Rights of the Mahāvidyā worshipping
Rights of the Mahāvidyā worshipping Introduction:— In the recent days, we're getting to see many events where Mahāvidyās like Kālī, Annapūrṇā, Tāriṇī, Śrīvidyā etc are worshipped through the 'Non-Śākta' rituals or by the other sects (i.e. Smārtas, Vaiṣṇavas, Śaṅkarites etc). The mode of worshipping Śakti and her forms can only be satisfied through Śākta texts. But we've seen the the new Annapūrṇā sculpture was re-installed by 'Smārta Jagatguru' in the february month. Or we can see the Smārta brahmins are doing Kālīpujā (as their Worship-business) in the festival period. Sometimes, She's worshipped through Vaiṣṇava Ācāra (ritual) as her so-called devotees claim her to be 'Parama-Vaiṣṇavī' (great devotee of Viṣṇu). The Vāmāmārgik rituals have been forcefully stopped in some temples (for example, Gadh Kalika of Ujjain) by other sect. “Are these in accordance with the Śākta scriptures?” Well, we're going to discuss about this — According to th...