MATRUBHUTESWARA:

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prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram

 

MATRUBHUTESWARA: It is the name of the deity in the Mother's shrine at Sri

Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, and also in the ancient temple at Tiruchirapalli

in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil rendering of the name was Tayumanavar. It means `God

that became Mother'. When Sri Ramana installed a lingam on his mother's samadhi,

Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni (an outstanding Sanskrit scholar and an ardent devotee

of Sri Ramana ) named it Matrubhuteswara. Prof. G.V. Subbaramayya in his

Reminiscences has said the following in this regard: It is related in the

Puranas that when a woman devotee was in the throes of child-birth and no

mid-wife was present to attend on her, the Lord Himself appeared as Mother and

brought about a safe delivery. So the Lord came to be worshipped as

Matrubuteswara. Likewise when the world was replete with maya and was in sore

need of the gospel of self-enquiry, the Lord taking form as Mother helped in

delivery of Bhagavan who is the very embodiment of that gospel. It is most

fitting therefore that mother should come to be worshipped as Matrubhuteswara.

(Source: The Mountain Path, July-Oct. 2006.)