Who is Maa Baglamukhi
The place of manifestation of Baglamukhi Devi is believed to be in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. It is said that they were manifested by turmeric-colored water. Due to the yellow color of turmeric, she is also called Pitambara Devi. Pitambara means, the goddess who is related to yellow or golden color.
Meaning of Maa Baglamukhi
The word Baglamukhi is made up of two words, “Bagla” and “Mukhi“. The word Bagla is a corruption of Wagla (bridle). The name Bagla is made up of three letters. VA, GA, LA; The letter ‘VA’ refers to Varuni, the letter ‘GA’ refers to Siddhida and the letter ‘LA’ refers to the earth. Therefore, due to the supernatural beauty and erectile power of the mother, she got this name.
Baglamukhi Mantra used while Perform Baglamukhi Anusthan
ॐ ह्लीं बगलामुखी सर्व दुष्टानां वाचं मुखं पदं स्तम्भय जिव्हां कीलय बुद्धिं विनाशय ह्लीं ॐ स्वाहा ॥
[Om Hleem Bagala-mukhi sarva dushtanam vacham mukham padam stambhay jeevhwam keelaye buddhim vinashaya hleem om swaha]
Meaning of Baglamukhi Mantra
Baglamukhi Mantra Meaning ⟶ The mantra has Bheej sounds of Baglamukhi. It prays the goddess to make the enemies ineffective by arresting their vicious speech, feet and intelligence. Once their movements are restricted, they can never act against you.
Main Temples of Baglamukhi
There are three Main Temples of Baglamukhi; Baglamukhi Temple Nalkheda, Baglmaukhi Temple Kangra, Pitambara Peeth Datiya.
Baglamukhi Temple, Nalkheda (Madhya Pradesh)
- Maa Bagalamukhi Temple Nalkheda is located in the Agar (Malwa) district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- The unique feature of the temple is the triad, with Bagalamukhi central, and as an aspect of Parvati, between Lakshmi and Saraswati. There are also statues of Krishna, Hanuman, and Bhairav at the temple.
- It is believed that this temple was established by the Pandavas. And the Pandavas also did Sadhana here.
- The temple is popular at the time of the Navaratri festival And Various Hawan Pujas. Many tantra seekers also come here.
- It is one of three in India noted historically as having shrines to Bagalamukhi, the others being in Datia and Kangra MP.
Baglamukhi Temple, Kangra (Himichal Pradesh)
- Maa Bagalamukhi Temple Bankhandi is located in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India.
- She sits on a golden throne having pillars decorated with various jewels and has three eyes, which symbolizes that she can impart ultimate knowledge to the devotee.
- The temple is popular at the time of the Navaratri festival.
- It is one of three in India noted historically as having shrines to Bagalamukhi, the others being in Datia and Nalkheda MP.
- It was restored in 1815.
Pitambara Peeth, Datia (Madhya Pradesh)
- Maa Bagalamukhi Temple Datiya is located at Datia, Madhya Pradesh.
- It was, according to many legends ‘Tapasthali’ (place of meditation) of many mythological as well as real-life people.
- The Shivling of Shree Vankhandeswar Shiva is tested and approved by the Archaeological Survey of India to be of the same age as that of the Mahabharata.
- It is primarily a Shaktipeeth place of worship (devoted to the Mother Goddess).
- Many people come here for worship on Saturday, there is the biggest crowd here.