INTRODUCTION
Pratyangira Devi is an avatar of Parvati Devi. She is also a form of AdiParashakti and is the consort of Sharabeswarar, a form of Lord Shiva, who took the avatar to pacify Lord Narasimha. She contains lion’s face and human body and contains the combined power of Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakti. She was created in order to protect the good ones from the evil forces. Pratyangira is also worshipped as Kali and Narasimhi by the devotees. According to the ancient Vedas, she is mentioned as the lion goddess with great protective and destructive powers.
Lord Narasimha, even after killing the demon King Hiranyakashipu was remained in anger and fiercely roared. In order to control him, Lord Shiva took the form of Sharabeswarar, and controlled his anger. At that time, with the powers of Lord Shiva and Lord Narasimha, Mata Pratyangira was formed and appeared in front of them.
FAMOUS TEMPLES
- Sri Pratyangira Devi Temple, Sholinganallur,Chennai.
- Sri Pratyangira Devi Temple, Ayyavadi in Thanjavur.
- Mahapratyangiri Devi Temple, Kumbakonam
- Sri Pratyangira Devi Temple, Turahalli, Bangalore.
- Sri MahaPratyangira Devi Peetam, Kodambakkam.
- Pratyangira Devi Temple, VenkataPalem, Andhra Pradesh.
- Pratyangira Devi Temple, SasthaMangalam, Trivandrum, Kerala.
In temples of south India, She is also worshipped as Atharvana Bhadrakali, since she is the goddess of the Atharvana Veda. .She is mainly worshipped for destroying the evil forces. Doing Pratyangira Devi Homam (Havan) during Amavasya will yield good results in our life.
Whatever good acts done by us, will be please the divine mother “MATA PRITYANGIRA DEVI” and will come with us in our everyday life, and will follow us like our shadow.
Let us worship the great divine mother and be blessed.
“OM SREE PRATYANGIRA DEVIYE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR