Ma Kāmākhyā
The story of Kāmākhyā starts from a very ancient time when Narakasura, who was the son of Varaha Avatara of Viṣṇu and Bhoodevi, battled the daitya-s who lived in Kamrupa and took over this land. He was then instructed by Varaha on the methods of worshipping Mahamaya and thus the Shaktipitha of Kāmākhyā came…
SACRIFICE OF THE DIVINE MOTHER
by Sri Aurobindo
"In the Veda it is said that creation results from the sacrifice of Purusa. Really, it is the great sacrifice of the Primordial Mother that has resulted in creation. So the Upanisād says, balidevata mātā.
The Mother not only governs all from above but she descends into this…
PRAYER AT THE FEET OF SRI SRI KĀLIKĀ
May the Maha-Devi who is called Kalika, Because She is without beginning or end,
Whose Body is imagined to be blue of colour, Because like the blue sky She pervades the World, And because She is Cidghana Sattvagunamayi.
Who is imagined to be black Because She is colourless and above the…
