Sheetala Devi

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Dear Satishji,

 

namaskar

 

Your judgement that -- Devi need not be worshipped in such form -- Sheetala

Devi -- if Devi worship is the objective -- seems to be of an extreme nature

sounding like A death sentence -- if you permit to use this ugly word.

 

.. Sheetala Devi is nothing but " Maha Maya" as explained in another post.

 

DIVINE MUM is for the entire Cosmos and She Can not be the exclusive property of

the Rich and famous, Vedic Scholars, Sri Vidya Upasakas or Tantries. She belongs

equally to the poor, illiterates, ignorant and that class of people who do not

know how to worship , what is the rule of Aradhana or Puja but moved by extreme

emotions. The common thread is only the bhakhi Bhava which one has between these

two classes.

 

If you go to the villages of our Punya Bhumi one can never fail to appreciate

how She is ADORED , how Virathas are done, how the annual Car festival for her

is taken by the so called poor and illiterate persons. They may offer Sacrifices

( Bali), wine and anything not Sathvic. That is all they know , but these "

illiterate intellectuals " know for sure and recognise Ma would come to their

rescue whenever she is summoned.

 

This Devi's viratha is done for 8 weeks on each of the weekly Friday after

praying to Ma to grant a favour. Devi is invoked in a kalasa and some puja is

done. it involves other procedures which i do not remember.

 

ganapathy

 

 

 

Satish Arigela <satisharigela wrote:

, Ravi Thotapalli <rthotapalli>

wrote:

> does any one know anything about goddess "sheetala" ?

>

 

 

She is described here and there with some mantras and yantras and is

mainly worshipped for getting rid of diseases or epidemics.

 

One need not pay attention to such devatas if Devi worship is the

objective. It is a different matter if academic research is the

interest.

 

There are other supreme and more pleasant forms of Devi to

contemplate upon.

 

Rgds

 

 

 

 

 

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