About Mookambika

Mookambika is the Hindu goddess who is representing Adi Parashakti, who is known simply as Shakti. Adishakti is the original creator, preserver and destroyer of the whole universe.She is often depicted with three eyes and four arms with a divine disc and conch. The goddess has a large following among the people of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states of India, popularly being known as "Thayi Mookambike", Mooghambighai Amma or Thaai Mooghambighai, where Amma and Thaai mean "mother".

Hindu goddesses – The cosmic powers of the Vedas

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Deities, Gods, Hinduism

Devī is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is deva. Devi and deva mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are also gender-specific terms for a deity in Hinduism. The concept and reverence for goddesses appears in the Vedas, which were composed around the 3rd millennium BCE. Goddesses such as Lakshmi, Parvati, Durga, Saraswati, Sita, Radha and Kali have continued to be revered in the modern era. The medieval era Puranas witness a major .