Bharat Mata image
Bharat Mata also called as Bharatathai, Bharataannai, Bharata Devi, Bharata Rani or as Bharatamba is the goddess of our vast ancient Bharatham. She could be seen holding a saffron colour flag in one of her hands, and in other hand she gives her unlimited blessings to us. In some pictures, she can be seen along with a lion, which represents, that she is a form of the divine mother, Ma Shakti Devi.
The image of Bharat Mata was formed during 19th century AD. The best song “Vande Mataram” was sung by lot of freedom fighters, politicians, general citizens and it was liked even by some foreigners.
Bharat also known as Bharatam is the name of our ancient India. Bharat contains rich natural resources, and many famous kings were ruled it since several millions of years. The great Kings Dhruva, Prahalada and Mahabali had ruled over almost the entire world, and they have shown much attention for the prosperity of our Bharat country. Ancient sages were lived a very modest life, yet they lived their life very happily.
The great earth mother, Ma Bhudevi, gave all riches to our Bharat country, and she made all the lands as fertile. Food crops were grown properly and rain was showered in all seasons. Before the incarnation of the great Lord Jesus Christ, King Vikramadiya ruled over the Ujjain Kingdom, and he built many nice temples for his beloved goddess, Ma Kali Devi. Kings treated their learned poets with much respect, and considered them as their Holy Gurus, and provided all sorts of facilities to them.
Most of the kings were constructed lot of rest houses, guest houses and food shelters for the convenience of the tired travellers, and no one was left hungry in their kingdom. Deities used to appear in the dreams of the kings, and would ask to build temples for them. Some kings were even got the divine vision of the deities due to their good qualities. Yagnas and Pujas were done by the learned priests and sages, and they gave the oblation to the respective Devas during the fire sacrifices. Lot of temples were built by the ancient kings for the purpose of performing proper pujas to the deities.
The ancient customs and traditions must be strictly followed by each and every Hindu, and they must regularly light lamp in their homes, and also must perform puja to the deities. We should always remember that in the ancient India, most of the people have followed the Hindu rituals properly, and hence, they lived a very prosperous life. In order to make our modern India to prosper, we have to follow our age old Hindu practices and must chant the glories of our Bharata Mata.
Though Bharat Mata is considered to be a Hindu goddess yet she welcomes all classes of people to our Holy Bharatham, which is now our present day India, irrespective of their status, caste, creed, gender and religion.
BHARAT MATA TEMPLES
The Bharat Mata Temple is located in the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus in Varanasi. The temple contains a marble idol of Bharat Mata along with a marble relief map of India. There is also a Bharat Mata temple in Haridwar which was founded by Swami Satyamitranand on the banks of the Holy River Ganges. The temple for Bharat Mata in Kolkata is situated just 2 km far away from the Kolkata Airport. Here, Bharat Mata appears similar to Durga Devi. This was formed during the year 2015 by the then Governor of West Bengal.
“BHARAT MATA MAHARANI KI JAI”
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R.HARISHANKAR