About
Maa DhumaVati

The Divine Mother
Maa DhumaVati:
The Divine Blessing In Disguise

The Divine Mother
Maa Maha Kaali As
Maa DhumaVati Is Revered As
The Embodiment Of Divine Blessings In Disguise.
The Dark, Shadowy, And Smoky Depiction Of
Maa DhumaVati Symbolizes
the dark and challenging aspects of life.
The Divine Mother Is Ever-Present,
In all auspicious moments
And In situations that are often considered
inauspicious, unfortunate, or negative
by the society due to lack of wisdom.
Maa DhumaVati Guides deserving devotees
To realize that adversity and challenges
are transformative experiences.
By The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati, deserving devotees are
Enabled To recognize The Presence Of
The Divine Mother In both the light and darkness of life.

Maa DhumaVati Symbolizes
the challenging aspects of life,
including disappointment, frustration,
humiliation, defeat, loss, sorrow, and loneliness.
These experiences can overpower ordinary minds,
but for sincere seekers and devotees,
they serve as unique opportunities to
connect with the reality that surpasses worldly desires.
Recognizing The Presence Of
The Great Cosmic Wisdom Expression Of
The Divine Mother And
The Valuable Lessons Hidden Within
these negative experiences,
Is A Great Blessing Of
Maa DhumaVati Upon the devotees.
Maa DhumaVati Bestows virtues such as
patience, perseverance, forgiveness, and detachment
upon those courageous devotees
who embrace these experiences.
By The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati,
devotees transform into great teachers for humanity.

Maa DhumaVati Is
The Great Cosmic Wisdom Expression
Guiding deserving devotees
to become ever-aware
Of Divine Impermanence

Nothing in this universe is permanent;
all labels and names are subject to change.
Material existence and human experiences are transient.
Maa DhumaVati Guides deserving devotees
towards perpetual awareness
of life’s impermanence.
The Blessings Of
Maa Dhumavati Enables devotees To:

The Symbolism Of The Divine Depiction
Maa DhumaVati Guides deserving devotees
To cultivate a sense of detachment
from egoic pursuits and all things worldly.
Maa DhumaVati Blesses deserving devotees
To attain spiritual liberation, As She Chooses.

Two Myths About
The Emergence Of
Maa DhumaVati

There Are Two Myths Associated With
The Emergence Of
The Divine Mother Maa DhumaVati.

According To The First Myth,
Maa DhumaVati Emerged When
Maa Sati Self-Immolated
In Her father’s sacrificial fire.
Maa DhumaVati Emerged From
The Smoke That Rose From
Maa Sati’s Burning Body,
Thus Embodying Both
The Energy Of The Indignant
Maa Sati At The Time Of Her
Self-Immolation And The Funeral Smoke.
This Myth Portrays
Maa DhumaVati
As A Continuation Of
Maa Sati – Sad, Mournful
And Manifested As Smoke.

The Second Myth
Recounts An Incident Where
Maa Sati,
Residing With lord shiva
In the himalayas, Grew
Extremely Hungry And Asked him For food.
When lord shiva refused,
Maa Sati Threatened To Consume him,
And She Indeed Swallowed him.
However, lord shiva convinced
Maa Sati To Release him,
and then transformed
Maa Sati Into The Widow Form As
Maa DhumaVati.
In This Myth,
Maa DhumaVati
Is Associated With lord shiva
And Signifies The Assertiveness Of
Maa Sati.
Maa Sati’s Aggression Is Portrayed
When lord shiva denies
Maa Sati’s Request,
Leading Her To Consume Him.
In This Myth,
Maa DhumaVati Symbolizes
The State Of Widowhood But Also
Self-Assertion And The Solitariness
That Can Lead To Spiritual Liberation.

Temple for worship Of
Maa DhumaVati in varanasi

Temples for worship Of
Maa DhumaVati are rare but
the most well-known is in varanasi, india.
In This “Maa DhumaVati Temple”,
The Idol for the worship Of
Maa DhumaVati
Is Depicted In A Widow Form,
Riding A Chariot And Holding
A Winnowing Basket, A Broom, And A Pot,
While Making The Abhaya Mudra
(the fear-not gesture).
At This Temple,
devotees bring offerings burnt in a smoky fire
or light incense to ensure there is
ample smoke iIn The Temple.
Devotees and worshippers also
offer smoke from cremation fires
as it signifies destruction.
they worship
Maa DhumaVati
In The Form Of Smoke,
Freely Moving And All-Pervasive.

