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Vaarahi and Mathangi Mandala Pooja was held on April 1st
and April 6th 2005
The mandala pooja celebrations of Vaarahi Ambika and
Raja Mathangi Ambika denote the completion of the circle
of poojas and worshipping the Goddesses at this time
enables the devotee to get their full grace to enter the
path of enlightenment.
VAARAHI AND RAJA MATHANGI
MANDALA POOJA
- By Dr. Krishna Kumar, President and Chief Trustee,
Parashakthi Temple
At the auspicious Mandala Puja of Varahi Ambika and Raja
Mathangi Ambika Prathishta Dr. Krishna Kumar shared some
of the mystical information with our devotees to enhance
their receptiveness of our Divine Mother’s grace and
wake up Her aspect which is deeply ingrained in us since
creation, although kept dormant so far.
The purpose of sharing this information is to wake up
the dormant divine energy in us by knowing and
perceiving certain mystical facts about this function.
During deep kundalini meditation the divine Mother
communicates and coveys to me certain mystical
information. One of the items of information which [she
shared with me, is to explain that the various
“Shakthis” are Her aspects with different vibratory
energy which are more conducive for our receptivity of
their grace and energy]. In other words She descends
from the highest vibratory level to more human vibration
so that Her grace can be received by us. During these
meditative (Thuriya) states She explained to me about
Varahi Ambika and Raja Mathangi Ambika as Her commanders
to distribute “Her grace” and accomplish “Her will”.
Ever since this episode I have heard some mystics whom I
met in various parts of India who specifically sought me
out from the place of my meditation and informed me that
they feel Varahi Ambika and Raja Mathangi Ambika are the
active forces in our temple from the beginning. The few
mystics who have sought me out were not known to me
prior to that and they did not have any information
about our temple at that time. When I questioned them on
how they came to know about this they all said the same
thing, namely that during their meditation divine mother
Parashakthi communicates with them and informs them
about our Temple in the USA where She is
actively“manifested”. During these “communications” this
information was apparently shared with these mystics.
The Divine Mother gave me the mantras to invoke the
divine energies within me so that they can manifest,
connect and open the super-conscious communication
channels so that all of our devotees can benefit. As
usual the Divine Mother gave me information about whom
to contact to obtain the vigrahas, yantras and other
needed material for their installation. This took many
months to identify these special souls to make pancha
loka vigrahas in the most ritualistic and mystical
manner. There were many hardships and then complications
in accomplishing this but with the Divine Mother’s
kindness and grace we were able to accomplish this and
now we have the unique fortune of having them installed
in our Temple.
Varahi Ambika and Raja Mathangi Ambika, that Varahi
Ambika is the supreme commander of Divine Mother
Parashakthi to control all the evil in the universe so
that each one of us can evolve and manifest all the
angelical elements from within and from the outside
through our Divine Mother’s grace. As the supreme
commander she controls all asura-demonic forces and
helps us in acknowledging the existence of these
elements in us, and helps us in conquering them.
Some of the devotees may be fortunate to have Varahi
Ambika as their Ishta Devata and they will benefit a
great deal since this aspect is more deeply ingrained in
them. The Mantras Divine Mother gave me to give “life”
to will be printed in this article and the devotees will
benefit a great deal from this if they chant it 9 times
everyday in the morning and during times of trouble.
Ambika will come to you and do what needs to be done for
you. Even though our devotees may have various Ishta
Devatas, Varahi Ambika will be part of all of us to the
extent of controlling evil forces affecting us in
inhibiting our evolution and causing phenomenal world
misery. Since the “Mantras” are active in our Temple it
will be easy for our devotees to activate Varahi Ambika
aspect in them and benefit greatly both in the
phenomenal and the noumenal worlds.
Raja Mathangi Ambika is the most important Goddess of
Shakthi universe. The enclosed article explains the
fundamental meaning and activity of Raja Mathangi. Our
Divine Mother Parashakthi Karumariamman as the supreme
divine consciousness is manifest in the physical realm
both universally and within us as Raja Mathangi, Who is
considered as a supreme advisor to Raja Rajeshwari.
As some of you know the installation of Maha Meru – the
3 dimensional representation of Sri Chakra/Sri Vidhya in
our Temple, transforms Parashakthi Karumariamman to Raja
Rajeshwari-Lalitha Thirupurasundari.
Vaarahi Ambika as supreme commander and Raja Mathangi
Ambika as Her supreme advisor completes the trinity in
our temple.
