I visited Mata Vaishno Devi twice. This blog is based upon my personal experience in the holy Hindu shrine. It is said that the benevolent Mother Goddess, Mata Vaishno Devi fulfils all the desires and wishes of a true bhakt or devotee. Mata Vaishno Devi is also known as Mata Rani, Vaishnavi, Ambe and Trikuta.
Bhudevi, also known as Vasundhara or Bhumi is the Earth Goddess. Since Sita Maa from the Hindu epic Ramayan was born from Earth, Bhudevi is also known as mother of Sita ji. Being a consort of Varaha, the boar like 3rd Avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu, Bhumidevi is often also referred to as Varahi.
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When Goddess Bhumi was being harassed by the evil forces that stated dominating on Earth, she went to the male trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh for help but to no avail. Seeing the male trinity helpless, their consorts, the female trinity of Saraswati ji, Lakshmi ji and Parvati ji (Maa kali), came to rescue.
The female trinity of Hindu Goddesses combined their most powerful qualities and energies to create a new Goddess Mata Vaishno Devi. She waged one war upon wars until she emerged triumphant. Impressed with her power, the trinity asked Vaishno Mata to remain on Earth and serve as its permanent protector.
Mata Vaishno Devi is so famous because the faith of crores of people are associated with this holy Hindu shrine. Without any modern marketing gimmick or advertisement campaign, crores of devotees pay a visit to Mata Vaishno Devi throughout the year. It is one of the most famous Hindu Temples in the entire world.
Apart from the above mentioned Bhumidevi connection of Vaishno Devi with Ramayan, she also has an interesting story with Shri Ram, the seventh and the gentlest avatar of Vishnu ji. Much after the above-mentioned incident, Mata Vaishno Devi was born on Earth again as the daughter of a Brahmin couple. Ever since she was a child, she was a true bhakt or devotee of Vishnu Bhagwan. She wanted to marry him when she grows up.
To make her wish come true, and impress Vishnu ji, Mata Vaishno Devi used to meditate for hours in a cave. Her tapasya showed results when Vishnu ji, manifested in the form of Shri Ram, appeared before her. Since Sri Ram was already married and searching for his wife Mata Sita who demon King or Asura Ravan had abducted and taken to Sri Lanka, he expressed his inability to marry Mata Vaishno Devi.
However, seeing her heartbroken, Ram ji promised her that some-day he will come back to her and will get married to her only if she is able to recognise him. True to his word, Shri Ram, known as Lord Rama in West, returned to Mata Vaishno Devi as an old man. She failed to recognise him and thus they could not marry in Treta Yug.
Being the noble soul he was, Shri Ram promised Mata Vaishno Devi that he will marry her when he reappears in the form of Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of Vishnu Bhagwan. Kalki will appear at the end of the current Kali Yuga we are living in. He will eliminate the evil from society and start Satya Yuga, the golden age.
It was Shri Krishna who advised Arjun to visit Jambhu and seek blessing from Maa before the famous Kurukshetra war begins. In fact, it is widely believed that it was the Pandavas who built the first temples at Bhawan and Kol Kandoli. The 5 stone structures located on a mountain adjacent to Trikuta Hills represent the 5 Pandava brothers. This hill overlooks the holy cave.
I noticed during my visit that instead of any huge idol inside the Mata Vaishno Devi Gufa, devotees here worship the Goddess in the form of a huge rock with 3 heads or 3 holy Pindis. These sacred rock formations are worshipped by crores of Hindus from across the globe. This is a 5.5 feet tall rock. I noticed portraits of some other Hindu Gods such as Hanuman ji.
After the prayers, I was directed by the pujaris towards a narrow tunnel which gave me close darshan of the holy Pindis. Despite the long queue, again I got a good darshan of Pindis. I navigated the narrow tunnel which had a railing which divides the people who are going in for darshan and leaving from the passage on the other side of the metallic railing.
Earlier the ancient cave path was used to get darshan of Maa. But owing to huge crowds a new path has opened to avoid mishaps and stampede. The ancient path is sometimes opened in the month of January and February, given the crowd is less than 10,000 per day.
