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Deviyaan
(Goddesses) see also Satee
Devee means goddess or Shakti (power). There are three Devee associated
with Brahmaa, Vishnu and Mahesh, Saraswatee, Lakshmee, and Paarvatee.
Otherwise there are nine main Devee:
(1) Lakshmee Jee (Daughter of Samudra, married to Vishnu) [Shree] -
Lakshmee Jee is worshipped on Deepaavalee day - Kaartik Amaavasyaa day.
She is the giver of wealth and prosperity.
(2) Saraswatee Jee (Daughter of Brahmaa Jee) [Shaaradaa] - Saraswatee
Devee is worshipped on Maagh Shukla Panchamee (5th day) as she is the
Devee of knowledge.
(3) Paarvatee Jee (Daughter of Himaalaya and Mainaa, married to Shiv) [Gauree, Him
Nandinee, Aparnaa - When she was doing Tap for Shiv Jee and she lived without
eating leaves (A=no, and Parn=pattaa, or leaf; so she was called Aparnaa,
Meenaakshee] - Paarvatee Jee is famous for giving welfare and marital
happiness to women. There are several days of the year when married women
keep fast for her to get Saubhaagya (marital happiness). Hariyaalee Teej
on Shraavan Shukla Teej (3rd day), Karavaa Chauth on Kaartik Shukla Chauth
(4th day) are some of them.
(4) Kaalee Devee
(5) Vaishnav Devee - This Devee's temple is in Jammoo Kaashmeer and people
go their for pilgrimage
(6) Sheetalaa Maataa
(7) Durgaa Devee
(8) Bhadra Kaalee
(9)
These are some temples of
Devee in India:--
Chandee Devi - Located on the top of Neel Parvat. In
Haridwaar (Uttaraanchal)
Mansaa Devi Temple - The temple is on the top of Bilwa
Parvat. A Ropeway Carriage operates here. In Haridwaar (Uttaraanchal)
Kanyaa Kumaaree - at Cape Comorin, in Tamilnaadu
Vaishnav Devee - in Jammu-Kaashmeer
Meenaakshee Temple - (Paarvatee) in Madurai, in Tamilnaadu
There are two occasions in Indian calendar when nine Devee are
worshipped - one in Chaitra from Shukla Pratipadaa (1st day) to Shukla
Navamee (9th day); and another time in Aashwin from Shukla Prati[adaa (1st
day) to Shukla Navamee (9th day).
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