The Enlightened souls

Goddess Soolini, the principal form of the Goddess Durga, also known as Devi and Shakti. Maa Soolini the Mahashakti, the form and formless, is the root of knowledge, wisdom, creation, preservation and annihilation. She is Shakti or power of lord Shiva. Shoolini Durga, the Lion is usually behind Durga. There is a subtle meaning to it. Maa Shoolini is also popularly known as Dhuruvi, Dhuru ki Devi, Shoolini Durga, Shivrani, Shulini Devi, Saloni Devi, Salonee Devi, you can call her with any name, what matters is the purity of heart. She is also called "Paharon ki Rani", "Queen of Mountains", Queen of Himalayas Prayers to Her will protect Her devotees from all misfortunes in life as well as remove drishti dosha,  clear negative energies, remove obstacles , delays and bad luck. She also can drive away evil  spirits, turn of bad spells by witch craft and black magic. She can also eliminate bad effects of navagraha. Lord Vishnu took avatar of Lord Narasim...

 In Srividya  , Shyamala devi (combination of Maha Saraswati and Raja Matangi). She is minister of universe. She is next to Goddess Raja Rajeswari/Goddess Lalitha tirupura sundari. She gives power to attract man, women, animals, wild animals, invisible being of entire universe. Matangi  the ninth of the Mahavidyas Devatas, is the Goddess of Wisdom and governs speech, music, knowledge, the spoken word, arts  and  supernatural powers. Her worship is prescribed to acquire extraordinary powers, especially gaining control over enemies, attracting people to self, acquiring mastery over all  the 64 arts and gaining supreme knowledge.  As She is the minister for Adhi Sakthi, She is also known as Raja Matangi, besides many other names as Sangita Yogini, Shyamala, Manthrini, Sachivesani, Sukapriya, Veenavathi, Mudrini, Kadambavanavasini, etc., She is also the presiding deity of the Mercury Planet.  The Devi Bhagavata Purana describes Matangi and h...

Bhagalamukhi is also goddess varahi.she is stambana shakti(paralyse the enemy). The enemies tongue is silenced , if enemy continues his intellect is destroyed. when a upasak thinks of mind as his enemy, she silence the mind, destroys intellect guiding the upasak to moksha(enlightenment). She is also brahma astra. The ultimate weapon, when a upasak prays to her. No astra/weapon can hit him. If he releases a weapon no armour can stop it. Goddess "Baglamukhi" or "Bagala" is  the eighth of the dasa mahavidyas. She is also known as Vak Sthambhanakaari, as she can silence the enemy by her strength. She likes yellow colour and her worship is totally based on yellow colour including flowers and dress. She is close to Goddess Vaarahi.  She can help Her devotees to regulate pranayama and attain the required siddhi. She has helped Eswaran, Vishnu and Karthik to help them during the wars with various Asuras. Goddess Akhilandeswari who has her temple in Thiruvanaikkovil...

The fourth of Mahavidyas is Bhuvaneswari , also known as “ Suddha Vidya “. She sits on a lotus flower and inculcates knowledge in the minds of Her devotee, by converting his external  outlook  to that of how to look inside his body and attain revelation . Bhuvana means the universe.  She is the ruler (Īśvari) of this universe.  Seven worlds below the planet earth including earth and seven worlds above the earth are together called universe.  These fourteen also  represent the products of the five tattvas and antaḥkaraṇas. The seven planets below us are Athala, Vithala, Suthala, Rasaathala, Talathala, Mahatala and Paathaala . The seven planets above us,  are Bhuloka or Earth{ food }, Bhuvarloka { Prana }, Suvarloka {Mind } ,Mahar Loka { Science }, Jano Loka {Ananda }, Thapo Loka { Chith }, Sathya Loka { Sath } . The seven holy mothers, Brahmi,  Maaheswari,  Kaumari, Vaishnavi,  Vaaraahi,  Indraani and Chamundi appeared fro...

All the negative forces of universe reports to her. She is also called dhumra varahi. In a few houses, they light incense sticks, sweet smelling smoke(sambrani, dhoop) with a bell. This invokes good dhumavati and ensures all negative forces are driven away. The black magicans pray to her for their own protection before they invoke the lower negative forces. In Sri vidhya upasana, she is ultimate force before self realisation. She gives the power of annihilation of universe and tests. If a upasak of srividhya doesn’t use this power of annihilation and takes her blessing. She blesses them to goto Goddess Tirupura Sundari or Raja Rajeswari. The upasak proceeds to enlightenment. If you feel bad dhumavati forces are on you. Take fresh cows milk. This will drive away negative energy. Dhumavati is the seventh of the Dasa Mahavidyas. Dhumavati represents the fearsome aspect of Adhisakthi. She is often portrayed as an old, ugly widow, and is associated with things considered inaus...

