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Deviyaan (Goddesses)
see also
Satee
Devee means goddess or Shakti (power). There are
three Devee associated with Brahmaa, Vishnu and Mahesh, Saraswatee, Lakshmee, and Paarvatee Jee respectively.
Otherwise there are nine main Devee:
(1) Lakshmee Jee (Daughter of Samudra, married to Vishnu) Shree, Ramaa
etc are some of her other names. Lakshmee Jee is especially worshipped on Deepaavalee day - Kaartik Amaavasyaa day.
She is the giver of wealth and prosperity.
(2) Saraswatee Jee (Daughter of Brahmaa Jee) Shaaradaa, Veenevaadinee etc are her other
names - She is the Devee of knowledge and is worshipped on Maagh Shukla Panchamee
(5th day) or Vasant Panchamee. People start their children's education on this day after Saraswatee Poojan.
(3) Paarvatee Jee (Daughter of Himaalaya and Mainaa, married to Shiv) [Gauree, Him
Nandinee, Aparnaa - When she was doing Tap for Shiv Jee and she lived without
eating leaves (A=no, and Parn=pattaa, or leaf; so she was called Aparnaa,
Meenaakshee are some of her other names] - Paarvatee Jee is famous for
bestowing welfare and marital happiness to women. There are several days of the year when married women
keep fast for her to get Saubhaagya (marital happiness). Hariyaalee Teej
on Shraavan Shukla Teej (3rd day), Karavaa Chauth on Kaartik Krishn Chauth (4th day) are some of them.
(4) Kaalee Devee
(5) Vaishnav Devee - This Devee's temple is in Jammoo Kaashmeer and people go there for pilgrimage
(6) Sheetalaa Maataa
(7) Durgaa Devee
(8) Bhadra Kaalee
These are some temples of Devee in India:--
Chandee Devi - Located on the top of Neel Parvat. A Ropeway Carriage
operates here, in Haridwaar - in Uttarakhand State
Mansaa Devi Temple - This temple is on the top of Bilwa
Parvat. A Ropeway Carriage operates here, in Haridwaar - Uttarakhand State
Kanyaa Kumaaree - at Cape Comorin, in Tamilnaadu State
Vaishnav Devee - in Jammoo-Kashmeer
Meenaakshee Temple - (Temple of Paarvatee) in Madurai, in Tamilnaadu State
There are two occasions in Indian Lunar calendar when nine Devee are
worshipped - one in Chaitra month, from Shukla Pratipadaa (1st day) to Shukla
Navamee (9th day); and another time in Aashwin month, from Shukla Pratipadaa (1st
day) to Shukla Navamee (9th day). The firs one ends with Raam Navamee and
the other one ends with Dashaharaa pr Vijayaa Dashamee.
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