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Varahi Devi
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 ..
Purandara Dasa
INTRODUCTION : Purandara Dasa (1484-1564) was a devotee of Lord Vishnu, and a poet and saint. He was the disciple of the great saint Sree Vyasatirtha, and along with Kanakadasa he has written many bhakti songs on Lord Hari. Vyasatirtha, has praised him for his great efficiency in writing and singing songs in praise of Lord Vishnu. He contributed a lot to the Carnatic music. He is also praised by the people as the master of Carnatic music. He is considered as an avatar of the divine sage Narada Maharishi, also known as Devarishi Narada.Purandara Dasa was a big merchant of gold, silver and ..
Matangi Devi
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..
Kochchenganan
INTRODUCTIONKochchenganan was an ancient chola king. He was supposed to have lived before several thousands of years ago. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and spent his life towards devoting Lord Shiva in shiva temples and offering various puja services and performed abhishekhams and homams to please the god. He also ruled his kingdom in a proper manner, and provided all the amenities to his people. He had given a golden rule without causing any difficulties to the people of his kingdom.He was mentioned in the Sangam poetry. He was praised by the great poet Poygaiyar for his efficient r..
Chaya Devi
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..
Maheshwari
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..
Durga Devi
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..
Kaumari
INTRODUCTION: Kaumari is also known as Kumari and Kartikeyani is considered as an aspect of Lord Kartikeya, and is the Goddess of War. She is one among the seven mother goddesses. She is also considered as the consort of Lord Muruga, since she contains the qualities similar to Lord Muruga. Kaumari rides a peacock and has got four hands. She holds various weapons in her three hands, and in one hand, she blesses us. She was mainly incarnated for killing the powerful demons with her weapons. She is also an aspect of Goddess Shakti. She is the giver of boons to her devotees, and blesses the d..
Brahmani
INTRODUCTION:Brahmani is one among the seven mother goddess, and she is the form of Gayatri Devi and contains the power equivalent to that of Lord Brahma.She contains golden coloured body with attractive divine appearance and cheerful smile on her face. She is seated on the vehicle hamsa. She wears red garments and diamond and gold ornaments on her neck and gives us good knowledge in all the subjects and grants us wisdom, courage, physical and mental strength and guides us throughout our life. She is worshiped as Kuladevi by certain community of hindus, and also worshiped by the hindus through..
Asta Lakshmi
INTRODUCTIONGoddess Lakshmi is worshiped as a collective form of eight goddesses known as Ashtalakshmi. All these eight lakshmis bestows various boons to us and prosper our life. There are various temples dedicated for Ashtalakshmis. By worshiping the eight lakshmis in the Ashtalaskhmi temples, we will get good prospects in our life, our miseries and sorrows will be wiped out, we will get fresh energy and all our mental and physical problems in our life will be permanently removed. It is better to recite the Ashta Lakshmi Stotram in order to please the divine goddess.DIFFERENT FORMS OF LAKSHMI..
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