Guhyeshwari Temple(51 shaktipeeth/divine place)

Guhyeshwari Temple (Nepali:गुह्येश्वरी मन्दिर), also spelled Guheswari or Guhjeshwari, is one of the revered holy temples in Kathmandu, Nepal. This temple is dedicated to Adi Shakti. This refers to the popular legend where Shiva distressed was carrying the corpse of Devi Sati and Vishu annihilated it with his Sudarshan Chakra. Shiva later declared the 51 such places where Devi Sati's body parts fell to be worshipped as the Shakti Peethas and meditated at all these places as various forms of Bhairavas. The place where Devi Sati's knees fell is Guheswari in Kathmandu. In Nepal the form of Shakti is Mahashira and the form of Bhairava is Kapali. King Pratap Malla built this temple in the 17th century.

The temple name originates from guhya (cave) and ishwari (goddess). Non-Hindus are not allowed to enter this temple.
Guheswari Temple is located near Pashupatinath Temple. It represents female force. The famous Temple of Guheswori lies about a km east of. Guheswori temple is located at the left bank of the Bagamati river.
Guheswori temple belongs to female energy force and it goddess temple."

Indrakshi (Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari)(51 shaktipeeth/divine place)

Shakti
Indrakshi (Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari)
Bhairava
Rakshaseshwar (Nayanair)
In Hinduism, Bhuvaneshvari (also spelt Bhuvaneswari) (Sanskrit: भुवनेश्वरी, Tamil: புவனேஸ்வரி) is the fourth of the ten Mahavidya goddesses and an aspect of Devi,as elements of the physical cosmos, in giving shape to the creation of the World”. Also Bhuvaneswari is considered as the supreme goddesses who creates everything and destroys all the unnecessary evils of world. She is also considered as the Mother goddess of Kali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati also Gayatri. In Hindu Mythology she is considered as the most powerful goddess in the universe. Parvati is Sagun Roop of Goddess Bhuvaneswari. Her bija mantra is “Hreem.”
Bhuvaneshwari: The Queen of the Universe. Bhuvaneshwari means the Queen or ruler of the Universe. She is the Divine Mother as the Queen of all the worlds. All the Universe is her body and all beings are ornaments on her infinite being. She carries all the worlds as a flowering of her own Self-nature. She is thus related to Sundari and to Rajarajeshwari, the supreme Lady of the Universe.
She is also known as Adi Shakti i.e one of the earliest forms of shakti. She is capable of turning situations according to her wish. It is considered that even the navagrahas and trimurtis cannot stop her from doing anything. She can order the Trimurtis to do anything she wants.
Temples
There are several temples dedicated to Bhuvaneshwari across India, however, the most important (Shakti Peetha) is located in Nainativu (Manipallavam) – off the shore of the Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka. She is regarded as the main shakti of Lord Lingaraj, in Bhubaneswar. She is worshipped as the patron goddess of Bhubaneswar and by Utkala Brahmins of Orissa. A small shrine is also dedicated to her inside Jagannath Temple, Puri and Devi Subhadra is worshipped as Bhuvaneshwari.The Samaleswari shrine and Cuttack Chandi Temple in Orissa too are dedicated to her. The Kamakhya Temple too houses Bhuvaneshwari Temple.In South India most of the Srividhya tradition upasaka worship her.In Kerala she is also popular among Shaktas

BASIC CONCEPT OF VEDIC ASTROLOGY

The sky as seen from earth appears as a sphere with earth as its centre. This hypothetical sphere is called Celestial Sphere or Celestial Globe.

Our solar system is very very small as compared to our universe. The distances of stars seen in the sky are so huge that they hardly appear changing their positions in the celestial sphere even in thousands of years. In other words the celestial sphere appears like a black hollow sphere on which is stars are fixed on its surface from inside. Obviously the structure made by stars practically does not change with time.

Since the planets of our solar system including Sun and Moon are comparatively much nears, they can be seen moving in the Celestial Globe. In Indian Astrology all such heavenly bodies, which appear moving are called Grahas(planets). Because our earth moves around the Sun on almost a circular path, the Sun appears moving around the Earth on a circular path on the Celestial Sphere from west to east. All the other planets (Grahas) also appear moving along this circle from west to east, on a 9 degree wide path, which is called Zodiac.(Do not confuse with the daily apparent motion of heavenly bodies which is from east to west, due to rotational motion of earth.)

In ancient times only 5 planets namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were known, as they can be seen by naked eyes. If Sun and Moon are also included the number of planets(Grahas) becomes 7.

