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Goddess Kaumari – Kowmari or Goddess Kumari

Goddess Kaumari, or Goddess Kowmari, is on of the seven mother goddesses in Hinduism. The seven mother goddesses are known as Sapta Matrikas or Sapta Matris. Goddess Kaumari is the female energy of Lord Kumar (Muruga or Kartik). She is also referred as Goddess Kumari. She symbolically represents valor and courage. Goddess Kaumari takes her name and attributes from Lord Skanda or Subrahmanya or Murga. She uses the same weapon and vehicle of Lord Kartik. Goddess Kaumari has four hands and she carries a small vel (lance) and flag in two hands. Two hands are in Abhaya and Varatha posture. Her vehicle or Vahana is a peacock and she is believed to reside under a fig tree. She is usually depicted as having Kumkum body color – red color. In some texts she is described as having six faces and twelve arms. Lord Kartik is also depicted as having six faces as he was born as six different babies and was later joined by Goddess Parvati.

Swami Pura or Kalari Pura Where Lord Ayyappa Took Marital Art Lessons

Lord Ayyappa is believed to have taken lessons in Kalaripayattu – a traditional martial art of Kerala – as young boy from Kalari Gurukkal of Cheerappanchira family at Swami Pura or Kalari Pura at Muhamma in Alappuzha District in Kerala. The Pura, or the small hut, where the Kalari lessons where taught is still being preserved in its original form by the present generation of the family. Devotees who arrive at the Swami Pura also visit the Mukkalvattam Swamy Ayyappa Temple nearby. Express Buzz writes about this unique place associated with Lord Ayyappa With another Sabarimala season under way, the Cherappanchira family, which owns the Pura, have decided to renovate it so as to provide better facilities for pilgrims who visit it on their way to Sabarimala. "The renovation plans include landscaping, boundary protection, an Ayurvedic garden, a prayer-cum-spiritual seminar hall-cum-auditorium, an 'annadaana centre', Navagraha Pooja facility, bath, cloakroom

Download Bhagavad Gita Audio in English in MP3 for Free

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Audio in English in Audio format for free is provided by Swami Shri Adgadanad Ji’s of Yatharth Geeta. This downloadable English Language Bhagawad Geeta is strictly for personal use. You can only download the eighteen chapters separately and not as a single MP3 file. Sometimes a single chapter has three or four mp3 files. You will have to download several files to get the complete Bhagavad Gita with commentary in English. The best option will be to download a single file and listen to it and if you like you can opt to download the rest of them. You can download the Bhagavad Gita Audio in English in MP3 format from this link – Download Bhagavad Gita in English in MP3 .