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Tarini Tara Maa!

5/12/2019

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Artist - Avinab Mukherjee (Bengal) India

Adi Shakti goddesses Tara Tarini have been regarded as the presiding deity (Ista-Devi) in many parts of India and in most of the households in Odisha. This holy shrine is in the eastern coast, about 30 km from the commercial nerve centre of Odisha, Brahmapur. The historically famous Jaugada rock edict of Emperor Ashoka and the pious river Rushikulya, which has been described in Rig Veda as ‘Gangayah Jyestha Bhagini’(the elder sister of the Ganga), are also present near this shrine.


Since time immemorial, Adyashakti is being worshiped here as Devi Tara Tarini on the blue capped holy mountain of Tarini Parvat/Kumari hills/Ratnagiri/Purnagiri. At the hilltop, a beautiful stone temple is the abode of Maa. Two stones anthropomorphized by the addition of gold and silver ornaments and shaped to be seen as human faces are the main shrine of this temple which represent the goddesses Tara and Tarini. In between them are two fully celebrated and beautiful brass heads as their Chalanti Pratima or their Living Image.

According to the Puranas the origin of Maa Tara Tarini is directly attributed to Daksha Prajapati’s Jagna in Satya Yuga. The famous Shakta Peethas of Bimala, Tara-Tarini, Dakshina Kalika and Kamakshi originated from the limbs of the divine corpse of Devi Sati. Sacred texts like the Shiva Purana, the Kalika Purana, the Devi Bhagabat (a contemporary text of the Mahabharata written by Shri Vyasa Dev around 6000 years ago) attest this fact.

It is known from the Mahabharata that before the commencement of the Mahabharata war Lord Sri Krishna had advised Arjuna to offer prayer for victory at Shridevi Kupa or Bhadrakali. Bhadrakali originated from the limbs of Sati like the other four major Adi Shakti Peethas, which existed during the time of the Mahabharata or around 6000 years ago. This is the oldest data/information we get till date, regarding the existence of the shrines originated from the limbs of the divine corpse of Devi Sati.

According to available historical sources the fall of Kalingan Empire and its capital Sampa (Samapa) in the Kalinga war around 2300 years ago by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, strengthened the grip of Buddhists in this part of India. The then Sampa was hardly 7 km from Tara Tarini Hill Shrine. So, scholars believe that Tara Tarini was worshiped as the principal deity (Ista-Devi) of the mighty Kalinga Empire. After Ashoka conquered Kalinga scholars found it a famous centre of Buddhism. The region of Ganjam near the bank of river Rushikulya was an active Buddhist site as shown from the Special Rock Edicts of Ashoka found at Jaugada at a distance of 4 km from Tara-Tarini Hill Shrine. The name Tara (Buddhism), an important deity of Mahayana Buddhist Pantheon, is suggestive of Buddhist influence. An image of Buddha in meditation, present inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple lends credence to the claim of this site as an ancient centre of the Buddhist Shakta cult.

According to the texts of Mahayana Buddhists, in the initial days, the Buddhists didn’t believe in the worship of Goddesses or in Pratimapuja (Idol Worship). But, the ecclesiastical texts of Mahayana’s reveal that from 1st century AD after the fall of Kalinga, for the first time the Mahayana Buddhists accepted the worship of Mother Goddess ‘Tara’. So there is seldom any doubt that the Buddhists have learned the ‘Tara’ Puja concept from this shrine. The Bouddha Tantrik texts, texts of Vajrajani sect and Hindu Tantrik texts also attest these facts. Scholars believe that in the primary days the Buddhists worshiped Taratarini, the principal seat of Tantrik sect in Hinduism at that time, as Bouddha Tara, and later on included ‘Tara’ as the Tantrik deity or spouse of bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in their belief system. Gradually this ‘Tara’ worship spread to different parts of the world.

Besides the worship of Tara by the Buddhist Tantrikas, the maritime history of Kalinga suggests the worship of Tara by the Sadhavas, merchants and seamen before launching their sea voyage from the great sea ports like Dantapura (Gopalpur), Pallur near Chilika Lake, Kalingapatna and river Rushikulya. All these major sea ports of the ancient world were very near the Tara Tarini hill shrine.

It is known from the available sources that till 17th century this place was out of the sight of the common man. But, according to a folk story, once Maa Tara Tarini appeared as two sisters in the house of Shri Basu Praharaj. He was a learned Brahmin of Kharida Vira Jagannathpur village in Ganjam District and one of the great devotees of the Mother Goddess but child less. After staying for some years one day the sisters disappeared suddenly from the house of Basu Praharaj. According to the account of the villagers the sisters traveled up to the Tarini Parvat/Ratnagiri and disappeared there.

