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GREATNESS OF MOTHER GODDESS !!!
The only culture of Hindus who worship Mother Goddess since time immemorial ..The Devi Mahatmyam (Sanskrit: देवीमाहात्म्यम्), or “Glory of the Goddess”) is a Hindu religious text describing the victory of the Goddess Durga over the demons Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahishasura and Shambha-Nishumbha. It is part of the Markandeya Purana, one of the secondary Hindu scriptures, and was composed in Sanskrit around c. 8500-8400 CE, with authorship attributed to the sage Rishi Markandeya.
The oldest surviving manuscript of the Devi Māhātmya, on palm-leaf, in an early Bhujimol script, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
Hinduism is the only religion that does not have gender restriction on god ;the Ultimate Reality is referred to in neutral gender , but Its Power , the Creative Power , is always referred to in feminine terms ! thus we have ParaaS’akti , Vishn’uMaaya etc.;
Ambika ( Durga ) is the Vedic Deity , highest in order , on par with Rudra ( S’iva ) , Vishn’u , Gan’apati , and Aditya ;
Tri – Murtis and other Deities are mentioned , without fail , with their Consorts ;
Prithvi and Holy Rivers are regarded as goddesses ;
Divine Incarnations are also known to happen in female forms :
the foremost being ” Mahishaasura Mardini ” , our concern of today , Navaraatra !
अयि गिरिनन्दिनि नन्दितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नन्दिनुते
Sita and Rukmini are said to be incarnations of MahaLakshmi thus the list goes …](https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/s552x414/10458235_838172159537690_4976092298528788941_n.jpg?oh=1da90458f0073c6260a1e6a39f582555&oe=54AD9A39&__gda__=1422658783_32c4cc20a89c838601be5a2694bf6d7b)
The only culture of Hindus who worship Mother Goddess since time immemorial ..The Devi Mahatmyam (Sanskrit: देवीमाहात्म्यम्), or “Glory of the Goddess”) is a Hindu religious text describing the victory of the Goddess Durga over the demons Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahishasura and Shambha-Nishumbha. It is part of the Markandeya Purana, one of the secondary Hindu scriptures, and was composed in Sanskrit around c. 8500-8400 CE, with authorship attributed to the sage Rishi Markandeya.
The oldest surviving manuscript of the Devi Māhātmya, on palm-leaf, in an early Bhujimol script, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
Hinduism is the only religion that does not have gender restriction on god ;the Ultimate Reality is referred to in neutral gender , but Its Power , the Creative Power , is always referred to in feminine terms ! thus we have ParaaS’akti , Vishn’uMaaya etc.;
Ambika ( Durga ) is the Vedic Deity , highest in order , on par with Rudra ( S’iva ) , Vishn’u , Gan’apati , and Aditya ;
Tri – Murtis and other Deities are mentioned , without fail , with their Consorts ;
Prithvi and Holy Rivers are regarded as goddesses ;
Divine Incarnations are also known to happen in female forms :
the foremost being ” Mahishaasura Mardini ” , our concern of today , Navaraatra !
अयि गिरिनन्दिनि नन्दितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नन्दिनुते
Sita and Rukmini are said to be incarnations of MahaLakshmi thus the list goes …