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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...

God Narashimha - Forgiver of Unknown Sins

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Lord Vishnu takes the form of Narasimha in his fourth incarnation, the previous one being that of a Boar (Varaha). Vishnu kills the demon Hiranyaksha during his Varaha avatar. Narasimha is a fierce avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, one who incarnates in the form of part lion and part man to destroy evil and end religious persecution and calamity on Earth, thereby restoring Dharma. Narasimha avatar shows him with a human torso and lower body, with a lion face and claws, typically with a demon Hiranyakashipu in his lap whom he is in the process of killing. The demon is powerful brother of evil Hiranyaksha who had been previously killed by Vishnu, who hated Vishnu for killing his brother. [3] Hiranyakashipu gains special powers by which he could not be killed during the day or night, inside or outside, by any weapon, and by man or animal. [4] Endowed with new powers, Hiranyakashipu creates chaos, persecutes all devotees of Vishnu including his own son. Vishnu understands the demons p...

Goddess Chamundi / Chandi

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MahaKali Chandi Chamundi Goddess Chamunda also known as Chamundeshwari, Charchika and Rakta Kali is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu Divine Mother Durga and the leader of the seven Matrikas(mother goddesses) is also the Goddess of War and epidemics /pandemics of pestilent diseases, famines and other disasters. Goddess Chandi is in fighting form, Goddess Chamundi Blesses people of a land for prosperity, usually prayed by the kings/people.  When you pray to  Kali, she eliminates us from ego, gives us power to conquer/rule lands. When she is prayed for knowledge of brahman she gives us ultimate supreme knowledge. She is possesive of her devotee, finally leads them to moksha. She is also one of the chief Yoginis, a group of sixty-four or eighty-one Tantric goddesses, who are attendants of the warrior goddess Durga. [3] The name is a combination of Chanda and Munda, two monsters whom Chamunda killed. She is closely associated with Kali, another fierce aspe...

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...

Prathyangira(Atharvana Bhadrakali) - Thousand heads of Lion - Protects from Black Magic Spells

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Prathyangira(Atharvana Bhadrakali) is a Hindu Goddess associated with Shakti. She is a form of Adi Parashakti and is the consort of Sharabha. She protects against black magic spells. She also protects the disciples of Sri Vidhya. She is described as a goddess with a male lion’s face [1] and a female human body representing the union of Shiva and Shakti. She holds the combined destructive power of Vishnu, Shiva and Shakti. This combination of lion and human forms represents the balance of good and evil. In Shaktism, Pratyangira is Siddhilakshmi, a form of Guhya Kali. In Vaishnavism, Pratyangira is Narasimhi, the power of Narasimha avatar. In Durga tradition, Pratyangira is Purna Chandi, the fiery destructive power of Brahman. In the Vedas, Pratyangira is Adharvana Bhadrakali, the goddess of Adharva Veda and magical spells. [2] We learn from Markandeya Purana and Shiva Purana that in the beginning of the Treta yuga, the Lord Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu, came out of a...

Mahavishnu(Protector of universes) as Vamana Avatar

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Mahavishnu Mantraa of Vamana Avatar is Tiga bavidha tri vishva roopa Anugraha Maha Vamana swarupayae Ma Bali anugrahayae Sri sudharshana swa roopayae Mama Athma sakthi roopayae Sri mann narayanayae namaha