
rakteshwari

aadi paraashakti key ack pahalu key roop mein pehchaane jaane vaale rakteshwari (rakteshwari bhee), jise durga parameshwari key roop mein bhee jaanaa jaataa haye, hindu devi kaa ack pramukh aur lokpriya roop haye jisaki pooja mukhya roop seey "parashuram kshetron" mein kii jaati haye. rakteshwari tulu nadu key isht-devta (sanrakshak devta) hain.
pooja aur tyauhar.
rakshaseshwari durga parameshwari hain, joe brahmand kii divya maan hain, jinaki pooja bhaarat key hindu mandiron mein shakt hinduon dwara kii jaati haye. unake mandir, pooja aur tyohar bhaaratiya upmahadweep mein pratyek sankraman (yaa hindu calender mein pratyek maheene key sankranti dinn/soorya pargaman dinn) key dauran vishesh roop seey lokpriya hain. narial key phool, sindur aur poore narial unaki pooja key liye mahatvapurna prasaad hain.
rakteshwari kaa "beej-mantra", "ome cleam raam rakteshwarai namah", shikhragra (pahaad key oopar) parr, bahati nadee, kissy bhee ghaney jangal, kadamb key pedon, bageeche aadi key paas padhaa jaataa haye. kissy bhee "shakti (shakti upanishad)" parampara key anusaar ack saksham guru key margadarshan mein.
devi rakteshwari koo aksar ack aatma/rakshas key roop mein galat samajha jaataa haye. "dakshinchar" sampradaay rakteshwari koo ack devi key roop mein khariz karate hain joe rakt balidan kii maang karati haye. vaha ack ugra devta hain jinaki pooja "dakshinchar" ("daahine haath key raaste") mein "kumkum" (sindur) aur poore narial koo "baali" (prasaad) key roop mein kii jaati haye. devi pooja kii visheshta yeh haye kii yeh saadhak koo nakaratmak oorjaaen nikaalane kii shakti pradaan karati haye (i.ee. maanav shareer key "shata" chakron (oorjaa key kendron) mein koee bhee rukawat joe chinta, bhaya, avasaad, bhookh kii kamee, krodh, hatasha, ekagrata kii kamee aadi kaa kaaran banati haye.) vishesh roop seey harr maheene key "sankraman" dinon mein kuchh mudraon (aantarik urjaavaan prathaon) kaa upayog karane vaale anya manushyon seey (sateek tithiyon key liye neeche dee gaee talika dekhein).
kuchh kushal rakteshwari upaasak rakteshwari pooja mein mahaarat hassil karke aadhyatmik upchaar (maanav shareer mein saat chakron key avrodhon kii safai) karane key liye jaane jaate hain. upchaar key baad kii mukhya "saatvik" prakriyaon mein seey ack key roop mein beej mantra "ome" kaa prescription kiya jaataa haye (paath kaa samay vishisht baadhaon key aadhar parr bhinn hoe sakata haye).
mangal grah key saath sambandh.
paaramparik hindu jyotish mein, chandrama, mangal maanav shareer mein rakt key mukhya mahatva hain. jaba mangal kissy bhee kundali mein peedit hotaa haye aur yeh ack samaan chinh rakhta haye, tou devi rakteshwari koo rakt sambandhi kissy bhee vikaar seey chhutkara paane key liye prasann karna padata haye. kuchh sthaaniya maanyataon key anusaar, chechak aur masik dharm raktasraav vikaar (mangal shareer key niji angon kaa bhee pratinidhitva kartaa haye) jaisi sankraamak beemariyon koo rakteshwari kii pooja seey thheek kiya jaa sakata haye. 
lokkatha shally mein rakteshwari kii "wammarg" pooja ("baaen haath kaa maarg") seey incar naheen kiya gayaa haye. lock pradarshanon mein sangeet, loknritya, gaayan aur anya vistrit veshbhusha (veshbhusha) anivarya hain jaisa kii dravid tulu maukhik lock saahitya mein ullikhit haye, kissy bhee anya mahila devta kii tarah vishisht gharelu pooja mein rakteshwari koo khush karane key liye gaay key ghee kaa deepak aur "kunkum" (sindur) chadhaaya jaataa haye.
mandir.
konkan, tateey karnatak aur keral key kshetron mein, jinhen parashuram kshetra maanaa jaataa haye, raksheshwari koo samarpit kaee mandir hain. brahmanon aur kaee anya hinduon dwara aim "ulsthaan" mein rakteshwari kii pooja dakshin kenra mein prasiddh haye.
dakshinchar" ("daahine haath kaa maarg") parampara mein rakteshwari koo "srichkravasini" (shree chakr key sire key nivasi key roop mein shantipurna aur sukhdaayak devta) key roop mein chitrit kiya gayaa haye aur durga sukta aur shree sookta dwara durga parameshwari key roop mein pooja kii jaati haye.
pratima vigyaan.
talwar, aadi paraashakti key divya hathiyaron mein seey ack, joe "devi mahatyam" key anusaar bhedbhaav key unmoolan kaa pratinidhitva karati haye, devi rakteshwari kaa ack prateekaatmak roop haye. shree chakr kaa siraa sarvocch devi durga parameshwari kaa ack pratishthit roop haye.

