Bahuchara Mata is a Hindu goddess. She was a daughter of a
charan Bapal dan Detha. She and her sister were on journey with a caravan when
a marauder named Bapiya attacked their caravan. It was common practice in
charan men and women if overpowered by their enemies, not to surrender but to
kill themselves. Shedding the blood of charan was considered heinous sin. When
Bapiya attacked the caravan, Bahuchara and her sisters announced tragu and cut
their breasts. Legends tells that Bapiya was cursed and became impotent. The
curse was lifted only when he worshiped Bahuchara Mata by dressing and acting
like woman.[1] Today Bahuchara mata is considered patroness of—and worshipped
by—the hijra community in India. Her followers believe in non-violence and
consider killing of all animals and creatures a sin.
Bahuchara Mata is shown as a woman who carries a sword on
her top right, a text of scriptures on her top left, the abhay hasta mudra
("showering of blessings") on her bottom right, and a trident on her
bottom left. She is seated on a rooster, which symbolises innocence.
Bahuchar mata is one of the goddesses like ambaji, or durga
-- really she is a form of durga. She is worshipped in Yanta like ambaji and
kamakshi. Her name in Tantrisam is BALA TRIPURASUNDAri or simply bala tripura
or bala. Her mantra and Panchanga are also available. She is the giver of virya
or semen to men, so those who are impotent worship her to get potency. She has
given potency as a boon to many who were impotent. Bahuchara is a very famous
goddess in Tantrisam: she gave abhaya, Varad and vidhya their desired boons and
wealth as well. That temple has a very long history. Her Yantra has Nine
triangles symbolising that she is Durga; Tripyra is her name which indicates
that she controls everythiplease make sure these are just myths and not factual
information. bahuchar mata surely did curse but being a charan goddess never
asked for castration. this is a misinterpreted belief of the folk lores told.
in gujarat the hijras themselves will say to become on of them you have to be
born as a person with deformed genetalia to be called as a hijra. bahuchar mata
is the form of the goddess bala tripura sundari and tripura sundari is part of
the ultimate godess lakshmi! the belief of bahuchar mata being part of the
shree yantra is true and a fact! the shree yantra is worshipped at the
following shaktipeeths like ambaji of arasur mahakali of pavagadh along with
bahuchar mata shankhalpur!ng in world. In Hinduisam the world is made of three
like three guna, three loka, three deva three pura, etc. She is seated in sri
chakra.
One important myth concerns a king who prayed before
Bahuchara Mata to bring him a son. Bahuchara complied but the prince Jetho, who
was born to the king, was impotent. One night Bahuchara appeared to Jetho in a
dream and ordered him to cut off his genitals, wear women's clothes and become
her servant. Bahuchara Mata identified impotent men and commanded them to do
the same. If they refused, she punished them by arranging that during their
next seven incarnations they would be born impotent. This is how the cult of
Bahuchara Mata, whose devotees are required to self-castrate and remain
celibate, developed [2]. In one of the many folk stories associated with
Bahuchara Mata, the goddess was once a princess who castrated her husband
because he preferred going to the forest and "behaving as a woman"
instead of coming to her bridal bed. In another story, a man who attempted to
molest Bahuchara Mata was cursed with impotence. He was forgiven only after he
gave up his masculinity, dressed as a woman, and worshipped the goddess.
Another theory says that she is one of the goddesses in Sri Chakra. The real
symbol of her vehicle is kurkut which means the serpent which has two mouths.
Bahucharaji is seated on low end and other end goes to sahastrar, which means
that Bahucharaji is the goddess of starting the awakening of kundlini which
eventually leads the liberation or moksha.
The temple of Bahuchara Mata is located in Bechraji town in
Mehsana district of Gujarat, India. It is 110 km from Ahmedabad and 35 km west
of Mahesana. The original temple complex was built in year 1783 AD. The temple
is nicely decorated with stone carving. Every year 1.5 million pilgrims visit
this temple [3]. Toda Mata (Bahuchara Mata) is located in Sankhalpur. The
origin of Bahuchra Mata is situated at Varakhdiwala temple in Bechraji. Because
Bhakta Vallabha Dhola wrote in his Aanand no Garbo the original place of
Bahuchra Mata is situated at between Sankhalpur and Dedana village. The Toda
Mata temple in Sankhalpur is 2 kilometers fare from Bechraji (Bahuchraji).
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