Photography and Videography is strictly not allowed inside the Cave temple of Mata Vaishno Devi. There are free lockers in Bhawan where you can submit your cell phones, wallets, cameras, tripod, lenses etc. No one however, stopped me from shooting from mobile during the trek from Katra to Bhawan. I had left my DSLR camera in hotel itself. I took pictures and videos for my travel blog A Soul Window and You Tube channel from the good quality camera phone of Kavita, my co traveller.
Yes. Vaishno Devi is the most revered Shaktipeeth because this was the spot where the head of Sati Mata had fallen. Vaishno Devi is one of the 108 Shakti Peeths located across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and even Pakistan.
A Hindu Pujari known as Pandit Sridhar has been credited with the discovery of the sacred cave of Mata Vaishno Devi. It is believed that Mata Vaishnavi herself instructed him about the directions to the gufa on Trikuta Hills in his dream.
Pleased with his devotion, Mata Vaishno Devi herself gave him divine darshan and further blessed him with 4 sons and a boon that he and his generations will be the final custodian of the holy cave.
It was Sridhar who started doing pooja (or worship) of the 3 pindikas present in the gufa or cave of the temple. To this date the descendants of Pandit Sridhar are entitled to take care of the holy Hindu shrine.
Hindu devotees, even today make sure to visit and offer prayers to Ardhakuwari Gufa Mandir as well, though it is not mandatory.Ardhakuwari holds immense religious significance as during the chaseMata Vaishno Devi hid here from the misguided Bhairon Nath for 9 months. She meditated and did Tapasya in this cave. She killed Bhairon Nath, soon after leaving the gufa at Ardhkuwari.
Also known as Garbhjoon Gufa, the rock worshipped in Ardhkuwari is shaped like the womb of a mother. It is a miracle in itself that even the tallest of men can easily enter this small cave. It is believed by Hindu devotees that the people who pay visit to Ardhkuwari Gufa are released from the cycle of life and death and attain Moksha, the final destination as per Sanatan Dharma. Also, if they devotees end up being born on Earth again, then their new birth remains a happy and prosperous one.
Mata Vaishno Devi took birth on Earth as Vaishnavi. The Goddess who manifested her in human form instructed her to spend her life on Earth while aiming to achieve the highest level of consciousness. Mata Vaishno Deviwas a major devotee of Vishnu ji and Shri Ram, an avatar of Vishnu ji.
There is an age-old story about the past of Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, 900 years to be precise. As per the oral tradition, we know that Mata Vaishno Devi who was reborn as Vaishnavi here had taken a vow of celibacy. She was an ardent bhakt (devotee) of Vishnu ji.
She once asked Sridhar, a local Brahmin from nearby village in Hansali to hold a Bhandara, a community feast, for the people of the area near Bhumika Stream. Hansali village is still present near Katra.
The feast was going well. However, a local tantric or Demon God, known as Bhairon Nath starteddemanding meat and liquor. Vaishnavi refused stating that only strictly vegetarian fare will be distributed in Bhandara as it was a feast for the Brahmins.
Bhairon Nath however beganlusting after her. Bhairon Nath was actually sent by his guru, Mahayogi Guru Gorakh Nath ji to test if Mata Vaishnavi had achieved the pinnacle of spirituality or not?
Bhairon Nath deviated from his path and lost his sense of purpose. He fell in love with her and pursued her with the wrong use of the Tantric powers he was a master of. He pestered her to marry him. Mata Vaishno Devi went to what is now the holy cave temple at Darbar in Bhawan area. She thought she would be able to do her tapasya and meditation in complete silence and peace in the quaint hills. However, Bhairon Nath followed her desperately.
Upon reaching the Gufa or the cave, using a sword, she killed Bhairo Nath after assuming the form of Mahakali or Chamundi, the fierce form of Maa Kali. He was beheaded in the same cave temple of Mata Vaishno Devi, which is revered by crores of people today. The force was so immense that while his torso remained at the main entrance, the head fell as far as the current Bhairon Temple. I noticed that the torso of Bhairav Nath has become rock now. You can see it within the main gufa in sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
Bhawan is now the final home of Mata Vaishno Devi where to this date she gives darshan to her bhakts in the form of 3 pindikas aka pindi or rock formations. This is why Vaishno Devi is so famous and visited by millions of people every year. I visited both the cave temple of Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan as well as the Bhairon Nath temple. It is quite a distance and accessed by an ultra-modern state of the art ropeway or a walk. 152ee80cbc
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