Sacred Deviant

Buddha’s feet and the crowd

World’s Treasure (Cintamani), 1924, Nicholas Roerich

Let go of what has passed

Let go of what may come

Let go of what is happening now

Don’t try to figure anything out

Don’t try to make anything happen

Relax, right now, and rest

Tilopa

✴ THE MOON ✴ Finally finished this illustration… Not a self portrait!!! Hope you like my version of this tarot card 🌛

How to identify Saptamatrikas SahastraBahu Temple, 8th-century Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh, India

Tourism_teacher wrote : How to identify “Saptamatrikas” in temples? Saptamatrikas are the feminine Energies of Gods like Brahma, Shiva, Kartikeya, Vishnu, Varaha, Indra, Bhairava. They look like their consorts with similar Vahanas and Ayudhas.

One easy way of identifying them is, mostly they are on the door Jambs of the temples. Ayudhas or Vahanas as mentioned in the picture is the way to recognize them individually.

While all the Matrika’s Vahanas are same to their Consorts. Varahi can be identified by Mahisha & Chamundi by Preta. Sometimes Ashtamatrikas are also found in temples – adding Vinayaki or Narasimhi. As per Agamas the Saptamatrikas should be flanked on both sides by Veerabhadra & Ganesha.

The oldest reference of Saptamatrikas can be available from the seals of Indus valley Civilization. Even to this day Saptamatrikas are relevant and worshipped but historians have no guts to declare the religion of Indus valley nor the continuity of the Civilization.