She married Kahalsang Gohil or Kalubha Gohil of Samdhiala villagenear present-day Bhavnagar. He was a follower of Nijiya tradition of Bhakti Movement.
The couple was religious and their home became centre of devotional activities which was small to house number of sadhus (ascetics) and people visiting.
According to traditional account, to prove his spiritual powers, Kalubha once resurrected a cow but later he regretted and decided to take samadhi and end his life.
Gangasati urged him to let her take samadhi too but he refused and instructed her to wait until she had perfected Panbai in path of devotion.
Panbai is her childhood friend.
She agreed and composed devotional songs, bhajans, one per day for fifty two days to teach Panbai, the path of devotion. She took samadhi thereafter.
This song is one of such song of Gagnasati dedicated to Panbai!
Jay Mata ji!
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Kīrtana (कीर्तन, “glorifying”) refers to one of the three rites mentioned in the Śivapurāṇa 1.3.
"Śravaṇa is the first rite. The intelligent scholar must listen to the oral explanation of the preceptor and then practice the other rites.—Kīrtana and Manana(deliberation)”.
According to Śivapurāṇa 1.4, “Śravaṇa (listening) is effected when one associates with good men. Then the Kīrtana of Paśupati becomes steady.
In the end is the Manana which is the most excellent. All these take place as a result of benevolent surveillance of Lord Śiva”.
These steps are not necessary to be sequential and are considered to be different ways of bhakti.
Our Today's topic is:
श्रवण - Listen to God's lila, narrative, significance, power, source, etc. with absolute reverence with the unlimited mind. Same as Parikshit listened to Bhagwat Purana.
Words of wisdom from Sri Ramana Maharishi about Desire and Aatma :
Atman is verily what you call your Self. It is pure Consciousness / Awareness. It is the source within you. It has no other attributes.
You are identified with the body and the mind (ego) and hence you think you are limited. When you transcend this body/mind complex, you'll see you are pure awareness.
Ambitions, love, fear etc. are all extensions of desire. Desire comes from ignorance - of the fact that by nature (as your true Self) you are complete.
The incompleteness stems from identifying with the body, mind, ego and are not attributes of the Self (Atman).
Kumbhabhishekam is a Hindu temple consecration ceremony that involves sprinkling (abhishekam) the temple with sacred waters brought in a water pot (kumbha).
It also is the process of restoring the depleted power of the deity in the temple. 1/5
The consecration ceremony takes several days and begins with honoring Ganesha and praying to the Earth.
The central events take place in a large tent by the temple and include a fire altar ceremony, offerings of words and goods, and a closing ceremony, purnahuti or completion.
Kumbhabhishekham is widely celebrated as a festival in South India.
Ashtabandhanam is the process of affixing an icon to its pedestal (peetham) with a clay-like paste made of 8 specific herbs mixed with wood lac, limestone powder, resin, red ochre, beeswax and butter.
DAITYAS were greatly devoted to their deities followed Vedic rituals, undertook severe penance, and offered incredible offerings to Deties. Hiranyakashipu,
Sishupala, Virochana and Bali were some (renowned!) daityas.
Daityas often Raise a war against the Devas and Distrubed their religious ceremonies. They often winning and the gods had to ask divine dispensation to get back power.