Saturday, 19 March 2011

Place of Women In Our Religion.


Hare Krishna, Namaskarams

In Thennangur Pandurangan temple complex you can find the Sanctum sanctorum of ShodasAkshari Swaroopa LalithA Parameshwari Devi that lies on the left side of the BrindAvanam facing North. A Goddess with twelve hands, like Thirupura Sundari holding Angusam, Pasam, Karumbuvil, and Panjapushpa Panangal, like Saraswathi holding Veena, Manikka malai and Book, Like Mahalakshmi having a Lotus, Abayamuththirai in one hand and Varadhamuththirai in one hand, she sits majestically in this temple. Here the Devi Parameswari is sitting on lord Sadasivan as her pancha predasana manjam in the simhasana with Rudra, Vishnu, Easwaran and Brahma as it's four legs ruling the entire universe.

As AdiparAsakthi ,Bhuvaneswari, RajaRajeswari in the form of Women goddesses, women are worshiped in our hindu culture and tradition, for centuries together. Vedanta is beyond gender caste divisions etc. and one should realize the Atma/self in all is the same and that there is no male or female Atma. Hence any seeker man or woman or of any caste from any region/country with the desire to know that Atma can certainly realize that Brahman. The proof of that today is that there are now many Swaminis with full advaitic knowledge from Sandeepani school in Swami Chinmyananda's footsteps.

1 comment:

  1. Nice one appa. But would like to more into details of the evidence seen in today's world and that accomplished by women and followed by all.

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