Raja Manthangi Ambika is a distributor of all the divine
grace which any separated soul needs for evolution back
to the Divine Mother or back to the “origin”. In other
words the travel back of Atman-Soul to Paramatman,
supreme soul, is enhanced and completed with the help of
Raja Mathangi Ambika. She gives us all the needed
blessings and helps us assimilate it and benefit from
it. Any divine grace manifesting in us will be mediated
and enhanced by Raja Mathangi Ambika both as a supreme
advisor of the “creative force” and the distributor of
grace of the “creative force” to us. The Vigraha of the
deities in our temple are designed by mystical sculptors
and the various symbolic and metaphorical meanings are
engraved in the various aspects of the Vigrahas.
As you know Hinduism is deeply metaphorical, symbolical
and allegorical and our rishis in their deep meditative
states have understood and appreciated the various
attributes of the supreme-cosmic-consciousness that is
manifested in the material world as various deities.
Each aspect of the Divine Mother are described by them
as a particular “form” and Mantra to identify that
particular aspect of the Divine Mother in us. This is
how the microcosmic representation of the divine in us
connects with the macrocosmic manifestation of the
Divine. Raja Mathangi Ambika connects the phenomenal
world that we experience to the noumenal world and shows
us the way to break through the cycle of birth and
rebirth and gives us the wisdom to connect to the
“creative forces” which is our Divine Mother. We have
descended from the “spiritual” to the material world.
Raja Mathangi Ambika makes us realize our divine aspect
and helps us to reach our goal, namely the journey back
to the “origin” and the union with the “Divine”. We are
so fortunate and blessed to have all this given to us
out of extreme kindness by Divine Mother and by showing
our appreciation to Her we will receive more and the
“realization” will start to set within us.
The more we appreciate the kindness and grace that she
showers us with, the more we will benefit from it.
Realization - appreciation and gratitude – thanksgiving
to the divine enhances our journey back to the God-head.
By volunteering time and or material things dear to us,
to the temple where She is manifest will activate the
divine presence in us, a microcosmic manifestation by
which we can connect with the macrocosmic aspect of the
divine leading to the ultimate union with divine.
Feeding the physical bodies (starving people)and helping
fellow beings in all whom the Divine spirit exists, is a
very auspicious act to get divine grace. Feeding the
souls is the highest form of benevolence which is
dearest to Mother Parashakthi. The devotees who get
involved with activities at Parashakthi Temple by their
participation and contributions will be the most blessed
souls.
SIGNIFICANCE OF RAJA MATHANGI
Lord Shiva is also known as Matang, His Shakti (power)
is called Mathangi. Her complexion is dark and She
possesses a moon on Her forehead. The three-eyed goddess
is seated on the crown decorated with jewels. Her luster
is like a blue lotus and is the destroyer of the demons
(forest) like a fire. In each of Her four hands, She has
a noose, a mace, an axe and a hook. She is a destroyer
of the demons by enchanting them first with Her beauty
and a fulfiller of every desire of Her devotees. She is
worshipped for the attainment of great powers, power of
speech, happiness in family life, etc.
Mathangi is the intelligible manifest sound. The
primordial throb (adya spanda), which originates by the
self-volition of the Supreme, starts a series of
vibrations that take the form of nada.
• This is the Eternal Word, the creator of
manifestation. The manifestations takes place in four
steps:
• Sthula (gross, material principle),
• Sukshma (subtle, life principle,
• Karana (causal, mind principle), and
• Mahakarana (great causal, orginal rhythm).
These steps correspond to the four steps of
• Jagrat (waking state,
• Swapna (dream state),
• Sushupti (deep sleep state), and
• Turiya (transcendental state).
Mathi is the thinking mind and Matha is thought. The
unmanifest Word perceives itself for manifestation and
then reaches the thinking mind for expression (Matanga).
When the word fashioned by the heart and formulated by
the mind is expressed it is Mathangi. The Word of
pristine purity becomes colored during expression (varana).
The speech descends from the Supreme Source; bring into
expression only part of its Glory, hence the name
Uchhista (Leftover) Chandali. By catching the tail end
of the Word (articulated speech) one can get to the
source. The worship of Matang leads one to the
realization of the residual above (Lalita).
She is the Mantrini of Lalita. She represents the power
of attraction of Lalita. Her main purpose is to lead the
spiritual aspirant towards union with Shiva Shakthi.
Raja Mathangi was the Goddess presiding over
Manifestation. Through Her, thought becomes “word”,
unmanifest “sound” is struck into music, ideas unfold
into expression, potential becomes “being”. Divine
Consciousness becomes the created Universe.
Raja Mathangi is the highest of the Goddesses in that
She allows all their powers and principles to be
realized.
BENEFITS OF MATHANGI POOJA AND
HOMA
She blesses all those who worship Her with:
• Sharper intellect
• Knowledge
• Wisdom
• Gain proficiency in Music
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