A Celebration pg 6 [reeti] - Page 33

Amazing Jaya should make a trip to Uttrakhand so many religious places. 😊

So much information and knowledge I have got thanks to u guys and this forum. When I talk big things at home my friends and family are amazed now.

hehehhe edna...ya u must have become Mahan now...courtesy credits to Jaya mam n dis forum...

Pre-dating the patriarchal Male Trinity by thousands of years, the Goddess was once worshipped throughout the ancient world. Now, only in India does her cult remain widespread and part of a vibrant, living tradition in which her presence empowers and stirs the hearts of her devotees with adoration and devotion.

The veneration of Devi can be traced as far back as 20,000 BC. A bone image of the Great Mother was discovered at Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh dating back to that period. She was also revered at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley from 2,500 BC. Closely associated with the land itself, villagers in rural India paid tribute to the Earth Goddess, adorning branches of trees and placing shrines within them which carried her image. Smooth, oval-shaped stones also marked her sacred sites.

Women were her channels and it was through them her rituals were performed, rites for the dead and ceremonies to promote fertility and fruitfulness of the land.

The Goddess reigned supreme until the patriarchal Aryans invaded the country in 1500 BC. The Harappan culture declined as these nomadic herding people initiated a new age in which their male Gods became predominent. But the worship of Devi could not be entirely suppressed. It was absorbed and transformed to accommodate the new situation.

The Goddess became united in a Divine Marriage with the Gods of the Male Trinity: Sarasvati with Brahma, Lakshmi with Vishnu, and Parvati, Kali and Durga with Siva. Once given a priestly blessing, veneration of the Goddess as the God's consort was incorporated in the regular rituals. As Sakti, she became the powerful spiritual energy without which the God was unable to act.

thank you for posting the video and sharing the info, jay.

bhargavi I read all the stories here and tell them. They are happy that I talk and learn good things. 😉

ya edna... tats so nice dear...i think more youngsters shld get to know all dis instead of wastin dre time wit saas bahu serial typos...tat is d standard expected out of DKDM...