Linga Bhairavi is a tantric goddess who lives in the otherworld. Let me explain the tantric goddess briefly.
According to Sanskrit scripture, Mahavidya is a group of ten Hindu Tantric goddesses. The ten Mahavidyas are usually named in the following order: Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, and Kamala.
Without a doubt, our culture is diverse. Our devi temples and other temples continue to wield enormous power.
Let me begin with the temples of Kali. There are many Kali temples in Nepal's villages. Dakshinkali temple is the most powerful in the Kathmandu valley. The temple is dedicated to the fierce and feared Goddess Kali and is one of Nepal's most important temples. This temple's fame is based on its rituals and traditions. Rani Rashmoni, a devotee of Kali, constructed the temple in 1855.
Tara and Tripura are not new goddess names to us. Thamel the Tara temple is located in a small street, hidden after a courtyard, and is one of Kathmandu's most unique temples.
Shree Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Bhagawoti Temple, on the other hand, is considered an important pilgrimage site in Shaktism. The temple was built in the 12th century and is located near Tripurakot, on the bank of the Thuli Bheri river in Nepal's Dolpa district.
Bhuvaneshwari temple is located in the Tarakeshwor municipality of Kathmandu.
Chinnamasta Bhagawati, also known as Shakhada Bhagawati, is a Shakti Peetha and temple in Eastern Nepal. Shaktisimhadeva, the fifth ruler of the Karnata dynasty, founded it as a Siddha Peetha in the 13th century. The temple is located in Saptari's Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality, about 10 kilometers from Rajbiraj, near the Indian border. The holy temple is one of the country's major temples, attracting thousands of devotees from Nepal and India to worship goddess Bhagawati during Bada Dashain and other festivals.
Temples dedicated to Dhumavati are extremely rare. I couldn't find any of the temples or abode of Dhumavati in Nepal. However, Dhumavati is the main deity in a temple in Varanasi. Smaller Dhumavati temples exist in Rajrappa in Bihar and near the Kamakhya Temple near Guwahati. Ganapati Muni, a Vedic scholar, described the goddess as shown:
Dhumavati, the most glorious and eldest, is perceived as the Void, as the dissolved form of consciousness, when all beings sleep in the supreme Brahman, having swallowed the entire universe. She manifests as sleep, lack of memory, illusion, and dullness in creatures immersed in the illusion of the world, but among yogis, she transforms into the power that destroys all thoughts, indeed Samadhi (death and liberation) itself.
Let us now discuss the Bagalamukhi temple. Although the goddess's main temple is small, the temple grounds are very large and open, and it houses several small temples of other gods and goddesses such as Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesh, goddess Manakamana, and so on. In front of the Baglamukhi temple, there is a large Shiva temple. There is also one pond inside and one outside the temple, both with stone taps.
It is one of the most popular Hindu temples in Patan, with the majority of devotees visiting every Thursday for personal and professional success.
Matangi devi is said to be mostly present at the Shova Bhagawati temple. The Shova Bhagawati temple is on the banks of the Bishnumati river. Three sisters are Palanchowk Bhagawati, Naxal Bhagawati, and Shova Bhagawati. According to Puranas, Bhagwati Durga said 'whoever worships me during Chaite Dashain and Navaratri/Nauratha will get my grace and fortune shall follow them'. The temple is built on the Ying or female form of energy principle and holds special meaning in the lives of the people.
We may have also heard of Purnachandi devi's temple. If not, the temple can be found in Patan. Aside from Purnachandi herself, a framed, painted image of the goddess Kamala a Tantric form of Purnachandi, is also mounted on the outside of the pagoda.
Let's get back to Bhairavi. The well-known bhairavi temple is in Nuwakot, a few kilometers from Kathmandu. The goddess Bhairavi, the consort of the god Bhairav, is honored at Bhairavi Temple.
The temple was constructed during the reign of Nepal's first king, Prithvi Narayan Shah. The Bhairavi Temple was destroyed in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and was restored in August 2020.
She is also known as Shubhankari, which means that she performs auspicious deeds for her devotees, who are her children, indicating that she is a good mother. She also supports violence, punishment, and bloodshed against irreligious and cruel people. She is said to be violent and terrible, but she is a loving mother to her children.
Bhairavi is depicted as a Goddess with the grandeur of a thousand suns in old Shakta Tantric scriptures. She has three eyes and wears a crown made of rare and valuable diamonds in the shape of a crescent moon. Her face is as lovely as a full-blown lotus flower, with kind eyes and an upbeat attitude. Her breasts are blood-smeared, and she wears a garland of human skulls, a rosary and book in one hand, and a jnana mudra and Varada mudra in the other two. She sits on a lotus asana, sometimes on a corpse, radiating a beauty so striking that everyone who glimpses her Divine aspect is taken aback.
Another Kalika Purana description of Tripura-Bhairavi shows her with bows, arrows, a rosary, and a book, standing in samapada on the back of a preta, who is lying on the back of four other pretas. A variant of this iconography has her standing or seated on one preta, eventually identified as Sadasiva.
Sadasiva is the Supreme Being in Shaivism's Shaiva Siddhanta doctrine. Sadasiva is the supreme incarnation of Shiva, the almighty, subtle, and radiant absolute. Sadasiva is the Supreme Being in Shaivism's Shaiva Siddhanta doctrine. Sadasiva is the supreme incarnation of Shiva, the almighty, subtle, and radiant absolute.
Sadasiva can also be represented by the Shiva Lingam, particularly the Mukhalingam.
What exactly is Mukha Lingam?
Mukhalinga or Mukhalingam (meaning "linga with a face," mukhaliga) is a linga with one or more human faces in Hindu iconography. The linga is an aniconic symbol of Shiva, the Hindu god. Mukhalingas can be fashioned of stone or of a metal sheath that covers the conventional linga.
We have connected the Bhairavi with mukhalingam right? Let me explain simply. The Tripura Bhairavi (one of the forms of Bhairavi) is sitting and standing in one preta. That preta is known as Sadasiva. Sadasiva is the highest manifestation of Shiva. And mukhalingam is another form of Sadasiva. Mukhlingam is the form of lingas depicting faces (mukha). Therefore, Bhairavi is in the form of linga and is considered Linga Bhairavi. Linga Bhairavi therefore could also be considered as a mukhalinga, but she depicts the fierce feminine only. The very feminine in the form of linga.
Linga Bhairavi Devi, who manifests as a linga, is a powerful energy form with a solidified mercury core. Linga Bhairavi was consecrated using prana pratishtha, a rare magical ritual that employs life energies to transform a plain stone into a deity. The procedure or ceremony through which a murti is consecrated in a Hindu temple, when hymns and mantras are chanted to invite the deity to be a resident guest, and the murti's eye is opened for the first time, is known as prana pratistha. The ceremony, which is performed in Hindu and Jain temples, is thought to breathe life into the Hindu temple and bring the numinous presence of god and spirituality to it from very ancient times.
When we feel like the people of this particular region are this and then people of the next region are that we can't experience the joy and the reality of this very life.
Some people might be thinking why an Indian came to this place and made a temple? Well, sadly none of the Nepali was able to even preserve the temple and has explained the significance of the temples yet 🫠.
Let us not think of where Sadhguru has come from and what he is doing. We can simply experience what he is giving.
The payment we are making to western people and the outcomes we are experiencing is the worst. The payment I have made for Isha and the outcomes I am experiencing is quite different.
At last, the people around us can create the situation. How we experience it is only within us.