It is said that
The “Maa DhumaVati Temple”
in varanasi was established long ago
by the sage dhurvasa.
The Temple Is Believed To Be
A “Shakti Pitha”
In Reverence To
A Divine Part Of
Maa Sati’s Body,
Which Descended Upon This Place.
This Temple Is Famous For worship
by renunciants and tantric practitioners.
The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati Instills a desire
for solitude in Her sincere devotees.

The Temple Is Also regularly visited
by married men and women, who seek
Maa DhumaVati’s Grace And Blessings
For their children, good fortune,
suitable marriage partners for their children,
success in various endeavors, and so on.
Among the local worshippers,
Maa DhumaVati Is Revered As
The Approachable Divine Mother
Who Is The Divine Guardian Of the village.
For these local Temple goers,
Maa DhumaVati Is Not
The Divine Mother Of
the inauspicious aspect of life,
Who Is Only Accessible to tantric adepts.
Instead, they worship
Maa DhumaVati
As The Benevolent, Accessible,
And Auspicious Divine Mother.
Similar praises Of
Maa DhumaVati Are Also Evident
In the “Thousand-Name Hymn”
for the worship Of
Maa DhumaVati, Where
Maa DhumaVati Is Depicted
Making Gestures Of Granting boons,
Dwelling Among women who worship Her,
And Blesses sincere devotees With children.

Meditation On
Maa DhumaVati

The worship Of
Maa DhumaVati Enables letting go
of all thoughts and entering
the deep silence Of The Unknown.
To meditate On
Maa DhumaVati, one should shift attention away
from the outer appearances of things
and recognize The OmniPresence Of
The Divine Mother In all of existence.
This means not focusing on
the visible boundaries of objects,
but instead noticing the space that surrounds them.
It also involves letting go of
labels, opinions, likes, and dislikes.

When meditating On
The Divine Mother
Maa DhumaVati,
it’s important to remember that
everything is temporary and always changing.
One should detach from the familiar,
stop chasing worldly concerns bound by time,
and develop a deep sense of disillusionment
and detachment from the apparent.
By The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati,
deserving devotees attain realization Of The True Self.
Maa DhumaVati Blesses worthy devotees
With the ability to see sorrow and disappointment
as Divine Blessings That Teach About
the limits of the body and mind.

The Maha Yantra For
the meditation and worship Of
Maa DhumaVati

The Sacred Yantra
for the worship Of
Maa DhumaVati,
Symbolizes The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati.

The Sacred Yantra
for the worship Of and meditation On
Maa DhumaVati
Is Composed Of A Triangle
With A Dot (“Bindu") In The Center,
which sits inside one upward-facing triangle
And One Downward-Facing Triangle,
bordered by a circle
and sits on top of a lotus flower which has eight petals,
all of which are inside a square structure (bhupura).

In The Maa DhumaVati "Maha Yantra",
The Top Triangle Symbolises Divine Grace,
Carrying Transcendental Truth.

The Central Triangle Represents Divine Transmission,
And The Dot ("Bindu") Represents Divine Illumination.

It Descends To the bottom triangle,
which represents devotee's physical vessel,
ready to receive and sustain Divine Grace.

Like breath flowing between sky and earth,
The Triangles Reflect The Movement
Of Divine Grace and human devotion.
The Blessings Of Divine Illumination And Wisdom
Only Arises when devotee is sincere and emptied.

In this age of adharma, seeking
The Divine Mother And Blessings From
The Divine Mother can be more difficult
due to limited access to Wisdom.
Many people do not know
how to live a life of dharma
and instead take false paths.
By The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati,
sincere devotees receive Blessings
and their limitations are Shattered, Rebuilt.

Concentrating on The Sacred Yantra
can guide in acquiring a sincere
and single-pointed mind for meditation On
The Divine Mother
Maa DhumaVati.

Conclusion

Maa DhumaVati Reveals the imperfect,
temporary, and bewildering nature
of ordinary egoic existence,
Guiding devotees to transcend these limitations.
By The Blessings Of
Maa DhumaVati,
deserving devotees attain the ability
to embrace adversity with virtues like
patience, perseverance, forgiveness, and detachment,
turning challenges into opportunities for growth.
Symbolizing the smoky
and shadowy aspects of the temporary world,
Maa DhumaVati Liberates the Blessed devotees
from being attached to superficial joys.

The sincere worship Of
Maa DhumaVati Enables devotees to realize
that adversity can build character
and enable spiritual growth.
By honoring challenging experiences
As Divine Blessings,
Blessed devotees and seekers can attain
profound knowledge About The Ultimate Reality
and realization Of The True Self,
Leading to spiritual liberation.