Maa
Ruminating on the love of my Mother Goddess...Although I discovered my Mother’s love much later in life, She has been with me forever. After all I was named by my parents after the Goddess. The earliest memories I have of my Dad praying is him singing Aigiri Nandini (Mahishasura Mardini Stotram). From the year we moved to Mylapore in 1994, my mother routinely took me to seek Mother Karpagambal’s blessings at Kapaleeshwarar Temple . One of my closest friends took me to two beautiful Amman temples in Mylapore - Mundagakanni Amman and Kolavizhi Amman. Through all these years though I was seeing Her I was not really seeking Her. Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy brought Lord Shiva into my life. There is no Shiva without Shakthi, and I discovered my Mother’s love. In 2014 my mother took me to visit Mariamman Temple at Samayapuram . In 2016 in the months before I left to Canada I was blessed to seek Her darshan at Kalighat Kali Mandir , Vishalakshi Temple and Ann...
