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Goddess Yogeshwari – Hindu Goddess Yogeshwari Devi

Goddess Yogeshwari is a manifestation of Goddess Shakti and this form of Mother Goddess is worshipped mainly in Maharashtra, Goa and in some parts of South India . Her origin is mentioned in the Varaha Purana. She is believed to have emerged from the flames coming out of the mouth Shiva.  In most temples of Yogeshwari she is considered as the consort of Shiva. In such temples she is a manifestation of Goddess Parvati. Murti of Yogeshwari Worshipped at Yogeshwari Devi Temple at Ambejogai In the form of Yogeshwari, Mother Goddess is believed to fulfill the desires of her devotees. One of the most popular temples dedicated to Yogeshwari is found at Ambejogai in Beed District in Maharashtra .

Swami Vivekananda Thoughts on Love

A collection of thoughts and quotes of Swami Vivekananda on love. The first test of love is that it knows no bargaining. Love is always the giver and never the taker. The second test is that love knows no fear. The third test is that it is always the highest ideal. All expansion is life, all contraction is death. All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love binds, love makes for that oneness. You become one, the mother with the child, families with the city, the whole world becomes one with the animals. For love is Existence, God Himself; and all this is the manifestation of that One Love, more or less expressed. The difference is only in degree, but it is the manifestation of that One Love throughout. It is love and love alone that I preach and I base my teachings on the great Vedantic truth of the sameness and omnipresence of the Soul of the Universe. Out of long churning comes butter, and this butter is God. Men of heart get the ‘butter’, and the ‘bu