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Kalaratri (Sanskrit: कालरात्रि, romanized: Kālarātri) is the seventh of the nine Navadurga forms of the goddess Mahadevi.She is first referenced in the Devi Mahatmya.
Jai Santoshi Maa is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language devotional film directed by Vijay Sharma and written R. Priyadarshi. Santoshī Mā (also called Santoshi Mata) is the goddess of satisfaction. Usha Mangeshkar , sang the devotional songs for the film along with Mahendra Kapoor and the famous poet Kavi Pradeep , who wrote the song' lyrics.
The Santoshi Maa vrata was gaining popularity among women in North India in the 1960s, a decade before the release of the film Jai Santoshi Maa. The fact that Santoshi Mata expected the inexpensive raw sugar and roasted chickpeas—associated with the "non-elite"—as offerings in her vrata and her benevolent nature made her popular with the ...
Arti plate. Arti (Hindi: आरती, romanized: Āratī) or Aarati (Sanskrit: आरात्रिक, romanized: Ārātrika) [1] [2] is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.
Lakshmi lustrated by elephants, Uttar Pradesh, Kausambi, 1st century BCE Bas relief of GajaLakshmi at the Buddhist Sanchi Stupa, Stupa I, North gateway, Satavahana dynasty sculpture, 1st century CE [40] Lakshmi is a member of the Tridevi, the triad of great goddesses. She represents the Rajas guna, and the Iccha-shakti.
The Lakshmi Purana is an Odia text written in the 15th century by Balarama Dasa, a major poet of Odia literature. [1] Despite its name, it is not one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism , [ 2 ] having been written in the medieval era as a piece of regional literature that discusses gender and social norms.
Indra eulogised Lakshmi with the Lakshmi Stuti. [3] Pleased, the goddess offered him a boon of his choice. Indra requested that the three worlds may never again be deprived of her presence, and anyone who extolled the goddess with the same prayer that he had would never be forsaken by her. Lakshmi duly granted both of his wishes. [4]
First Alakshmi emerges, then Lakshmi appears during the Samudra Manthana. [5] Gods send Alakshmi to go dwell amongst pernicious persons, give them poverty and grief. [ 4 ] She as the Asura of inauspiciousness and grief is the opposite of Lakshmi who is the " Devi " of auspiciousness and joy.