There are 12 houses in a Vedic Astrology chart. Each of these houses is representative of certain areas of a human life. Also, each of these 12 houses has a natural signifier planet known as Karakas in Vedic Astrology. Given below is the table of each of the 12 houses and their significations along with the karakas. House Represents Karaka 1 Physical self of the native i.e. his/her physical appearance Surya 2 Wealth of the native Guru 3 Siblings, communication skills of the native Mangal 4 Mother, property of the native Chandra 5 Progeny, education of the native Guru 6 Enemies, Servants of the native Mangal 7 Spouse, Partners of the native Shukra 8 Death, diseases of the native Shani 9 Teacher(s), Father of the native Guru 10 Achievements, Career of the native Budha 11 Income, profits to the native Guru 12 Expenditure, loss to the native Shani Then Vedic Astrology has the concept of Rashi (sign). There are 12 rashis in total. Rashis are basically 12 divisions of the 360o zodiac. Each of these rashis is lorded by particular planet(s). Each of these rashis aspect other three rashis in the zodiac – aspects from rashi consisting of good planets and otherwise good house are beneficial and the aspects from rashi containing bad planets and otherwise bad houses are malefic. Given below is the table of 12 rashis and their lords, along with other details. Sanskrit Name English Name Lord Rashi Aspects Mobility Nature Characteristic Type Representative Sex Mesha Aries Mangal Simha, Vrischika, Kumbha Movable Fire Male Vrishabha Taurus Shukra Kartakam, Thulam, Makara Fixed Earth Female Mithuna Gemini Budha Kanya, Dhanus, Meena Dual/Common Air Male Kartakam Cancer Chandra Vrishabha, Vrischika, Kumbha Movable Water Female Simha Leo Surya Mesha, Thulam, Kumbha Fixed Fire Male Kanya Virgo Budha Mithuna, Dhanus, Meena Dual/Common Earth Female Thulam Libra Shukra Vrishabha, Simha, Kumbha Movable Air Male Vrischika Scorpio Mangal and Ketu Mesha, Kartakam, Makara Fixed Water Female Dhanus Sagittarius Guru Mithuna, Kanya, Meena Dual/Common Fire Male Makara Capricorn Shani Vrishabha, Simha, Vrischika Movable Earth Female Kumbha Aquarius Shani and Rahu Mesha, Kartakam, Thulam Fixed Air Male Meena Pisces Guru Mithuna, Kanya, Dhanus Dual/Common Water Female   Each planet is supposed to give certain results. Now each of these planets give intense (mainly in a good way) results in a particular rashi and weak (mainly in a bad way) results in another rashi. The rashi in which the planet gives good results is known as its Uccha (Exaltation) rashi and the one in which the planet gives bad results is known as its Neecha (Debilitation) rashi. Given below is a list of Neecha and Uccha rashis of planets. The table below gives the uccha, Neecha rashis of the grahas as well as information about their aspects. Graha Uccha Rashi Neecha Rashi Surya Mesha Thulam Chandra Vrishabha Vrischika Mangal Makara Kartakam Budha Kanya Meena Guru Kartakam Makara Shukra Meena Kanya Shani Thulam Mesha Rahu Vrishabha Vrischika Ketu Vrischika Vrishabha Each graha aspects other grahas just like rashis, as shown in the table below. Note that each graha aspects the 7th house from it always. Apart from that, some grahas like Mangal, Guru, Shani, Rahu and Ketu aspects other houses. Aspects from good planets in the chart are always beneficial and that from bad planets are malefic. Graha Aspect Surya 7th house from where it is placed Chandra 7th house from where it is placed Mangal 7th, 4th, 8th house from where it is placed Budha 7th house from where it is placed Guru 7th, 5th, 9th house from where it is placed Shani 7th, 3rd, 10th house from where it is placed Rahu 7th, 4th, 8th house from where it is placed Ketu 7th, 3rd, 10th house from where it is placed

Mithila Shakti Peeth,Mithila,Bhihar(51 shaktipeeth/Divine place)

According to the Hindu mythology, it is whispered that Devi Sati’s “Left Shoulder”fell here. The main idols of this legendary divine place are Devi as “Mahadevi or Uma” and Lord Shiva as “Mahodar” (a brave one). The holy place is dedicated to Goddess Durga.
Mithila Shakti Peeth is known for the other histories present in the great holy epic Ramayana of Hindus. Since Janakpuri is known as the birth place of Sita Mata (Wife of lord Rama) and her father, the famous king of Janak used to rule this region. The people have a wrong conception of believing the Janki madir as the popular Shakti peeth. An ancient Shakti temple at this place is also known as Sona mai mandir. Mithilachal is also known as Durgasthan or the place for Devi Bhagavati.

Manibandh Shakti Peeth, Pushkar(51 shaktipeeth/divine place)

The Manibandh Shakti peeth in Pushkar is said to be the place where the wrist of the Goddess is said to have fallen. It is located at Gayatri hills near Pushkar and 11 km north-west of Ajmer, Rajasthan and around 5-7 km from the famous Pushkar Bramha temple.
The place, whereon Goddess Sati’s two manivedikas-wrists fell, is known as Manivedika Temple and the Icon, installed later in a temple, is called Gayatri Devi. There are two idols here, one is of Devi sati and called as Gayatri. The other idol in this temple is of Lord Shiva Known as the Sarvananda (the one who makes everyone happy). Meaning of Gayatri is Saraswati. Saraswati is the goddess of Knowledge in Hindu culture. This temple is considered as the ideal place for Gayathri Mantra sadhana.

BHAGAVAD GITA SUMMARY

   The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God") is the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads. It is a universal scripture  applicable to people of all temperaments, for all times. It is a book with sublime thoughts and practical instructions on Yoga, Devotion, Vedanta and Action. The Bhagavad Gita has influenced many great thinkers over the years.

• Why do you worry without cause? Whom do you fear without reason? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born, nor does it die.
• Whatever happened, happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever will happen, will also happen for the good only. You need not have any regrets for the past. You need not worry for the future. The present is happening...
• What did you lose that you cry about? What did you bring with you, which you think you have lost? What did you produce, which you think got destroyed? You did not bring anything - whatever you have, you received from here. Whatever you have given, you have given only here. Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to him. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed. What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else the day after tomorrow. You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours. It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrows.
•  "Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to him. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed." 
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• Change is the law of the universe. What you think of as death, is indeed life. In one instance you can be a millionaire, and in the other instance you can be steeped in poverty. Yours and mine, big and small - erase these ideas from your mind. Then everything is yours and you belong to everyone.
• This body is not yours, neither are you of the body. The body is made of fire, water, air, earth and ether, and will disappear into these elements. But the soul is permanent - so who are you?
• Dedicate your being to God. He is the one to be ultimately relied upon. Those who know of his support are forever free from fear, worry and sorrow.
• Whatever you do, do it as a dedication to God. This will bring you the tremendous experience of joy and life-freedom forever.
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