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Lord Muruga / Kartikeya /Skanda/Guha/Subramanya

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Lord Kartikeya, also known as Murugan, Skanda, Kumara, and Subrahmanya, is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, brother of Ganesha, and a god whose life story has many versions in Hinduism. An important deity around South Asia since ancient times, Kartikeya is particularly popular and predominantly worshipped in South India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia as Murugan. Kartikeya is an ancient god, traceable to the Vedic era for which there is lot of Archaeological evidence from 1st-century CE and earlier. Kartikeya is found as a primary deity in temples wherever communities of the Tamil people live worldwide, particularly in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Réunion. Three of the six richest and busiest temples in Tamil Nadu are dedicated to him. Kartikeya is known by numerous names in ancient and medieval texts of the Indian culture. Most common among these are Murugan, Kumara, Skanda, and Subrahmanya. ...

God Sarabheswara (Lord Shiva) - Destroyer of Enemies/One who Saves Lives

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God Sharabha or Sarabha is a part-lion and part-bird beast in Hindu mythology, who, according to Sanskrit literature, is eight-legged and more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability to clear a valley in one jump. The two wings has Pritingara Devi and Shoolini Durga. God Sarabha along with Printingara devi, Shoolini devi in the wings help remove enemies, black magic, save life. Please pray to him. The Sharabha Upanishad of the Atharva Veda, many Puranas and the Shaiva Agamas narrate that god Shiva assumed the Avatar (incarnation) of Sharabha to pacify Narasimha - the fierce man-lion avatar of Vishnu worshipped by Vaishnava sect. This form is popularly known as Sharabeshwara The Chola dynasty in Tamil Nadu was particularly favourable to the beliefs of Shaiva sect. It is said that the sectarian aspect got highlighted during their reign. This is evident from the four Sharabha images, the earliest at the Vikramsolishwaram temple near Kumbakonam built by...

Goddess Shoolini Durga - Removes all Difficulties

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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...