Photos of deities

slmi · Sep 13, 2010

Dear Chitra,

Happy vinayaga chaturthi to all. All Vinayagar pictures are very nice . especially vianayagar in oonjal is amazing. sandalwood kappy vinayagar is very beautiful.thanks for sharing with all.

gowthamanappu · Sep 17, 2010

CHENDHURA ANJANEYAR, PUNE.

Asaadhya Saadhaka Swaamin |
Asaadhyam Thava Kim Vadha ||
Raama Dhootha Krupaa Sindhoh |
Muth Kaaryam Saadhaya Prabhoh ||

JAI HANUMAN, JAI JAI HANUMAN!!!

chitra.g

revathy45 · Sep 17, 2010

Hello,
Can you please tell me where this temple is in Pune?I thought it was the Rasta peth Anjaneyar,but not sure.
Thanks,
Revathy

gowthamanappu · Sep 17, 2010

Hi,

Hanuman in Hanuman Temple before climbing to Parvati Temple in the Hill of Pune.

JAI HANUMAN!!!
chitra.g

revathy45 · Sep 18, 2010

Hi,Chitra,
Thanks so much for the info.
Revathy

gowthamanappu · Sep 23, 2010

PERUVUDAIYAR - - - BRIHADEESWARAR - - - LORD SHIVA OF THANJAVUR!!!

Shivaya Parameshwaraya
Chandra Shekharaya Nama Om
Bhavaya, Guna Sambhavaya
Shiva Thandavaya, Nama Om
Shivaya Parameshwaraya
Chandra Shekharaya, Nama Om
Bhavaya, Guna Sambhavaya
Shiva Thandavaya, Nama Om!!!

Om Namah Shivaya!!!

Chitra.g

kalpanaram · Oct 5, 2010

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Sri Raja Mathangi and Sri Maha Vaarahi

The supreme powers of Sri Raja Mathangi and Sri Maha Vaarahi are less known to the common public since both of them are conducting life course as subtle forces. Now they have come out of the subtleness, The time has come to reveal the true revelations
worldly pursuits of both Sri Raja Mathagi and Sri Maha Vaarahi. we learnt about Matangi before.

Here is an attempt to understand the Divine play of Sri Maha Vaarahi and Sri Raja Mathangi. Varahi shrines at Thanjavur Brahadeeswara temple and Sundararaja Perumal temple (very near the Swamimalai Murugan temple) exist and let us visit these places when we happen to go to swamimalai and take their divine blessings.

Who is Sri Maha Vaarahi?

She is the solemn power of Sri Raja Rajeswari. Sri Raja Rajeswari took the incarnation of Sri Maha Vaarahi to eliminate the cruel demon Pandasura. Pandasura was a great Shiva Bhakta. After thousands of years of penance, shiva appeared before him and the demon requested for a peculiar benediction that he never should be killed by any one, evidently meaning to live for ever. However Lord Shiva had a different opinion on birth and death aspect of humans. He said any one born on this earth must die one day. No one could be above this prime rule of life. Pandasura agreed for this condition with certain stipulations. He did not want to be killed by either human or animal or by natural causes. He could be annihilated only by a woman, not born of another woman and that too by one who had the habit of consuming filth (faeces) as food. How was it possible? However as is the habit of Shiva he gave the benediction to Pandasura.

Pandasura, incidentally was a great warrior and having attained this special position as a result of his penance, he went into the dangerous game of massacre of humans to reign supreme. He utilized his ill-gotten strength-that he could never be destroyed by any one except the one born by the earlier descriptio-to annihilate everyone including devas. When his torture exceeded the limits, they approached Lord Shiva seeking his intervention to save them from this cruel ruler. But Lord Shiva expressed his inability in this matter since he has given this benediction and asked them to approach the Divine Mother Sri Raja Rajeshwari for a solution. Besides, the destroyer had to be a woman and Divine Mother could find a solution to their worries. Therefore they approached the Mother with their woes and pains.

Mother, infact, was waiting for such an opportunity and when she heard their cry, she soothed them with the promise that very soon Pandasura would be annihilated.

Subsequent to this she started planning as to what kind of incarnation would help her kill Pandasura since he had been destined to die by unique creation, that would have to take birth as a woman and not in human body. There was only one possibility for this strange combination. It was to take the incarnation of a boar - a wild pig with tusks with female human body and face of a boar. However there was a problem as the same incarnation in the form of Varaha had already been taken place. Sri Maha Vishnu , Lord Narayana had appeared in this form much earlier to rescue the Mother earth during one of his several incarnations. Therefore, she thought it would fit into the logic when only she got a genuine permission from her brother to take a female form of boar. With deep prayer, she requested Sri Maha Vishnu to accede to her wish. At the behest of Sri Vishnu and keeping his form, deep within, Mother took the form of boar and came to be known as Sri Maha Vaarahi.

As soon as she got this form she became very powerful as if the strength of a hundred thousand boars verily became hers. Her power and strength were so much that immediately she left to tackle the demon Pandasura on a chariot called Giri chakra, dragged by thousand boars of solid might.

