Mookambika

Mookambika
Affiliation Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati
Festivals Navratri

Mookambika is the Hindu goddess who is representing Adi Parashakti, or simply as Shakti. She is often depicted with three eyes and four arms with a divine disc and conch. The goddess has a large following among the people of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states of India, popularly being known as Mooghambighai Amma or Thaai Mooghambighai, where Amma and Thaai meaning mother.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Legends

As per legends, there lived a sage in ancient years named Kola Maharishi, who was troubled by a demon. The demon was in penance to obtain boon from gods, only for the sake of troubling more. Goddess Parvathi made the demon dumb (meaning: Mooka), so he cant ask for boons. The demon was called as Mookasura (meaning: Dumb demon). The frustrated mute demon started creating even more problems to the sage and the people around. Upon the appealed request of the sage, Goddess Parvathi descended in a powerful form and killed Mookasura. So the Goddess came to be hailed as Mookambika. The sage requested the Goddess to stay in that place and so did Goddess took her abode in the same place, called Kollur.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Devi Mookambika !!". vedicgoddess.weebly.com. Weebly. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  2. ↑ "History about kollur Temple". kollur.com. kollur.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  3. 1 2 "Goddess Mookambika". astroved.com. Astro veda.
  4. ↑ "॥ ಶ್ರೀ ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕಾ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನ॥". kollurmookambika.org. Kollur Mookambika. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  5. ↑ "Sri Mookambika Devi" (PDF). ramavarma.yolasite.com. ramavarma.yolasite.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  6. ↑ "MA MOOKAMBIKA BHAKTA MANDALI: The Abode of the Divine Mother". mamookambika.info. mamookambika.info. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
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