Guest guest Report post Posted July 14, 2006 Can anyone tell me who is Kateri and her origin? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narayani 0 Report post Posted July 14, 2006 As far as I know Kateri is a Chatholic saint also known as "The Lily of the Mohawks." Her full name is Kateri (the mohawk version of Katherine) Tekakwitha. At the age of 4 she got smallpox and was left with bad scars. The smallpox also took the lives of her father and brother. In 1676 at the age of 20 she was baptized by a Jesuit priest and dedicated the rest of her life to prayer, chastity, and caring for the sick and aged. She died in 1680 at the age of 24. The process of her canonization began in 1884. As of 2004 the church is still waiting for a verified miracle before canonization is final. If you meant Kaveri, it's a river in India. The Kaveri River (also spelt Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. The headwaters are in the Western Ghats range of Karnataka state, and flows through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu across the southern Deccan plateau, then the eastern lowlands, and finally empties into the Bay of Bengal. The river has supported irrigated agriculture for centuries, and the Kaveri has been the lifeblood of the ancient kingdoms and modern cities of South India. The source of the river is Talakaveri located in the Western Ghats about 5000 feet above sea level. Talakaveri is a pilgrimage set amidst Bramahagiri Hills in Kodagu. Thousands of piligrims flock to the temple at the source of the river especially on the specified day known as Tula sankramana when the river water has been said to gush out like a fountain at a predetermined time. It flows generally south and east for around 765 km, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths. The Kaveri is also known as Dakshina Ganga, or the Ganges of the south, and the whole of its course is holy ground. According to the legend there was once born upon earth a girl named Vishnumaya or Lopamudra, the daughter of Brahma; but her divine father permitted her to be regarded as the child of a mortal, called Kavera-muni. In order to obtain beatitude for her adoptive father, she resolved to become a river whose waters should purify all sin. Hence it is said that even the holy Ganges resorts underground once in the year to the source of the Kaveri, to purge herself from the pollution contracted from the crowd of sinners who have bathed in her waters. (from a wikipedia article) Hope this helps:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madras 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2007 also mother kateri is a hindu madras god that cures sicknesses Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
