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Goddess Bhramari ( Goddess of the Black Bees )
|| TejoMandala Durdharsha Bhraamari Chitrakantibhrut ||
|| Chitraanulepana Devi Chitraabharan Bhushita ||
|| Chitrabhramara Paanihi Saa Maahamaariti Geeyate ||
“Densely Illuminating All around The Goddess Bhramari who has Blackish Yellow (Yellowish Black) Colour , One who has Smeared the Ointment of the same colour and adorned by Ornaments of the Yellowish Black gems ,From her hands she releases Blackish Yellow Bugs and Bees , To such awespiring Goddess People call as “Mahamaari“ ie Great Plague.
Bhramari is a Hindu Goddess. She is an incarnation of the Goddess Shakti. Bhramari means ’the Goddess of bees’ or ’the Goddess of black bees’. She is associated with bees, hornets and wasps, which cling to her body.
Bhramari Devi is the Goddess of Black Bees. In Srimad Devi Bagavatam: Book 10, Chapter 13, Maharishi Veda Vyasa speaking in the voice of the sage Narada questions Lord Vishnu: “O Wise One! Who is that Bhramari Devi? What is Her Nature? Narayana states the mythology as thus.
ArunadAnava, an asura wanted to establish a kingdom by driving out the devas. Aruna tries to compromise the chastity of the god’s wives. He invaded the heavens and dislodged the devas from their abodes. Aruna and his army effortlessly moved into the cities.
The devas rushed to Lord Siva who summoned his fellow demons and their wives. The wives were brought before Lord Shiva. Out of fear they prayed to Goddess Parameshwari Devi for help. Pameshwari Devi transformed herself into a large bee from which a swarm of bees emanated. These bees surrounded the wives and sent out further lines of black bees which joined those emerging from her hands to cover the whole earth. The sky was overcast with this swarm and the world was cast into darkness.
Nature was filled with bees and was a spectacle of a terrific sight. The demons were torn apart by the bees and the asuras were rendered helpless and incommunicado. They could not use their
weapons. Adi Shakti appeared as the divine bee and said “O, asura! Meet your end!“ And she stung him to death. Even, Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara wondered “Whose Maya is this! What a wonder that She will do like this?” The devis thanked Parmeshwari Devi for saving their chastity and sang ‘victory to the Devi’. The various musical instruments, mridangas, murajas and sankhas, bells all sounded in the three worlds and sung Her glory. Devi became glad and gave them separate boon when they went to her lotus feet.
That is how Devi got the name of ’Bhramari Devi’ as the protector. Brahmari is worshipped on the eighth night of the Navarathri festival. The Bhramari Devi Temple or Kote-ke-mai Temple is attributed to the Goddess of Bees. There the main deity, Goddess Bhramari is facing north and devotees offer prayer from the south direction of the temple. It is said that Adi Guru Shankaracharya spent valuable time in the Kot Brahmari temple situated at the top of a mount enclosed by a fort in Kasauni.
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