Shakthi Worship

To those who adore thee, O' Mother, Thou grantest all boons, Thou art the origin of the Vedas and of all the Worlds, Be pleased to shine in my heart and accept my adoration. Thou art effulgence,Thou art the light of the Devas and Thou art in everything and beyond everything. Bathe me in Thy light and purify me"

History of Shakthi Worship and Parashakthi temple

At our temple parashakthi has manifested as karumariamman.

Karumari is the name of the Supreme divine eternal conciousness

Amman means mother

Goddesses, the Divine as “eternal mother” has been worshipped in all cultures, the world over, since earliest of times. The Divine as the great Mother, the Eternal, Universal Mother is known to us from the ancient written records of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and India. Karumari Amman: Devi Parashakthi has manifested herself in the form of Karumari Amman in a village named Thiruverkadu on the outskirts of Chennai, India and at the Parashakthi temple in Pontiac Michigan, USA.

This ancient temple in Chennai was built by Sage Agastiar during Vedictimes and has been rebuilt many times since then. Here Agastiar visualized Divine Mother as supreme divine consciousness, which manifested in the material universe as mother-creator of everything in the material and the spiritual universe. Various gods are Her manifestations as realized by created beings.

Parashakthi Karumari Amman

Divine Mother wished a house of worship built here in USA so she can give her Eternal Grace to her devotees and protect them from harm and tragedies, which may befall on our world.

Ancient scrolls

1972

A.N.K. Swami of Mylapore read the ancient scrolls Brighu-Nadi pertaining to Dr. Krishna Kumar and predicted Divine Mother Parashakthi has chosen Dr. Krishna Kumar to build the Temple in a place where She already is manifest intensely with all Her glory and grace. Since then, Dr. Krishna Kumar has been performing kundalini meditation. Divine vision

1994

The Divine vision of the Shakthi appears in deep kundalini meditation to Dr. Krishna Kumar, CALLING him to build the temple in USA where all Her children can reach Her, so that she could radiate Her celestial blessings for our peace, happiness and paramount success. Miraculously, sixteen acres of pristine, virgin, lush land was found in the middle of Pontiac, MI (a suburb of Detroit), which was acquired by Dr. Krishna Kumar. The land was occupied by many Shamans-American Indian mystics whose spirits is actively manifest. Mr. A. N. K. Swamy described this particular land, through the Nadi reading, over twenty years ago and it is topographically very similar to the Meenakshi Temple’s land in Madurai. There is a stream of water on the south side of the Parashakthi Temple connecting two lakes as described in Brighu reading. This land being chosen by Divine Mother herself is a spiritual home where a devotee can transcend the mundane and feel the presence of the Divine Mother. Hence, our temple is built on this pristine land chosen by “HER”. At our temple parashakthi has manifested as karumariamman.

Ka is a beeja mantra for Brahma-saraswathi,
Ru is a beeja mantra for Rudra and Rudrini,
Ma is a beeja mantra for Maha Vishnu-Mahalakshmi,
Ri is a beeja mantra for the mircocosmic divine consciousness vibrating in the heart region.”seat of the soul-atman”

So her name karumariamman. is actually mantra for Supreme deities. The concept of Divine Mother-Amman is ancient and this indicates the supreme divine consciousness as transcended from the highest plane to the lowest in the material plane and can be reached by humans as Divine Mother-Amman. We are most fortunate and blessed to have the privilege of worshipping this supreme divine consciousness as our Divine Mother at our temple, where “SHE” has manifested actively due to the nature of the origin of our temple, which is deeply mystical. “She is the mother of Kundalini Shakthi, a minute part of her has manifested as “Purusha” (shiva) and Prakrithi (Shakthi), which together has materialized into various universes (multiverse) as living and non-living entities through maya shakthi.

She has been worshipped as Ishtar,Isis, Sophia, Shekina and with many other names. Jewish holy book, Talmud states Shekina was the manifest aspect of God. She manifests in various historical religions of the world, including the most ancient living religious tradition of Hinduism. In the early Church, the Holy Spirit was experienced as feminine, as seen from the writings of some church Fathers. In early Judaism, the figure of wisdom is experienced as feminine and the theology of "Shekina" and other references in the book of Isaiah as to the Motherhood of God are well known. Ever since the resurrection of Christ, the grace of Christ has always manifested itself in the form of Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. Now, in today's world, there is a new realization to view God as the Mother – Prakriti of Hindu philosophy. It is in this regard that Shakthi worship in Hinduism, which dates back to several thousand years in India, can make a significant contribution toward betterment of humanity and uplifting of spirituality. Although all ancient worship of Divine feminine has vanished, the worship of Divine feminine principle has stayed feverently alive as God-Goddesses in Hindu religion.

