“The old and natural cave of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple
has opened for darshan since Monday 16th
of January 2017 for the next few weeks.”
This news is being seen on all news channels since the past
few days, and is the reason for joy for all the devotees who seek to attain
Mata Rani’s blessings. Every year, this cave opens for a few weeks after Makar
Sankranti when the number of pilgrims is relatively low. Devotees who have been
waiting for this news desperately have started planning and booking their
tickets for Jammu!
Although we all have heard about Mata Vaishno Devi, but how
many of us know the story behind this temple? Amongst the 108 Shakti Peeths in
India, this is one of the shrines dedicated to Goddess Parvati. In this avatar,
she is seen riding on a tiger, and dressed in a bright red crimson saree with
eight hands.
Going back to the Treta Yug, she was born in South India to
Ratnakar Sagar as a girl named Trikuta. (Later, she was called Vaishno as she
took birth from Lord Vishnu’s lineage.) When she grew a little older, she
sought permission from her father to take to meditation on the seashore. At the
seashore, she prayed to Lord Vishnu in the form of Lord Rama. Meanwhile,
searching for his wife Sita, Lord Rama reached the shore with his army, and his
eyes fell on this divine girl in deep meditation. Lord Rama asked her name and
why she was there. Trikuta told him that she had accepted him as her husband by
heart and mind. On hearing this, Lord Rama told her that he has vowed to have
only one wife. However, seeing her dedication and devotion, he told her that he
will soon return in a disguised form, and if Trikuta could recognize him, he
will accept her.
After liberating Sita and returning From Lanka, Lord Rama
went to see Trikuta in the form of an old monk, but she did not recognize him,
thus failing to be accepted by him. Lord Rama revealed his identity and assured
her that he would manifest himself as ‘Kalki’ in Kalyug and marry her then. Meanwhile, he asked Trikuta to meditate
in the Trikuta range of Manik Mountains in North India. He also declared that Trikuta
would become immortal forever and would be worshipped as ‘Vaishno Devi’. He
also gave her a bow and arrows, a small army of monkeys, and a lion for
protection. Ever since, the temple of Mata Vaishno Devi is visited by people
from all walks of life, men and women alike, to seek her blessings.
Mata Vaishno Devi is none other but the form of Goddess
Parvati. If you wish to impress this great Shakti, you must pray to her along
with her husband Lord Shiva. You can have the auspicious Gauri Shankar Puja
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