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Sri Guru Karunamaya has been practising and teaching Srividya for the last 40 years.

Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 3, 2018

Pratyangira

Pratyangira or sometimes called Prathyangira, Narasimhi or Narashimhika, is a Goddess associated with Shakti, the or  eternal energy. She is described as a goddess with a lioness’s face and a human body. This combination of lion and human forms represents the balance of good and evil.

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 3, 2018

DASAMAHAVIDYA (10 DEVATAS)

Dasha Maha Vidya All powers of God are manifest in man, whether one realises it or not. If one realises God, he becomes God. Otherwise, he continues to believe that he is not God and searches for Godhood outside of him. ~ Sri Sri Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswathi. The paths to realising one’s true nature […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 3, 2018

Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati

Guru is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a “teacher, guide, expert, or master” of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, guru is someone more than a teacher, traditionally a reverential figure to the student, with the guru serving as a “counselor, who helps mold values, shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge, an […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 3, 2018

Lalitha Tripurasundari

Tripurāsundarī (“Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities”) or Mahā-Tripurasundarī (“Great Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Cities”), also called Ṣhoḍaśhi (“Sixteen”), Lalitā (“She Who Plays”), Lilavati/  Leelavati (Playful, Charming) Lilavani/Leelavani (Having Playful, Charming Speech and Eloquence), Lilamati/Leelamati (Having a Playful, Charming Mind), Lalithambika (Playful, CharmingMother), Lileshi/Leeleshi/Lileshwari/Leeleshwari (Goddess of Divine Play), and               Rājarājeśvarī (“Queen of […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 3, 2018

VARAHI

Varahi is one of the Matrikas, a group of seven or eight mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. With the head of a sow, Varahi is the shakti (feminine energy, or sometimes, consort) of Varaha, the boar Avatar of the god Vishnu. In Nepal, she is called Barahi. Varahi is worshipped by three major schools […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 2, 2018

Shiva

Shiva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism. Shiva is “the transformer” within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu. In Shaivism tradition, Shiva is the Supreme being who creates, protects and transforms the universe. In […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 2, 2018

DATTATREYA

Dattatreya is one of the lords of Yoga in Hinduism. He is considered to be an avatar (incarnation) of the three Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, collectively known as Trimurti. In the Nath tradition of Shaivism, Dattatreya is revered as the Adi-Guru (First Teacher) of  the         Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas, the […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 2, 2018

Chandi

Chandi (Sanskrit: Caṇḍī) or Chandika (Caṇḍīka) is a Hindu goddess. Chandi is the combined form of Lakshmi, Saraswati and Durga, the ferocious form of Parvati. She is said to be the most ferocious incarnation of Adi Parashakti. Chandika form is said to be extremely ferocious and inaccessible because of her anger. She cannot tolerate evil acts. Chandika […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 2, 2018

SUBRAHMANYA

Lord Subramanya is the son of divine couple Shiva and Parvati, to destroy the demon Tarakasura. Before conceiving him, even these Parents of the World had to perform severe Tapas or austerities! This teaches the world, of the great need for Tapas on the part of the parents desirous of excellence of offspring. He is […]

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Deities associated with Sri Vidya / September 2, 2018

Bala Tripurasundari

Bālā Tripurasundarī, Kumārikā (‘the virgin goddess’) or simply Bālā (‘child’) is the daughter of the Hindu goddess Tripura Sundari, the consort of Kameswara.

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