After the wedding of Shiva and Maa Parvati was fixed, Lord Shiva reached King Himavan's palace to marry Maa Parvati, her mother, Maina Devi, fainted looking at his unconventional avatar. Shiva had a snake around his neck, his hair was unkempt, and
his marriage procession comprised ghosts, sages, goblins, and ghouls. Then, Maa Parvati took the form of Maa Chandraghanta and prayed to Shiva, who then appeared as a charming Prince. The two got married afterwards.
When Mahagauri started wearing a half Chandra on her forehead,
she was known as Maa Chandraghanta. She mounts a tiger representing bravery, has ten hands, and wears the semi-circular moon (Chandra) on her forehead. While Maa Chandraghanta carries Trishul, Gada, Sword and Kamandal in her left hands (her fifth hand is in Varada Mudra), she
holds a lotus flower, arrow, Dhanush and Japa Mala in her right hands (her fifth hand is in Abhaya Mudra).
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Day 4: This day of Navratri has a great importance as Maa Kushmanda is worshipped on this particular day. She is the fourth form of Maa Durga and this day is purely dedicated to Maa Kushmanda.
'Kushmanda' is the sanskrit name of the Maa which means Ku - little, Ushma - energy or light and Anda - egg. It is believed that when Prabhu Vishnu started creating this universe then there was darkness all around then a formless light spread everywhere when she
smiled which lighten up all the whole universe including galaxies and other planets and this was in the form of Maa Kushmanda. She created the world from nothing, from zero as without light the life is impossible anywhere.
After spending many days in Vrindavan, Mahadev said to Nandi, “My dear Nandi, now it’s time to have darshan of Devi Adishakhti in her full glory. Let’s go there!”
“Where Prabhu? Mata is present in all
her Shakti Peethas in her glory. Where do we go next?” asked a curious Nandi.
“My dear! Your Mata is enthroned in all Shakti Peethas in one of her forms. But, there’s one Shakti Peetha, where she resides in her full glory. That is Vindhyachal, the eternal abode of Maa Chandika
where she appears every time to slay the asuras. Just as entire saptashati is presided over by Mahakaali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati and hence is the crest jewel of all scriptures, similarly, on this mountain, Mahakaali, Mahalakshmi Vindhyavasini and Mahasaraswati
Shailputri is the first among the 9 forms of Maa Durga who are worshiped throughout the 9 days of Navratri festival. Each day of this festival is dedicated to the one form of Durga and first day is
Maa Shailputri.
Navratri Ghatasthapana
Devi Shailputri is worshiped just after the Ghatasthapana process.
*About Shailputri*
Mata Shailputri looks like this:
• Half Moon on the forehead
• Trident in right hand
• Lotus in left hand
• Mounted on Nandi, the bull
🔱 Shailaputri is a Sanskrit name, which means – the daughter of the
mountain (Shaila = Mountain, Putri = Daughter). As the legend goes, Maa Durga had taken birth in the home of the Parvat Raj Himalaya (King of the Himalayas). Hence, this incarnation of hers got the
The Budhanilkantha temple is home to a 1400 years old statue of Prabhu Vishnu in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a unique temple to Vishnu, a one of its kind, something unlike what we had seen earlier. The unique Sleeping Vishnu statue of the Budhanilkantha
Temple has many myths and legends associated with its origin, which add to the Budhanilkantha temple mystery.
There is a very interesting story about how the Statue of Vishnu was discovered. Legend has it that a farmer and his wife were ploughing their land when the
plough struck something hard. It turned out that what the plough had hit was the idol of Vishnu. Miraculously the field started to turn red from the blood flowing from the idol. The idol was then placed in its current position.
Do you know.. why one should not worship Mahadev with Ketaki flowers?
Bhagwan Shiva is extremely fond of white colour and this is why white flowers are most commonly used while worshipping him. Yet, there is a flower that is white and beautiful, but
offering it to Shiva is prohibited. This flower is known as “Ketaki”. There is a legend behind not offering Ketaki flowers to Mahadev.
According to a legend, there was once a dispute between Bhagwan Brahma, the creator of the universe, and Prabhu Vishnu, the
protector of the universe, as to who is the best among of the two. The dispute grew so much that they had to call Bhagwan Shiva to make a decision. So, Mahadev created a Jyotirlinga with his powers and told both of them that whoever will identify the beginning
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Why Bhagwan Balaji has camphor on his chin?
The story says that the famous Vaishnav saint Ramanuja once asked his son Ananthashwar to raise a flower garden for Bhagwan Venkatesh in Tirumala, the abode of Bhagwan Venkatesh.Ananthashwar abided by
the request of his father went upon raising a flower and fruit garden for his Bhagwan.
He took the help of his wife who was pregnant…she found it difficult to do the manual labor from time to time. Bhagwan Venkatesh…saw the trouble of Ananthashwar’s wife…he took the
form of a young boy and helped her out.On one occasion when this came to the notice of Ananthashwar, the latter was furious and he hit the boy with a crowbar on the chin.The boy then disappeared but when Ananthashwar visited the Tirupati Temple in Tirumala, he found that