Basu Praharaj searched these girls but did not find their tracings. His heart broke down with grief and pain. On that night he saw a dream where the Tara and Tarini informed Basu Praharaj that they were not his daughters; they are the Adi Shakti, Tara and Tarini. The goddesses ordered Basu to come out of the grief and said that the time has arrived and with full devotion renovate the temple on the hilltop of Tarini Parvat and establish the deities according to the Vedic tradition.
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After that divine direction Basu discovered the tracings of ancient most presence of Adi Shakti Tara Tarini on the sacred hilltop and immediately took steps to reconstruct the temple and the shrine. Since that time for its magnetism and sanctity this Sthana Peetha (Breast Shrine) of Mata Sati, became a centre of faith and reverence for countless people, in search of peace, tranquility, guidance and spiritual energy and its fame spread like wild fire to become one of the popular religious destinations for millions of devotees. Wikipedia
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May 08th, 2019

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I have become a mad woman!

by Trishula Das
 
There is a magic, a beauty in Baul, I can not explain it, it is the magic of 
the Lineage of Jai Nitai.
I have become a Mad Women, now I understand what is wrong with me,
I am trying to be normal and it is impossible because when my beloved Babu (Krishnendu) 
sings and I forget everything.
I enter another mystical world of Jai Nitai
Where it is impossible to function in a world where the mind lives.

I have listened to teachers for over 40 years,
I have been to every western Kirtan although beautiful,
this it is not where the Baul lives.
It is not the same as the Mad Men and Women of the HEART.
How do I explain, perhaps you can understand the soil is different in India.
The energy is different when you travel to sacred sites.
The air is full of Shakti, well it is the same with Baul, they are 
from the Soil and Soul of Birbhum Bengal India and Shakti full, filled with Shakti. 

I have spent years singing "Western Kirtan" 
with some of the best Western Kirtan Mystics or shall I call them singers?
I have wandered India and this Baul has captured me, Baul has made me a MAD Women.
I could not understand the reaction Babu would recieve in India when he sings.
I thought these people are Mad, the Women touch me and thank me.
I thought what is going on? Are these Mad Women too?
I have mantra-ed, studied and read the scriptures in a western sense and have learned there is a big difference between a western book tradition of personal opinions of copy and paste,
it does not even come close to the original meaning, the original Rasa or Bhava is different, 
Baul is from a esoteric oral living lineage.
 Baul has taken me beyond into the madness of the HEART.

 I can use words like Ananda, Bliss, Ecstatic, Exalted, blah blah blah, but 
that does not even cover it.
Words will never explain what this Baul is?

The Bauls are the Men and Women of the HEART,
Masters of the HEART of what we call BHAKTI YOGA
that is what they do but authentically.
BAULS have the key,
NATURAL AND SPONTANEOUS SAHAJA THEY ARE.
 they know the formula from thousands of LIFETIMES of BAUL sadhana,
you can listen to Bauls on "Youtube" or on a CD this DOES not compare to the magic,
 LOVE SPELL, ADDICTION TO LOVE ONE FEELS when you hear, A LIVE WIRE BAUL FROM BIRBHUM. 

Bauls of Birbhum are an Ocean of Bhakti,
they not your regular singers or dancers.
Their's is the dance of LOVE OR THE HIGHEST PREMA,
​Magical Mystical Mystery of Love.
They are the Living Lineage of Jai Nitai known as Gosai,
thank Krishna for hiding them from angry English men and thousand of years before.

Baul is a current of LOVE that sweeps you off your feet and out your mind,
it fills the air from thousands of years of the history of Love.
Baul singing!....Baul Kirtan ...
If I could bottle it I would be THE GENIE OF LOVE.

It is rare and that is why in some ways I prefer to keep him to myself.
I can write about Baul but that is just mere words full of the mind.

 I am a mad women, oh my God what will I do??

 I hear Babu start the drone of the EKTARA or GOPI YANTRA,
oh no there he goes again,
how will my mind survive another day of this, after all I have a Western 
Mind, I have work to do, I have a sanity to maintain, then it happens my mind is 
gone for another day as he starts to sing.
 I am a lost hopeless a Servant of the Heart,
another day of not knowing time of space. Oh God I am a madwomen of the 
heart. There is no logic to this place.

NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY BAULS ARE CALLED DAS & DASI.. Masters of the Heart they serve all HEARTS.. with kind words and acceptance of all, they do not like the rules and regulations of the orthodox and prefer to be a bird flying free... they do not like to walk they like to fly.

 Tears steaming down my face not knowing what to do, I have nothing to hold 
onto, there is no ground under this, I am grateful beyond the depth of my being. 
What did I do to deserve this, now I know after a lifetime of karma good and bad 
there is also GRACE

 This is the biggest Grace to be a Madwomen of the Heart, at least it is just 
a glimpse but it is something, it is pure Gold never to be worn..the gold glow 
of the Heart.. a Heart of GOLD.. To be born a Baul is the greatest gift that God 
can give to any Bhakti wanna be THAT IS ME, I am sorry I PREFER to keep him to 
myself.

 I have become a MAD WOMEN of the HEART.
When I read what some scholars have 
written about Baul, I think they just don't get it.

It is not about anything you write, Man or Women it is about the HEART!  
I PREFER to keep him to myself BECAUSE I HAVE BECOME A MAD WOMAN OF THE HEART

By Trishula Das

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