharaji #bhuvaneshvari #lalita #kanchipuram #balambika #instaart #shreevidya #srividyaseries #vishvrajsinhtheartist #digitalart #indianculture #shreevidyaseries https://www.instagram.com/p/CpCHTpBuHxx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

There is a Bengali serial on Star Jalsha called Ramprasad about the famous eighteenth century Bengali saint, Ramprasad, who wrote poems dedicated to the goddess Kali. As a Shakt and a devotee of Ma Kali, I wanted to like it so bad but oh my god. It's dripping with so much melodrama and the typical, age old, cliched cunning evil mother-in-law versus sweet innocent daughter in law. Some of the actors are such nautankibaaz as well. Ma, please forgive me, but sitting through this serial is a pain 😭😭😭