Varahi Devi

INTRODUCTION

Varahi Devi is one among the seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. With the head of a boar, Varahi is the female aspect of Varaha an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Varahi is worshiped by the hindus throughout india and by the Buddhist people in a different name.Her origin was found in ancient vedas and hindu sacred texts. She was described as a beautiful goddess, wearing red garments and sitting in the lotus flower. Her face shines as equivalent to that of millions of suns and she wears diamond ornaments on her neck, and carries various weapons on her several hands and protects us in one hand. Several sages and rishis worshiped and got benefited through her. Her glory cannot be explained fully even by Lord Shiva himself. She contains such a great divine feature.

She was created mainly for the purpose of killing the demons and to maintain law and order in the entire universe. She was formed from Goddess Chandika, a form of Mata Parvati Devi.

According to the ancient puranas, she bestows various boons to us and protects us from the evil forces. The Devi Bhagavata Purana tells her valor and praises her victory over the killing of the ferocious demons.

There are five forms of Varahi:

1. SvapnaVarahi

2. CandaVarahi

3. MahiVarahi

4.KrccaVarahi

5. MatsyaVarahi

The vehicle of Varahi is a buffalo.

Varahi can be worshiped by offering pujas to her and we can recite Varahi Anugraha shtakam and Varahi Nigrahashtakam for getting good fortunes in our life and towards getting protected ourselves from enemies and also for getting good health and for having a clear mind and to avoid unnecessary confusions in our life.

FAMOUS TEMPLES

Varahi temple at Chaurasi, Orissa
Varahi Amman temple in Madurai
Varahi Amman temple in Salem
Sri MahaVarahi Amman temple in Coimbatore
Sri Varahi Amman temple in Pondicherry
Varahi temple in Mylapore, Chennai
Varahi temple in Trichy
Varahidevi temple in Gujarat
Varahi Amman temple in Malaysia

IMPORTANCE

Varahi homams are popularly done in the temples of varahi and it is done mostly for maintaining peace in the mind, for getting cured from prolonged illness and also done for getting better prospects in the life.

Let us worship the divine mother and be blessed.

“OM SREE MATA VARAHIYE NAMAHA”

“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”