The name Bhairavi means "Terror" or "awe-inspiring". She is the Fifth of ten Mahavidyas and Bhairavi means “ Terror” or “ awe inspiring “. She is also called Ananda Bhairavi and Tripurabhairavi. "Tri" means three, "Pura" means fortress, castle, city, town, etc. Tripura convey three different stages of consciousness i.e active, dream and deep sleep. She is in the form of all triads and once these triads are transcended, the Brahman is attained. In other words, once we have her grace, we can realize Shiva consciousness. In many places the devotees also call her as Durga. Her dhyana shloka in the Devi Mahatmya describes her form. She is seated on a lotus with four hands, one with a book, one with rosary beads, one with abhaya mudra and another with varada mundra. She wears red garments and wears a garland of severed heads around her neck. She has three eyes and her head is adorned with a crescent moon. In another form she is carrying a sword a...

The sixth of the Dasa Mahavidyas, is the most awe inspiring Devata. Not only in Hindu Tantra but Chinnamastā finds herself prominent in the pantheon of Tibetan Tantric deities as Vajravairochani. Her stunningly ferocious imagery naturally invokes fear and trepidation, matched only by the effects that her sadhana can cause to a seeker. In Tibetan Buddhism , She is also referred to as Chinnamunda, who, some scholars believe is a form of Vajravarahi. The term vajra denotes an indestructible purity and is often added as a prefix to the names of different spiritual beings. One of the earliest texts which mention Chinnamasta is the Hindu Chinnamastākalpa and the Tantrasara. A less ambitious application of Chinnamastā sadhana is for nullifying the effects of Rahu as a graha. Probably the most important center of Chinnamastā worship in India exists in Rajarappa in the state of Jharkhand where the idol is made of Gomedh. The two small goddess on either side represents the iccha shakti(...

 Tripura Sundari or Lalita Maha Tripura Sundari is the Adhi Shakthi or Mother Supreme. She chose Lord Shiva to be her spouse and is the mother of Lord Ganesha, Lord Karthik and Goddess Bala Tripurasundari. Some scriptures say that She is the mother of Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Rajarajeswari, Kamakoti, Sri Vidya and Gowri also. She is called Vishnu Maya, Sri Lalitha Bhattarika,Sri Lalita Parameswari, and by several other names. Though She is listed as the third Devata of Dasa Mahavidyas, She is the foremost of the ten mahavidyas and the highest aspect of Goddess Adi Parashakti and commands the whole team of Dasa Maha Vidyas, occupying the central “Bindhu” position in Sri Chakra, and the top position when it is worshipped as the three dimensioned form of Maha Meru. She is served by 16 Thithi Nithya Devathas including Vaarahi and Raja Mathangi. . The Tripura Upanishad places her as the ultimate Shakti (energy, power) of the universe.[4] She is described as the supreme consciousness, rul...

Tara is the second of the Dasamaha Vidyadevathas, about whom there are some interesting mention in scriptures. She solves troubles of devotees when they pass in oceans. First is about the formation on this earth with all facilities for humans animals and insects to live comfortably both on earth and in water. When the two Asuras Madhu and Kaitabha were killed, the fragments of their bodies formed the base for the land mass of our Earth and there was nothing except water and barren land. Sun was created by the efforts of Tara and Dakshineshwar Tara produced light , energy and heat through her powers, which became the source for the Sun. She created a tremendous air flow from her breath, which hit the energy bodies and led to their union. The increasing source of energy inside the water gave the required boost to the appearance of the eternal sun. Surya was told that he has to give his life-giving sun rays to the world and give life to all beings, by staying at one place and pro...

Remover of ego, anger(Chanda and munda) Remover of lower qualities Destruction of enemies Destruction of blackmagic Gives ultimate supreme knowledge(gyana) Kaali is mentioned as the first of the ten Maha Vidya Devathas because in a certain way she is the one who “spins the wheel of the universal time”. On the other hand, at the end of the manifested world, time (in Sanskrit Kaala) devoured all the universes of the three plans of the creation: the physical, the astral and the causal universes. Kaali finally devours the time {Kaala} itself, and this is the very reason for which Kaali is viewed as the primordial cause of the creation and destruction of the universe. She is described as being dark as the night, dancing over Shiva’s inert, white body. This representation reveals the significance of the two fundamental aspects of Reality: on one hand there is the dynamic aspect of God (Kaali’s dance) and on the other the static, transcendent aspect of consciousness (identified w...

A very efficient and able administrative network , always indicate a strong administrator, singly and strongly holding charge, regardless of how big or small, the organization / unit is. The Chief Controller may not be in touch with each of his deputies but the policy decisions taken by the Chief will be implicitly be implemented by all his deputies automatically, as if the Chief is sitting in every place and functioning. In our part of India, they will say that even in a kitchen , where there are several cooks working, the control should be with one single Chief Chef and not with two persons. If it is not done, the result may probably be “ No Salt “ or “ More Salt “. An usual question Indian boys and girls ask during an interactive session in schools is , why should there be so many Gods and Goddesses in our religion unlike other religions , where there is always only one God. They are quite satisfied to hear the reply that in our system, God is everywhere and the power of Go...