Yet she could not defeat Pandasura despite her phenomenal powers. Imagine what would have been the strength of that strange asura ! In frustration she approached Sri Vishnu and Sri Shiva for a solution as to how the demon could be destroyed. They suggested that mother would take with her the god of approbation- Lord Ganesha who would help her over come the initial pangs through his presence. Accordingly Shri Maha Varaahi took with her son Lord Ganesha and in the ensuing war destroyed Pandasura and his men and established peace on this earth and on the other worlds

Here we have to understand another unique phenomenon; the presence of Shri Raja Mathangi that is existing in this universe. When we talk about Shri Maha Varaahi we have to mention about Shri Raja Mathangi too because they can never be separated. Without one the other is non-existent.

The first deity is Sri Raja Mathangi. She travels in Gayachakra, a chariot which when moves, the atmosphere will be vibrating with sweet music. She is the embodiment of Nada (Sound). She stands for the propagation of Jnana (Knowledge ) , art, education, music and so on. Since both of them are not different from Mahalakshmi, they bless those worship them with wealth and health. This is for certain.

Sri Raja Matangi is known as Manthrini.

Sri Maha Vaarahi is known as Dandini.

As Manthrini, Sri Raja Mathangi is the symbol of knowledge. She is also an amsa of Sri Madurai Meenakshi and Sri Saraswathi. Sri Maha Vaarahi acts as a judge and always tend to punish the wicked and save the innocent. Therefore she is known as Dandini.

Here we are blessed with an opportunity to directly pray to both Sri Raja Mathangi and Sri Maha Vaarahi. Generally not many people know about Sri Raja Mathangi and Sri Maha Vaarahi because they are known as Sushma Rahasya devathas ( They are symbolizing the subtle secret of the divinity ). They are closely identified with Sri Lalithambika and are found in the form of Sri Lakshmi and Sri Saraswathi. Mother Lalithambika is sitting on the form of Lord Sadhashiva. This is the secret of Sri Chakra. Sri Chakra is also known as Srinagaram. In Sri chakra, crores of Devathas are said to be housed and therefore the worship of SriChakra indirectly agrees with the worship of millions of Devathas at the same time.
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Sri Varahi – It is nothing but natural that this name of the Goddess would instantaneously evoke in a devotee not only steep devotion but also intense fear. But in reality, Goddess Varahi is compassionate-incarnate, dispels the unwanted fear in a devotee and protects him with Motherly concern.
But who is this Goddess Varahi? And what is Her incarnation all about? At the outset, ‘Varahi’ means ‘the destroyer of evil and the protector of good. But in a deeper sense, the Goddess is a manifestation of the Supreme Mother and is empowered to bestow anything and everything a true devotee could pray for!

The very form of Sri Varahi is of “good thoughts” and She bestows Her supreme grace on devotees by removing obstacles and crowning them with all victory and glory. The very incarnation of Varahi is divinely significant and interesting to know. When the Supreme Mother took the ominous form of Sri Sandi to fight the demons, Sri Varahi incarnated from Her to command the forces of good against the evil. Hailed as the ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of the Supreme Mother’s army, Sri Varahi is one of the seven sakthis incarnating from the Mother.
The Lalita Sahasranama, a collection of 1000 names of the Supreme Mother, hails Sri Varahi as the destroyer of demon Visukran, who was born from the right hand of demon Bhanasura.

She was also the commander-in-chief of the armies of Goddess Kali in the war against demon Tharukasura; of Goddess Sandi in the war against demon Sumbasura; and commander-in-chief of the forces of Sri Lalita in the war against demon Pandasura.
Saint-poet Sri Abirami Bhattar in his evergreen composition – Abirami Andadhi – cites the names of Sri Varahi as another name of the Supreme Mother.

Sri Devi Bhagavata hails Sri Varahi as one who “dispels the fear and bestows victory.” Many Puranic lores revere Sri Varahi (in the form of Thandini) and Sri Shyamala (in the form of Manthrini) – the two forces without whose permission the Supreme Goddess cannot be beheld. That is Sri Shymala is the sugarcane in the sugarcane bow adorning the hands of the Supreme Mother while Sri Varahi is the sharp arrows shot from it to kill the enemies.
‘Girichakra’ is the chariot on which Sri Varahi is seated and is worshipped in nine forms, much similar to Sri Durga. Sri Varahi is also revered in the names of Ashvaarooda Thandini Devi, Panchami Devi, Swapna Devi, Vaarthali Devi, Madhu Varahi, Manthrini Varahi, Bhakta Varahi and Pakaalamukhi. Out of these names Sri Varahi as Panchami is regarded the most powerful, as She is the manifestation of the supreme powers of Lord Sadasiva. This explains why the Panchami day falling after the full moon day is considered the most auspicious day to worship Sri Varahi.

I bow and submit this at her lotus feet!

chitra.g// I have enclosed varahi maalai published in 1897 and it is very rare to get this stothra. download and preserve and pass the same to deserving devotees.
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Hi
i could see and download the picture of godesses varahi. but the stotra mala is not available for download. kindly send me the link to download the stotra mala. thank u.

kalpanaram · Oct 5, 2010

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PossumBuddy · Oct 9, 2010

Re: Growing Hanuman in Madurai temple

Hi,
What a wonderful picture. I love to see Anjaneyar. I'll be going to India on the 19th of October 2010. I'll be visiting my uncle in Pondicherry. Then to all the lovely and historic temples there. Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple is one of it. I would not miss the chance to see Anjaneyar as well.
Thank you very much for the info.
Looking forward to have a lovely holidays there.

Regards, Possumbuddy