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Sati (/ ˈsʌtiː /, Sanskrit: सती, IAST: Satī, lit. 'truthful' or 'virtuous'), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti. Sati was the first wife ...
Austin State Hospital. Texas Department of State Health Services is a state agency of Texas. The department was created by House Bill 2292 of the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003 through the merging of four state agencies: the Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Health Care Information ...
Parvati and Shiva have taken many incarnations and divine forms together. [13] Parvati is the mother of the Hindu deities Ganesha and Kartikeya. The Puranas also say that she is the companion of the river goddess Ganga. [6] [14] For Hindus, she is considered to be the divine energy between a man and a woman, like the energy of Shiva and Shakti ...
The Shakta pithas, Shakti pithas or Sati pithas (Sanskrit: शाक्त पीठ, Śakta Pīṭha, seats of Shakti[1]) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the mother goddess denomination in Hinduism. The shrines are dedicated to various forms of Adi Shakti. [a] Various Puranas such as Srimad Devi Bhagavatam ...
The Vishalakshi Temple, also known as Vishalakshi Gauri Mandir and Vishalakshi Amman Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Vishalakshi (an aspect of the goddess Parvati) at Mir Ghat on the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi. [1] It was Built and Maintained by Nattukottai Nagarathar a mercantile community from Tamil Nadu [2]
Website. Official Website. Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple (IAST: Mallikārjuna) or Srisailam Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deities Shiva and Parvati, located at Srisailam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is significant to the Hindu sects of both Shaivism and Shaktism as this temple is referred to as one of the twelve ...
Sati (practice) A 19th-century painting depicting the act of sati. Sati or suttee was a Hindu historical practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband 's funeral pyre. It has been linked to related Hindu practices in regions of India. Greek sources from around c. 300 BCE make isolated mention of sati, but it ...