Shri Shirdi Sai speaks-21st Sept/Mahakavi Kalidas worshipped this picture of Kali

[Guest guest]

 

 

 

Om Shree Ganeshaya Namaha!

Om Sai Ram!

Jai Maata Di!

 

If for some reason you are not able to see , or download the below pictures or

click to the below links- Plz go to http://debu7370.blogspot.com/ You can also

have access to all the previous Shirdi Sai speaks mails at the above link.

And if any of you or your friends would like to receive these messages directly

to your mailbox-- send me an email at debu7366

The below picture was designed by a true Sai devotee who beleives that these

pictures would not have been possible without Sai's grace..

May Sai bless us all with faith, love , devotion, kindness, loyalty, Hope

,Belief , Purity , Tolerance and Intelligence to know that Sab ka Maalik Ek

Hai!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Navratri and Eid Mubarak on this Holy day of Eid

-ul--fitr....

And now, Lets continue visiting the temples of different forms of Durga on this

auspiscious occassion of Navratri... Kalighat Kali Temple in 1887 , Calcutta

........ The famous Kalighat Kali Temple ,dedicated to the goddess Kali is

situated in Kalighat. This is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas. The original temple

was a small hut.The right toe of Dakshayani is said to have fallen here. The

Shakti here is known as Kalika, while the Bhairava is Nakulesh. It is a very

famous place and a pilgrimage for Shakta (Shiva and Durga/Kali/Shakti

worshippers) followers within the Hindu religion.Kalighat is located in the city

of Calcutta on the banks of the river Hooghly (Bhagirathi). The name Calcutta is

said to have been derived from the word Kalighat ...Kalighat Kali temple in 1944

,Calcutta ....One Raja Basanta Roy, uncle of Pratapaditya and the King of

Jessore, Bangladesh perhaps built what is now known as Old Temple. This temple

was situated on the banks of river

Adi Ganga .....

A photograph of Adi ganga taken in 1945 , Calcutta

Pilgrims bathing in the Hoogly at Kalighat, c. 1947 Kalighat temple

now........The Kalighat temple in its present form is only about 200 years old,

although it has been referred to in Mansar Bhasan composed in the 15th century,

and in Kavi Kankan Chandi of the 17th century.The river over a period of time

has moved away from the temple. The temple is now on the banks of a small canal

called Adi Ganga which connects to the Hooghly. Maa Kali at Kalighat Kali

temple.. The speciality of Kali of this temple is the long protruded tongue made

of gold. This is a different appearance from the other visualisations of Kali.

The image of the deity is incomplete. Only the face of the deity was made first.

The hands, made of gold and silver, the tongue, the Shiva statue and all the

jewellery were added over the years. On snanyatra day, while giving the divine

Mother the ceremonial bath, the priests tie their eyes with cloth coverings. On

auspicious occasions like Kali

Puja, Durga Puja, Poila Boishakh, the Bengali New Year day and sankranti large

number of devotees throng the place with offerings.Ghad Kali- The Image in

Ujjain worshipped by Mahakavi Kalidas.Image of Maa Kali in Ujjain worshipped by

King Vikramadhitya.

---------------------

The Cuttack Chandi Temple is an ancient temple dedicated to the Goddess Chandi,

the presiding deity of Cuttack, Orissa. The temple is located near the banks of

the River Kathjodi. It is famous for the annual Durga Puja and Kali Puja

festivals. The Durga Puja festivities are prominent in Maa Cuttack Chandi

temple.

 

The goddess popularly called as Maa Katak Chandi, sits and rules on the heart

of the ancient city. She is worshiped as Bhubaneswari. Maa Chandi is worshipped

in various incarnations of Durga during the puja. In Cuttack, people strongly

believe Maa Cuttack Chandi as 'The Living Goddess'. Maa Chandi of the temple in

Cuttack in the usual form.According to legend, the land where the temple is

located once lay fallow. Hansa Panda, the Purohit of the then King of Kanika,

used to graze his cattle on the land. One day he felt tired and took rest on a

heap of dry soil. While resting, he experienced an unusual feeling within. The

same night, Goddess Chandi appeared in his dream and requested him to bring her

out of the land. The next day he went to the King and told him about the dream

he had. With the help of the king, Hansa Panda dug the land. It is said that

forty bullock carts of red sindoor came out while digging after which emerged

the Deity of

Maa cuttack Chandi.The present temple marks the spot.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in DuroChandi rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Maha Kali rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Siddheswari rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Mahishasura Mardhini rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Maha Lakshmi rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Maha Saraswathi rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Ugra Tara rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Bagalamukhi rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Vaishnavi rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Matangi rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Raja Rajeswari rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Jaya Durga rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Jagaddhatri rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Bhuvaneswari rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Gayatri rupa

Maa Chandi of Cuttack in Shodasi ( Lalitha Tripurasundari) rupa.

Maa Chandi of Cuttack....Cuttack is more than a thousand years old (established

in 989 A.D.) and hence called the " Millennium City " , and was the capital of

Orissa for almost ten centuries since its formation until it was bursting at the

seams and the need was felt to build a new capital city, Bhubaneswar, about 20

km away in 1948. Today, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar are collectively known as the

" twin cities " of Orissa.

Maa Chandi at Sapthashrigi, Nasik - Mahrashtra

Never seen or heard of such a temple before-- Smasan Kali Temple in Cuttack,

Orissa

Message from the teachings of Sai baba for 21st September

Faith and Doing One's Duty

 Baba assures us, 'Entrust your responsibility completely to Me and stay cool'.

Further, He says, " Do your duty sincerely " . The first step we have to take in

spiritual practice is to know that we should discharge our day-to-day duties

with utmost sincerity and full faith in God.The boat of life cannot be pushed

forward unless we use the pair of oars to row the boat. One of the oars is

'faith' and the other is 'doing one's duty'. First, we use only the oar of

'faith'. But the boat starts swirling in circles. We leave the oar and take hold

of the oar of 'doing one's duty'. Again the boat swirls round. We decide to row

the boat holding together both the oar of 'faith' and the oar of 'doing one's

duty'. And the boat starts darting ahead smoothly and touches the shore. If we

want to cross the sea of worldly life in a row-boat of life, we must paddle or

do our duty reposing unshakable and unbreakable faith in God Almighty. We must

believe that it is He who

makes us row the boat of life. We must strengthen our belief that success or

failure, profit or loss, pleasure or pain, fame or shame that we get do not

belong to us. We should strengthen our faith that Baba is our Lord, Saviour and

Prime Mover of our lives. Unless we blend our deep faith in Baba, with our

spirit of devotion to duty, we cannot live successfully and joyfully.

 

Posted By Deepa H to Sai Picture gallery