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Parvati retreated into the forest, where She lived a very austere life, developing Her spiritual powers.
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In another version I read, Parvati first sought out Shiva to seduce him, Shiva found Her dark skin to be unattractive. After the conclusion of Her ferocious form Goddess Kali, She observed a severe penance to get rid of Her black complexion. She is the Kanya ( Kumari or unmarried girl) who performed severe tapas (penance) to marry Lord Shiva. She is a clear representation of purity and austerity. She is considered as a perfect wife for Her husband, Lord Shiva. She is the divine energy, Mother Goddess. Goddess Gauri is one of the manifestations of Goddess Parvati. ( Patricia Telesco, “365 Goddess: a daily guide to the magic and inspiration of the goddess”.) Hang balsam in your home to foster Gauri’s fairness in your family’s interactions.” Or, pour Her a libation of milk while making a wish for something you’d like to ‘harvest’ in your life. Hindu custom suggests eating sweets to generate Gauri’s beauty and pleasantness in your spirit today. When a balloon breaks, it releases Gauri’s youthful joy and productivity into your life. Everyone squirts colored water at one another, and by the end of the day, no one can tell who is a servant and who is a king! This translates into a good-humored water-balloon toss.
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It celebrates an epic tale in which the sun (Gauri) is freed from a god’s mouth by getting him to laugh! Customarily, caste restrictions are shed today in order for people to simply have fun. Holi is India’s most colorful festival, filled with Gauri’s equitable spirit.
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She is offered rice to ensure a good rice crop. She was born of a milky sea, and Her name translates as ‘golden one’, indicating a connection with the sun. In works of art She is depicted as a fair maiden, attended by lions and bearing wild balsam and a mirror. Gauri has a sympathetic ear for all human needs and wishes.
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This fertile Hindu Goddess extends spring-like youth, beauty and tenderness into our lives. Her symbols are balsam, golden-colored items, milk, mirrors and lions. It is the Sachamara Rama-Vani Savya-Dakshina Sevita aspect, which refers to Lakshmi (Rama) and Sarasvati (Vani) in either direction (Savya and Dakshina) with the ritual implement in their hands (Sachamara), in service to Her (Sevita).Įxtensive gesso work superimposed with gold at strategic points across the canvas: in the shringar of Rajarajeshvari and Rama-Vani, on the crowns on their heads and on that of the ancillary deities at Her throne, on the back of Her throne and the parasol above, as well as along the temple structure that frames the painting.“Gauri’s themes are spring, protection, fertility, harvest, beauty, humor, youthfulness, wishes and equality. The Tanjore painting that you see on this page depicts a certain iconography from the Lalita Sahasranama (the thousand names of Lalita). This is the traditional iconography of the Tripurasundari, the most beauteous of the Mahavidya devi pantheon. She is possessed of four arms, the chaturbhujadharini. A sprig of the sugarcane, symbolic of sweetness and nourishment, is in the left anterior hand. The gentle Rajarajeshvari is clad in a scarlet silk saree.