TRIPURA SUNDARI

TRIPURA SUNDARITripura Sundari  also called as Lalita Tripura Sundari is a powerful goddess and considered as one among the Mahavidyas. She is the consort of Lord Shiva, and an aspect of Mata Parvati Devi. Lalita Tripura Sundari is none other than Goddess SatiDurga and Mahakali. Lalita Tripura Sundari Devi is considered to be the most important incarnation of Adi Parashakti. She, along with Lord Shiva creates, protects and destroys the world. Her glory is mentioned in the Lalita Sahasranama and features her greatness and kindness among all the living creatures in the world. She appears in yellowish colour with full of garments on her neck and sits in a diamond throne surrounded by several sages and gods, and demi gods and worshipping her. Her glory cannot be described fully even by the creator Brahma himself. She contains wonderful qualities, and always thinks about the welfare of the people, and provides sufficient wealth and gives all the prosperity in the life of her sincere devotees. She is also called as SodasiLalitaKameswariSrividya and Raja Rajeshwari. She contains superior powers than that of the three gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

She permanently stays in the heart of the holy persons, and helps them to reach the divine path, and finally to attain SALVATION in their life. It is believed that with her help only, the trimurties are performing their duties in a proper manner.

Lalita Sahasranama contains thousand names of Lalita Tripura Sundari. By reciting the names and chanting the slokas, we will yield positive results in our life. And our life will go smoothly, without any difficulties and sorrows.

She was mainly formed to kill the demon Bhandasura, and to protect the people in the earth and in the heaven. Adi Shankaracharya insists us to chant the slokas meant for her and to get benefits in our life.

FAMOUS TEMPLES

  1. Kanchi Kamakshi templein Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.
  2. Tripura Sundari temple in Banaswara, Rajasthan.
  3. Tripura Sundari Devi Temple in Boral, West Bengal.
  4. Tripura Sundari temple, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
  5. Shri Tirusoolanathar Tripurasundari temple, in Chennai.
  6. Tripura Sundari temple in Chhatrabhog, West Bengal.
  7. Tripura Sundari Temple in Uttarakhand.
  8. Tripura Sundari Temple in Mysore, Karnataka.
  9. Tripura Sundari Temple in Kerala.

IMPORTANCE

She is a popular form of Mata Parvati Devi, and need to be worshipped with sincere devotion in our mind. By praying to her, spiritual energy will flow to our body from top to bottom, and all our negative aspects in our life will be removed and she blesses us for a good health and improves our thinking capacity and gives all sorts of good things in our life.

Let us worship the divine holy mother and be blessed.

“OM SREE TRIPURA SUNDARIYE NAMAHA”

“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”

WRITTEN BY

R.HARISHANKAR