DasaMahaVidya and Rudrabhisheka

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Dear Shri. Venkatesh:

 

1) Devi is "Karunaa swaroopinii". Even her ugra

forms are only for the destruction of evils including

the evils of our mind! Regarding the idols of dasa

maha vidyas, infact there are idols for atleast some

dasa Maha vidyas.... For instance, Madurai Meenakshi

is none but Maatangi Devi (Also called shyamala

devi)... ofcourse, Kali temples are found in most

villages... Neela saraswathi (Tara)idol is found in

Shri Prathiyangira temple at Uthandi, Mahalakshmi has

her special sannidhis in all Perumal temples,

Dhoomavati is none but Peetahari (pidaari amman in

common parlance), Bhuvaneswari temple in Pudukkottai

is very famous and so on......Their different names

mislead many into thinking that dasa maha vidya idols

are not commonly worshipped. Infact, the Dasa Maha

Vidyas are the source powers behind the Dasa Avatars

of Shri Maha Vishnu. So, wherever the different

avatars of Shri Vishnu have an idol, the corresponding

vidya is unconsciously worshipped! Of course, you are

right in saying that Dasa Maha vidya sampradaya is not

very strong in Tamil Nadu. There is nothing wrong in

worshipping Mother Goddess in ANY form you wish. She

is an Ocean of Kindness. She is Lalitha - of playful

disposition to her devotees and she will be willing to

take any form as you wish! Dasa Maha Vidya worship is

based on tantrik concepts and most popular in Bengali

tradition.

 

2) Abhishekam should be done for the consecrated

Shiva Lingam using Namakam chant and then, archanai

should be done using Chamakam. This is the procedure

for this. Shiva Pooja requires a high degree of

mental and ritual purity if you want to do it

according to shastraic tenets. But, Lord Shiva is

Ashutosh - "One who is easily pleased". Worshipping

Lord Shiva chanting the Shiva Maanasa Pooja will be an

easier and safer option for the uninitiated. It is

best to learn the intricacies of Shiva Pooja (or any

other Deity Pooja for that matter!) from upasakas who

are doing daily worship on that Deity. The Grace of

the Upasaka will definitely cover for the possible

shortcomings in your worship. These things cannot be

eloborated further in an email.

 

Blessed be.

--- Venkatesh S <ksvssvk wrote:

 

> JAI SRIRAM

>

> Dear Shri.Dhakshinamoorthi,

>

> 1.Upto my little knowldege there are is nowhere

> the idol of DasaMahaVidya's in any of the Shiva

> temples in Tamilnadu. Devi is usually is in the

> satwik form and the DasaMahaVidya's are in ugra

> form.Please inform me if anywhere in Tamilnadu and

> is it correct to worship Devi as DasaMahaVidya?

>

> 2.How to perform the Rudrabhisheka on Shiva linga?

>

> Thanks,

> S.Venkatesh

>

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