bhagauti astotar from Dasam Granth Patna Saroop!

[puzzled]

Do you know that in some areas of West Bengal, where Durga pooja is very popular, the artists that make her idols with clay, they collect some mitti/soil from the doorstep of a prostitute!  They collect a bit of soil from there and then mix it into the clay to make the idol. The reason behind this is that when a man visits a prostitute he leaves his "virtues" and "dharam" at her doorstep, and once in her house he indulges in the opposite. So the miti outside the wh0res house has the "virtues" of all the men that enter her house. So that mitti is "pavitar"

Another story, which is quite controversial, its a folk story in the Bengal area, the story goes that durga actually seduced the demon to weaken him with his vikaars and then killed him!  this is a folk story in some rural areas of Bengal, and since then wh0res have been worshiping that form of Durga.

interesting stuff though ... 

For Sikhs she symbolizes the shakti of Waheguru ji?    

[shastarSingh]

bhagauti astotar is a gr8 bani.

nihangs say that Bhagauti astotar is the mool mantar of shastarvidya.

[Jonny101]

2 hours ago, AjeetSingh2019 said:

JAI MAA BHAGWATI ! 

JAI CHANDI ! 

You probably didn't post this picture with good intentions. Problem is when you see these things through the lense of Hindu depictions and scriptures. Maharaj has given us our own scripture to reference from which gives her physical description. To begin with she doesn't look anything like this. She has her hair tied on the top of her head in a ਜੂੜਾ and to cover this joora she probably also wore a dastar as I have been told by Nihangs. She dresses as a warrior full of Shastars.

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, Jonny101 said:

You probably didn't post this picture with good intentions. Problem is when you see these things through the lense of Hindu depictions and scriptures. Maharaj has given us our own scripture to reference from which gives her physical description. To begin with she doesn't look anything like this. She has her hair tied on the top of her head in a ਜੂੜਾ and to cover this joora she probably also wore a dastar as I have been told by Nihangs. She dresses as a warrior full of Shastars.

My intentions were blank slate. I wanted to see how the singhs here react to the hindu depictions of bhagauti. 

And from hinduism alone, 'shaktism' to be precise, for the first time, arose concepts of durga/chandi/bhagwati. 

 

[Guest]

28 minutes ago, Jonny101 said:

Maharaj has given us our own scripture to reference from which gives her physical description

does Sri Dasam granth mention what 'she' looks like . 

[Jonny101]

15 minutes ago, AjeetSingh2019 said:

And from hinduism alone, 'shaktism' to be precise, for the first time, arose concepts of durga/chandi/bhagwati. 

 

Yes according to Hinduism what you are saying is correct. But according to Bani, Vahiguru had created Durga to destroy the Demons(ਤੈ ਹੀ ਦੁਰਗਾ ਸਾਜਿ ਕੈ ਦੈਤਾ ਦਾ ਨਾਸੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ।।) 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Jonny101 said:

Yes according to Hinduism what you are saying is correct. But according to Bani, Vahiguru had created Durga to destroy the Demons(ਤੈ ਹੀ ਦੁਰਗਾ ਸਾਜਿ ਕੈ ਦੈਤਾ ਦਾ ਨਾਸੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ।।) 

When did I deny this. I m aware of this. 

But I m saying Durga or chandi as a concept is originally Hindu one which sikhism borrows. Isn't it 

[Jonny101]

16 minutes ago, AjeetSingh2019 said:

When did I deny this. I m aware of this. 

But I m saying Durga or chandi as a concept is originally Hindu one which sikhism borrows. Isn't it 

 

Sikhi doesn't borrow anything from anyone. What Sikh scriptures does do is set the record straight as to who or what these Devtas, Devis, Demons, prophets are in the grand scheme of things within the creation of Vahiguru. What are their strengths and weaknesses. 

Guru Granth Sahib ji mentions about these deities. If we want to reference about them then obviously we will reference from Dasam Bani to see who and what they are. We will not reference from the works of the Hindus and Muslims.

[GurjantGnostic]

An Avtar, a "weapon", and a people.

[GurjantGnostic]

The celestial picture painted in Chandi Di // is amazing.