God Stories

NTRODUCTION :Lord Jagannath also called as Puri Jagannath, Panduranga, Vittala and Vithoba is an incarnation of Sree Krishna Bhagavan. The Jagannath temple is situated in puri, odhisha and it is a very famous one among the hindu devotees. Every year, during the rath yatra festival, lakhs of pilgrims would visit this temple to get the divine vision of the gods and the goddess. By seeing the darshan of the divine deities, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balarama and Goddess Ma Subhadra we would forget our worries and our miseries and sorrows would come to an end. The deities are decorated with beautiful cl..

INTRODUCTION :Mahabali is also known as Bali is the son of Virochana and he was a noble Daitya King. He is the grandson of Bhakta Prahlada. The festival of Onam is celebrated in Kerala towards honouring him and welcoming him to the homes of the Kerala people.Mahabali was the son of Devamba and Virochana. He grew up under the guidance of his grandfather, Prahlada, who helped him to lead the spiritual path. He learnt all the divine scriptures at his younger age itself, and was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, similar to his father and grandfather.After the death of his father Virochana, he took c..

INTRODUCTION : Nala, is the king of Nishadha Kingdom and the son of Veerasena. Nala is skilled in dealing with horses and was an expert in cooking. He was married to princess Damayanti, and their details were mentioned in the Mahabharata. He was suffered by the influence of “KALI PURUSHA”. He was also the author of the cookery book, Pakadarpanam.Once all the demi gods were willing to marry Damayanti due to her good qualities and good appearance. But she ignored the demi gods and chosen Nala as her husband. On hearing about this, “KALI PURUSHA”, was got angered and punished Damayanti by gi..

INTRODUCTION : Saraswati is the goddess of education and arts. She is the consort of Lord Brahma and resides in Satya Loka. She is worshiped similar to Mata Parvati and Lakshmi. Though there are independent temples dedicated to her in India, she is worshiped in separate shrines in shiva and Vishnu temples. She is also mentioned in the Rigveda and in other ancient sacred Hindu texts. Several sages and saints were praised her glory and got liberated by her. Generally she is depicted in the pictures as carrying a veena in her two hands, and holding a japa mala and divine books in her ot..

INTRODUCTION : Lord Vithoba, is a Hindu god mostly worshiped by the people of Maharashtra. He is the incarnation of Lord Krishna. Vithoba is often depicted as a smiling handsome young man by keeping his two arms on his hip, and appears with his consort Mata Rukmani.Pandharpur Vittal Rumani Mandir is the main temple for Lord Vittal. Daily lot of devotees are visiting this shrine for getting the divine blessings of Lord Vittal. People in Pandharpur worship Lord Vittal as their Kula Deva along with their original Kula Devata. Lord Krishna took the incarnation as Vittal to visit his devotee p..

INTRODUCTION:Varahi Devi is one among the seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. With the head of a boar, Varahi is the female aspect of Varaha, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Varahi is worshiped by the hindus throughout india and by the Buddhist people in a different name. Her origin was found in ancient vedas and hindu sacred texts. She was described as a beautiful goddess, wearing red garments and sitting in the lotus flower. Her face shines as equivalent to that of millions of suns and she wears diamond ornaments on her neck, and carries various weapons on her several hands and protects ..

INTRODUCTION: Matangi Devi is one among the Mahavidyas, and contains the features of Parvati, the Holy Mother. She is also described as an aspect of Goddess Saraswati. Similar to Saraswati, she is the god for education, music, wisdom, courage and knowledge. By worshiping her we can acquire great powers, and can safeguard ourselves from enemies, reach the top position in our life, moving with others in a pleasing manner and obtain good knowledge in all the subjects.Matangi is considered as the goddess of impurity and unhygienic. She is offered with the left-over food or spoiled food. Matan..

INTRODUCTION: Chaya Devi is the shadow goddess, and the consort of Lord Surya and the mother of the Justice god Lord Shani Bhagawan. She is formed from the shadow of Goddess Saranyu, the first wife of Lord Surya. Since Saranyu was unable to bear the heat of his consort Lord Surya, she kept Chaya in her place, and left surya loka and went to the earth for doing penance.Both Shani Dev and Mata Chaya are sincere devotees of Lord Shiva. She is mentioned in the Rigveda, Vishnu Purana and in Markandeya Purana. Mata Chaya contained very great good qualities and treated the children of saranyu as..

INTRODUCTION: Maheshwari is the consort of Lord Shiva and contains the power equivalent to that of Lord Shiva. And she is none other than our Mata Parvati Devi. Maheshwari is also known by the names Raudri, Shankari and Maheshi. Maheshwari’s Vehicle is the holy bull, Lord Nandi Bhagavan and also the divine lion, and contains golden coloured body with glittering face, contains weapons in her hands, and in her right hand she blesses us. She is worshiped by the people of odisha and throughout india.Mata Parvati took the avatar of Maheshwari in order to safeguard the demi gods in the hea..

INTRODUCTION: Durga also known as Adi Parashakti, is an incarnation of Mata Parvati Devi.  She is the warrior goddess, who destroys the evils and safeguards the innocent ones, and maintains peace and prosperity in the world. Durga Devi shows motherly affection to her devotees, and blesses them and helps them to reach the spiritual world.Durga Devi’s vehicle is a fierce tiger, and she carries various weapons on her hands and in one hand, she blesses us. She appears in the form of a beautiful lady, and wears ornaments in her neck, and she contains the powers of Saraswati, Lakshmi and P..