Prathyangira Devi Temple, Ayyavadi

Prathyangira Devi Temple is a Hindu temple located at Ayyavadi in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to the powerful goddess Pratyangira, the incarnation of Goddess adishakti and the consort of Lord sharabha.narsimhi is feminine power of narsimha.maa pratyangira and narsimhi looks same but different.

In this temple, there are idols of Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswathi placed nearby the idol of Goddess Pratyangira. Goddess Lakshmi is standing in her Pratyangira form and also in her normal form.

Significance

The temple is more than 1000 years old and is associated with legends of the Mahabharata. The idol of Prathyangira Devi is flanked by those of Lakshmi and Saraswati.

kumbakonam ayyavadi pratyangira devi. Atharvana Bhadrakali, the most powerful deity in the universe, is also known as Pratiyangira. She creates, protects and destroys the universe with her millions of avatar. In the Atharvana Veda there are mantras about the worship of this Goddess in the Mantra Kanda. She is also known as Atharvana Bhadrakali as she is the goddess who makes her devotees dim.

References

• "Prathyangira Devi Temple". Dinamalar.
• http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Ayyavadi_Sri_Maha_Prathyangira_Devi
• http://kumbakonamtemples.in/ayyavadi-sri-maha-prathyangira-devi.html
• http://www.hindu-blog.com/2013/07/prathyangira-devi-temple-near.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20141219104159/http://www.saibharathi.com/pratyangira.html