Sri Kshetra Sannati - Devi Hingulambika Travelled From Baluchistan to Karnataka

Sri Kshetra Sannati - Devi Hingulambika Travelled From Baluchistan to Karnataka

Lakshmi Chandrala Parameshwari takes the shape of Lakshmi, Saraswati, and Parvati

Sannati is the place where the Paduka of Goddess Lakshmi Chandrala Parmeshwari the Incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi was brought from Hinglaj, Baluchistan, in Pakistan.  Sannati or Sannathi is a small village, located on the banks of the Bheema River in Chitapur taluk of Gulbarga or Kalburgi District of Northern Karnataka. Sannathi is 70 kilometers away from Kalburgi near Nalwar.  This place is famous for the incarnation of Goddess Chandrala Parameshwari as the trinity of Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess Saraswati, and the Goddess Mata Parvati.  Goddess Lakshmi Chandrala Parameshwari is also worshiped as Shakti Peethas of Mata Sati. Devi, Lakshmi Chandrala Parameshwari takes the shape of Lakshmi, Saraswati, and Parvati representing the Rajasa, Satvika, and Tamasa attributes or Guna of Prakriti (Matter).  Near Sannati, in Ghanagapur God Dattatreya is residing, He is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, and Lord Brahma, the God Himself called "Trimurty" means trinity.  Ghanagapur is 40 kilometers away from Kalburgi in Afzalpur Taluka, in Karnataka.  Sannati Chandrala Parmeshwari and Hongunti Hingulambika Mata are the family deity of many Brahmin and Hindu families of Karnataka, Maharastra, Telengana, and Andhra Pradesh and nearby places. 

Mata Hingulambika as Lakshmi Chanrala Parameshwari

शरणागत दीनार्त परित्राण परायणे ।
सर्वस्यार्ति हरे देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

śaraṇāgata dīnārta paritrāṇa parāyaṇe .
sarvasyārti hare devi nārāyaṇi namo’stu te ..

My salutations to you O Narayani Devi, you are immersed in the protection of the feeble and the distressed who have taken refuge in you; you are the remover of the distress of all.

Mata Hinglaj Devi at Baluchistan

Hingula Devi also called Hinglaj Devi, and Nani Mandir is a Devi temple in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Baluchistan, and in the middle of the Hingol National Park.  The Devi is famous as Hinglaj Mata and "Kula Devi" means family deity for many more Hindus of Pakistan and North Indians as well as South Indians, that's why more than 3,00,000 devotees take part in the Hinglaj Yathra during the spring and celebrate Jatra meaning Mela means gathering of devotees and celebrating the festivals.  Surrounding Muslims worshiped Her and called Nani Mata and the temple is called Nani Mandir.  Muslims also took part in the Mela celebration and show equal interest with their Hindu brothers and sisters.  And this temple is also famous as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas in the Shaktism denomination of Hinduism.  So Hindus whenever they will go for Shakti Peethas Darshan Yaatra meaning pilgrimage visit, definitely visit this temple without fail.  Because Shakti Peethas is considered as the shrine where Goddess Sati means Mata Parvati will be worshiped with Lord Shiva as Bhairava.  Mata Hinglaj Devi is one of the three Shakti Peethas in Pakistan, the other two being Shivaharkaray and Sharada Peeth.  It is a form of Durga Devi in a mountain cavern on the banks of the Hingol River.  Over the last four decades, the place has gained increasing popularity and became a unifying point of reference for Pakistan's many Hindu communities with their Indian relatives. Hinglaj Yatra or the pilgrimage trip is the largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan from 1980 onwards.

Location of Mata Hinglaj Devi

Hinglaj Mata temple is in a cave with a narrow valley with steep rocky walls in the remote, hilly area of Lyari Tehsil in Baluchistan.  It is 250 kilometers (160 mile) to the northwest, 12 miles (19 km) inland from the Arabian Sea, and 80 miles (130 km) to the west of the mouth of the Indus. It is at the end of a range of Kirthar Mountains, in the Makran desert stretch, on the west bank of Hingol River. The area is under the Hingol National Park.

Hinglaj Devi - One of the Shakti Peetha

Mata Hingulambika Travelled From Baluchistan to Honagunti in Karnataka

Lord Rama in Trieta Yuga, after defeating, killed Scholar Demon Ravana, was planned to the throne ceremony at Ayodhya, so he asked to invite all the dignitaries of the Bharat Varsha.  One of His ambassadors went to invite the king of Ocean.  After looking at the ambassadors of Lord Sri Rama Chandra, the king of the ocean told proudly that "by the help of me Lord Rama crosses the ocean, and defeated the demon-king Ravana", is listening to this, the ambassador of Lord Rama was returned without inviting him.  Then the king of the ocean took an oath to kidnap the wife of Lord Sri Rama and marry her, in his next "Janma" meaning the next birth.  Hindus believe in the next birth.  In His next birth Lord Sri Rama will take birth as Narayana Muni and Mata Sita will take birth as Chandravadhani the wife of Narayana Muni.  And the king of the ocean will take birth as the wicked king called Setu Raya.  King Setu Raya was a demon and kidnapped Chadravadhani, to rescue his wife from wicked king Setu Raya, Narayana Muni went to Hinglaj to pray Mata Hingula Devi.  Hingula Devi is the "Kula Devi" means family deity of Narayana Muni.  Hinglaj is in Baluchistan, in Pakistan.  After Narayana Muni's great penance and pray, Hingula Devi ready to go with him to punish wicked king Setu Raya.  But Mata Hingula was ready to go with him on one condition, the condition was that She asked him "On the way don't look back, and continue the journey up to Sannati" if he looks back She stops there only.  Narayana Muni agreed Her condition and started the journey without looking back but near Honagunta, he didn't listen to Her "Gejje Nada" means leg wearing, because of the high noise of the flow of the river Bheema.  Narayana Muni turned back and looked, then Mata stopped there.  According to Her word Devi Hingulamba stayed at Honagunti and She asked Narayana Muni to take Her "Paduka" which means Feet to Sannati and installed at Sannati.  Then Devi asked him to offer a coconut on Her feet, afterwards, She will emerge from Her feet as 5 bumblebees and is going to kill the wicked demon Setu Raya.  After listening to Mata Higulamba, Narayana Muni become happy and did the same as She advised him.  The Goddess Hingulambika emerged from Her feet as 5 bumblebees, which killed the evil king Setu Raya by drowning him in the Bheema River.  Thus Mata Hinglaj Devi protected Her devotees by wicked Setu Raya King.  Afterward at Honagunti Devi Hingulambika temple was constructed near Shabad town in Kalburgi District, in Karnataka.  At Sannati Hingulambika Devi was called as Laxmi Chandralamba Parameshwari.   

Paduka - Feet of Mata Hingulambika

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