SLOKAS: SREE VASAVI KANYAKA PARAMESWARI PRAYER
Some take birth here to fulfill their past life boons.
For the same reason Sri Vasavi took birth and fulfilled the boon.
Once Kusuma Shresthi was the head of Penugonda in A.P.
Being a Vaishya he earned a lot but had no children.
Family deity Shri Koraateeswari told him in the dream to perform Yagna.
The couple performed the Yagna with the help of Bhaskaracharya.
Lord Shiva and Parvathi blessed them and gave Prasada.
Kusumamba ate the Prasada and gave birth to Twins.
The son was named as Viroopaksha and the daughter was as Vasavi.
The heavenly voice told that Vasavi is the Shakti herself.
Bhaaskaracharya started education at the age of 5.
Viroopaksha was married to Ratnavati.
Once the king Vishnuvardhana visited Penugonda.
There the king saw Vasavi during the welcome ceremony.
The king fell in love with Vasavi for her stunning beauty.
He ordered his minister to arrange his marriage to Vasavi.
If she refuses the marriage bring her by force.
Listening to the minister the parents of Vasavi got worried.
The Vaishyas decided to sacrifice themselves to protect dharma.
Young Vaishyas requested the king for two month's time for the marriage.
The king agreed to it
The couple of 102 Gotras were ready to die with Vasavi.
At that time Vasavi showed them her divine Shakti Roopa.
She told them that Vishnu Vardhana has to die for his curse.
102 couple of the Gotras and Vasavi jumped into the fire.
Vishnuvardhana left his kingdom to marry Vasavi and helted at Bhagnapuri.
At midnight he was killed by Shiva Shakti.
The king's son performed the death ritual and crowned Viroopaksha.
He treated Vasavi as Goddess & constructed a Temple.
The Gotra Vyshyas took the ashes and went to pious rivers.
They brought 101 Lingas from Kasi & installed them in Penugonda.
Some of them carried the Ganga water with them.
Linga bearers are Mailars & Water, bearers are Veeramushtis.
These are the chief people in Vasavi Devi's Festivals

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Jai Sri Vasavi Matha. Glad to have come across your Web site and recalled our blissful visit to your temple a decade ago and was very impressed with all pious and charitable deeds your vysya community has done over the years. Your version of Amma vari story is very succint and I gathered some newer facts as I noticed with every other web site life histories of Parameswari. Have an enchanting Vasavi Jayanthi -- Seshu Pabbisetty

Unknown said...

Why only 101 lingas were brought from Kasi rather than 102? Thanks in advance for your valuable thought.

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