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These stories are all, of course, allegorical. The true gods do not behave in such fashion. Depicts of these behaviors are for moral instruction, and for appreciation of particular qualities of the gods through their dramatic illustration. If such things can be said to have come to pass, it is as minor emanations or projections of the root god.
The true activities of the Lord can never be depicted in the terms of the material reality only grossly approximated for the benefit of the intellect which may, by intuiting the necessity of its own sacred role in the sacrifice of antahkarana of which it is apart, perform shavasana before the blade of Kali.
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Or even closer.
That's one of the best images of Ardhanārīśvara that I've seen. I have a 4x6" framed on a wall. I have to check, but I thought I read that a murthi of Ardhanārīśvara will be installed in the new temple.
Even Nataraja wears one earring to illustrate the concept.
But it does sound like your temple will be all-encompassing, for lack of a better word.
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Not sure if this is a correction or a clarification, but: Nataraja wears two earrings, one of which represents shakti. (Is this what you were saying?)
It is and will be even more so when there is room for more sanctums. In my thread about my temple moment, I have a partial list of the deities and their pujas. Come to think of it, especially because it's south Indian style, one might say it's Smarta tradition with Vishnu (Guruvayurappan) as the presiding deity/ishtadevata.
Sometimes devas and devis will pester you to madness!
is shivas shakti ever called by name u know like how radha krishna is. i mean is durga,kali or prvati ever used
is shivas shakti ever called by name u know like how radha krishna is. i mean is durga,kali or prvati ever used
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The way that "Shiva's Shakti" was expressed to you was rather mistaken in my opinion, describing Shakti as some sort of subsidiary of Shiva. While some Shaivites may take this view, Shaktas won't.
Many names are used - outer, inner and secret. The outer names/forms are the publicly used ones, the inner names/forms are the privately used ones, and the secret ones are for initiated disciples of a particular parampara (lineage.)
Shakti has many names and forms, and many of them are regarded as swarups (full manifestation of the absolute); as mentioned by Riverwolf Durga and Kali are popular.
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