Re: Shiva & Shakti together
Originally Posted by
Divine Kala
Is there a school of worship that venerates both Shiva and Shakti as equal? I know the two sides, Shaiva and Shakta, but I am drawn to both as one. Perhaps if there was a school that held Ardhanarisvara as supreme I might he follower of it, but as far as I know there is no such school of though.
Perhaps I should start my own?
For shaivas belonging to vidyapitha (i.e those following bhairava) and shaktas there is no diff between the two, so question of equality is a fallacy really.
However what you are after may be the practice of south indian orthodox smarta community who also worship by tantric mantras, but according to smartic tenents and interpretation.
For example shankara in each of 4 mathas established a goddess as well as a crystal shiva linga (chandramoulisvara) and both are worshipped equally by the acharyas of these mathas. I am not familiar with ardhanarisvara as a main deity, it is meditated upon in the morning after rising. Main rituals in such cases center around the divine couple and not a deity like ardhanarisvara. I may be wrong here.
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