Who is neela devi

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Shambhavi , eshwar NK <triyambakeshwar

wrote:

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> Dear Sir,

>

> I read your posting on Neela Devi with interest. Perhaps you will

be aware that the consort of Uchista Ganapati , A powerful

combination of Siva Sakti, very ideal fer worship in kaliyug, is also

called Neela Saraswati.I do not contradict or question what u said

but furnishing this as only additional information.

>

> With Warmest regards

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>-mAnya SrI Eshwar,

 

Thank you very much for the information about uchista

Ganapati and his consort neelasaraswati. This is generally observed

by the vAmAcAra tradition. I know some upAsakas

pouring morsels of `jutha' rice (half eaten)on their chests and some

spitting in a view, that `jutha ganapathi' always likes his upasakas

while being `jutha'. They don't at all accept the esoteric meaning

of `uchishta'. In fact we have to understand it as the one who

remains after rejecting every thing saying " nEti nEti " .

 

There will be some similarities in the names of dEvatas

one with another. There is one paricArika of radhA dEvi with the

name of " lalita " , whom we define as " sarvAn atiitya lalati iti

lalita " .

 

If you don't think otherwise, we cannot understand the

secrets of these dEvatas, unless we rise a bit above of the purANic

characters and their relations. If we accept that all the types of

ganNapatis mentioned, are one and the same. He is a brahmacari. He

has two wives by names as, siddhi (R^iddi) and buddhi. They are

lakshmi and saraswati. You might have seen this in

so many pictures. The name " lakSmi gaNapati " is well known.

 

The name " niila saraswati " itself is a combination of two

names as `niila' and `saraswati'.

`niila' means `kALi'. In fact the kALi (rudra sakti) who would be

the only person remaining after the total dissolution, (Bhrasyad

dEvagaNam trasan munigaNam naSyat prapancam layam paSyan nirBhara Eka

Eva viharatyAnanda sAndrO bhavAn) is the brahma Sakti `saraswati'

to start creation of the universe. So both characters are one and

the same. Then the kALi who is considered as the consort of Siva,

now becomes the wife of gaNapathi.

In puruSha sUkta also it is said that " hR*Isca lakShmIsca tE

patnyau " It is said that both pArvati and lakSmi are the wives of

the puruSha. saraswati is a river. She is the wife of `sagara'.

 

" bANatwam vR^iShaBhatwam ardha vapuShA BhAryAtwam AryApate

GONitwam saKitA mR^idanga vahatA cEtyAdi rUpam dadhaU,

twatpAdE nayanArpaNam ca kR^itavAn twad dEha BhAgO harih

pUjyAt pUjya tarah sa Eva hi na cEt kOvA tad anyO~dhikah || "

 

AdisankarAcArya says that the better half of ardha

nArISwara is viShNu.(hari);

BhAryA – Siva`s wife is viShNu.

 

Unless we strictly adopt the `caturvidha'

or `Shadvidha `aikya niShPAlanam' in our upAsana, it cannot be the

correct method. We have to think ourselves as the dEvatA,

what ever be its name. whether it is gaNapati, or viShNu or Siva,

lakShmi, saraswati or any others.

 

Yours always in the service of the mother.

krishnarao

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If you wish to know more about this upasnan of uchista ganapathi and Neela devi,

you can visit the one and ponlt temple for uchista ganapathy at Tanjore.

Shanta ashramam, 30 girir roaD, SRINIVASAPURAM, TANJAORE. Tamil Nadu

 

An upaska by the name of Shri Ramabhavu swamy lives there. He is the only one

perhaphs in the world who performs the homa for uchista ganapathi in that

grandeur and Maharajas style which one has to witness.

 

I have witnessed a homw performed by him.

 

phone number is 04362 - 222708 Tanjore.

 

With prayers

Lakshmi