ANNAPOORNESHWARI

Devi Annapurna (she who provides Anna or food grain), an expansion of Parvathi, Amman, the wife of Shiva and the divine manifestation of Prakriti (primeval feminine energy). Hindu textual sources tell the story of Devi Parvati, who enraged by Shiva’s disregard for food as a figment of Maya, a divine mirage that runs the universal order, disappeared from Srishti, leaving gods, humans, sages, and other life forms ravaged with hunger. The might of Mahamaya, Maa Parvati who is the source and end of all illusions was realized by Shiva who then paid a visit to his wife residing in Kashi as Annapurna, distributing her affection and food to anyone who came to her door.

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