Instant Goddesses?

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A non-Hindu friend of mine has sent me a most interesting question,

and I hope that members of this club will be able to provide him

with

an answer.

 

His question: How can the Hindu religion produce 'instant goddesses,'

apparently out of thin air? To cite just three good examples:

 

(1) Bharat Mata - born of the Independence Movement, She is a modern

Hindu mother goddess. An ambitious temple in Hardwar was consecrated

to Her worship in 1983:

http://www.smsu.edu/RelSt/faculty/Llewellyn/bharatmata.html

 

(2) Tamil Tai - a Mother goddess who is conceived as the

personification of the Tamil language of South India. She is widely

known and worshipped in Tamil Nadu, and also associated with

linguistic separatism movements there.

http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/iiasn/20/regions/20SA4.html

 

(3) Santoshi Ma - Believe it or not, this hugely popular Mother

goddess had her origin in a 1975 Hindi movie, "Jai Santosi Ma!" The

film took on a life of its own, and Hinduism had a new goddess.

http://www.goddesscraft.com/spirit/santoshima.html

 

My friend explains his confusion thus: "I still can't get over how

they just came up with a new goddess, just like that. I mean, can you

do that? ... I understand the meaning of personification of an

abstract ideal. ... But do the Tamils and Hindus actually see these

new figures as goddesses with objective existence on the ontological

order of, say, Sarasvati? It's that question of objective existence

that I just can't get over."

 

Such a great question! Any answers for him? ;-)

 

Aum Saraswatyai Namaha

 

Devi Bhakta

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Namaste All,

 

Goddess is all pervading, why would She not whisper to her children

to call upon her in whatever form (be it new or old) is necessary to

deal with whatever is before them? Is that not the nature of

evolution of which She rules?

 

, "nora55_1999" <nora55_1999> wrote:

> Repost article

>

> A non-Hindu friend of mine has sent me a most interesting question,

> and I hope that members of this club will be able to provide him

> with

> an answer.

>

> His question: How can the Hindu religion produce 'instant

goddesses,'

> apparently out of thin air? To cite just three good examples:

>

> (1) Bharat Mata - born of the Independence Movement, She is a

modern

> Hindu mother goddess. An ambitious temple in Hardwar was

consecrated

> to Her worship in 1983:

> http://www.smsu.edu/RelSt/faculty/Llewellyn/bharatmata.html

>

> (2) Tamil Tai - a Mother goddess who is conceived as the

> personification of the Tamil language of South India. She is widely

> known and worshipped in Tamil Nadu, and also associated with

> linguistic separatism movements there.

> http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/iiasn/20/regions/20SA4.html

>

> (3) Santoshi Ma - Believe it or not, this hugely popular Mother

> goddess had her origin in a 1975 Hindi movie, "Jai Santosi Ma!" The

> film took on a life of its own, and Hinduism had a new goddess.

> http://www.goddesscraft.com/spirit/santoshima.html

>

> My friend explains his confusion thus: "I still can't get over how

> they just came up with a new goddess, just like that. I mean, can

you

> do that? ... I understand the meaning of personification of an

> abstract ideal. ... But do the Tamils and Hindus actually see these

> new figures as goddesses with objective existence on the

ontological

> order of, say, Sarasvati? It's that question of objective

existence

> that I just can't get over."

>

> Such a great question! Any answers for him? ;-)

>

> Aum Saraswatyai Namaha

>

> Devi Bhakta

[Guest guest]

-bliswave, this is indeed an exalted view that a true devotee of the

divine mother takes! yes, all forms are the divine mother's

manifestation.

 

this is exactly how shri ramakrishna viwed the entire creation-

the 'breath' of the divine mother

 

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