In India, since Indus Valley times, the newly discovered Saraswathy river civilization and the Vedic period, going back to over 5000 years we find a rich tradition of theology as well as worship-patterns of God as Mother, Devi and Parashakti, complete with liturgies, symbolism's, philosophies and psychologies. Her manifestations and worship centers are seen in various parts of India.

The origin of shakthi worship can be traced to such Vedic texts as Sri-Suktam, Durga-Suktam, Bhu-Suktam, Tripuropanishad, Bhavanopanishad etc. In Sandhya Upasana, we think of Gayatri Devi in the solar orb and imagine that the sun shines by HER effulgence and that She is also the Truth, which has kindled the light of reason in our minds. Her praise is sung thus in the Mantra 'Ayatu Varada Devi': "To those who adore thee, O' Mother, Thou grantest all boons, Thou art The origin of the Vedas and of all the Worlds, Be pleased to shine in my heart and accept my adoration. Thou art effulgence, Thou art the light of the Devas and Thou art in everything and beyond everything. Bathe me in thy light and purify me". It would show that the daily Sandyavandanam enjoined by Vedas is primarily Shakthi worship.

We have references of Shakthi worship in Maha-Bharata in many contexts - before entering Matsya- Kingdom, at the commencement of battle of Kurukshetra Arjuna prayed Durga, -- In Bhagavatam we observe Rukmini worshipping Ambika before her marriage. Devi Bhagavatam deals entirely with the glory of divine Mother. Brahmanda puranam contains Lalitha Sahasranama and Trisati. Chandi or Devi-Mahatmyam forms part of Markandeya-puranam.

Saundaryalahari (one of the 64 Sakta Tantras) says that after Siva had filled the world with the other Tantras, He gave out, at the request of Devi, the 'Sri Tantra' which fulfills the objects covered by all other Tantras. This is known as the worship of Tripura or Sri-Vidya, and includes Upasana of "Bala, Pancadasi and Sodasi"

The worship of Devi in Sri-Cakra is set forth by Adi-Sankara in his Prapancasara and Saundaryalahari. We have numerous places of Shakthi worship- Shakthi is adored as: Uma in Himalayas - Amba in Kashmir, Visalakshi in Varanasi., Gauri in Kanya Kubja, Bhavani in Maharashtra and Kali in Calcutta. Shakti is worshipped as Bala in Kanya Kumari, as Meenakshi (Syamala in Mantrini) in Madura in Tamil Nadu, as Akhilandeswari or Dandini at Jambukesvaram, as Kamakshi at Kancipuram, Karumari in Chennai, Sarada at Srungeri, as Camundesvari at Mysore, and as Bhagavati in Kerala. During Navaratri days She is adored as Durga, Lakshmi and Sarasvati (three in one).

Ancient truly monotheistic concept where creative source of everything manifest and unmanifest is looked upon as Divine Mother has survived only in Hinduism (Santhana Dharma), which clearly explains the transcendent and immanent nature of one God-Goddess with so many of “Her” attributes manifesting as so many “Gods” and “Goddesses” to enable our Ascension back to the God-head the “source” of all creation. We are truly blessed to have “Her” grace descend upon us.

1999 OCT 19 Murthi Prathishta - Installation of The Deities were performed by Pujya Shri Guru Sarvajanopakari Dr. V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshitar of Chidambaran a great Tantric master who was spirtual mentor of all priests at Nataraja Temple at Chidambaran. Dr. G. Krishna Kumar was chosen by him under Divine Mother’s directions. Dr. G.K. Kumar was then initiated by him with Yantra, Mantra, and Tantra.

On Vijayadasmi - Lord Ganesha, Devi Sri Adi Parashakthi Karumariamman, Lord Subramanya with Valli and Devayani and Sri Natraja with Sivakamasundari Murthi Prathishta were performed by Pujya Shri Guru Sarvajanopakari Dr. V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshitar of Chidambaran. Pujya Shri Guru Sarvajanopakari Dr. V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshitar of Chidambaran did consecration according to vaidika yantra prathishta. Pujya Shri Guru is known to be an authority in Yantras.

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PARASHAKTHI (The Eternal Mother) Temple 551 W. Kennett, Pontiac, Michigan 48340 Phone - 248 - 322-4731 Maps & Directions e-mail: omshakthi@parashakthitemple.org