Hindu Wisdom: Kalabhairava - Personification of march of time

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" kaalha kalayatamaham " - 'Among reckoners, I am Time ' asserts

Bhagavaan in Bhagavadgita.

 

Lord Kala Bhairava is one of the eight manifestations of Lord Siva.

Hymns on Kalabhairava highlight a truth : 'Time is most precious.

Time lost is lost for ever. Wise people should use every movement of

time effectively. Lord Kala Bhairava helps everyone to make one's time

useful'. We are aware that our life is space in between date of birth

and date of death and hence one should remember that time is life

which can't be misused in quest of personality development and

excellence, the ultimate of which is liberation or kaivalyam.

 

Kalabhairava is worshiped as kshetrapala, the guardian deity of a

temple. The temple's keys are ceremonially placed at his feet after

closing the doors and taken back with his permission for opening the

doors. We celebrate Kalabhairava Ashtami as festival. In the

kalabhairava temples at Varanasi, Tiruvannamalai and many other places

also, special pujas are performed on this day.

 

The Sun god projects the rays of Kala Chakra to depict the march of

time and icon of Kala Bhairava.

I request you to listen to Kala Bhairavastkam and Aditya Hrudayam on

this Radhasaptami day and during this auspicious month of Magham for

peace and bliss.

 

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