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    A murti without equal?

    Namaste,
    Yet another interesting example of "Maa is everywhere!":

    What is known to many as the "Crab Nebula", the result of a supernova that was visible and recorded worldwide in 1054 (Western calendar), struck me recently as being rather poorly named; rather, the pattern of light and dark was far more evocative of Maa Durga, as She is so often shown upon Her vehicle of Lion... allow me to say I am well-acquainted with the concept of "pareidolia" or the art of seeing faces in cloud-patterns, etc., and would not bother mentioning anything at all, but for the fact that not only is there a startlingly good line-up of the two images, but also the location of the nebula: what would be the tip of the right horn of Taurus...

    In many depictions (especially very old ones) of Durga's victory over Mahishasur, his bull-head is being subdued by Maa's grasping of a horn with one hand...Perhaps I am connecting too many dots in my love for Maa, but I do not think She would allow any harm to come of it

    If it is permitted, I have attached a picture whereupon I have superimposed a 50% transparent image of Maa Durga over an image of the Nebula, so that people may judge for themselves...

    The only alteration, other than transparency, was a tiny rotation counterclockwise, and a slight change in perspective that renders the left side of Maa's image closer/larger than the right. The nebula image was untouched. (Note that an image showing the Lion's head in profile would probably fit even better than what I have shown!)

    Any and all comments are of course most welcome.
    May Maa bless you,
    JAI MATA DI
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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Namasté JaiMaaDurga,

    Lovely image; thank you for sharing!

    Also great pointer, I must read a little of Durga's victory over Mahishasur.
    It would seem that there is much happening in this part of the sky.
    Some what resembling a Lorenz attractor, the butterfly's wing; in this churning milky sea.

    How fascinating that the centre of the Galaxy is marked in this legend.

    praNAma

    mana
    Last edited by Mana; 22 September 2011 at 01:14 PM.

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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Looked at the original image. I think see it too. Thanks for the beautiful image.
    kuladalli keeLyavudO hucchhappa?
    matadalli mElyavudO?
    huTTi saayuva haaLu mansa mansaana madhye keeLyavudu melyavdO

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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Namaste JaiMaaDurga,

    What an amazing picture! Thanks for sharing it with us. Our Beloved Mother truly is everywhere.

    Jai Maa Durga!
    Om namah Shivaya
    "Watch your thoughts, they become words.
    Watch your words, they become actions.
    Watch your actions, they become habits.
    Watch your habits, they become your character.
    Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."

    ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
    Om Gam Ganapataye namah

    लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु ।
    Lokaah SamastaaH Sukhino Bhavantu

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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Namaste all,

    Many thanks for your kind and thoughtful replies... since this news arrived, I thought it relevant to share here- Maa Durga will always defeat our assumptions of complete knowledge

    (If anyone was curious, the actual pulsar is located at approximately where Her right heel meets Her Shankha of Pranava in the superimposed image I'd uploaded earlier- the "artist's conception" in the article has the pulsar located at Her Nabhi, which although in a way fitting and auspicious, it is inaccurate, according to other detailed images of the pulsar's location within the nebula. )

    JAI MATA DI
    Last edited by JaiMaaDurga; 06 October 2011 at 06:40 PM.

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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Namasté JaiMaaDurga,

    Once again, thank you for posting; a fantastic development. Breathtaking beauty and import.

    praNAma

    mana

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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Jai Maa Durga !

    OM. VAJRA. VISHNUYA. SVAHA
    OM. VAJRA. GARUDA. CALE CALE. HUM PHAT


    OM. AMOGHA VAIROCANA. MAHA-MUDRA. MANI PADMA JVALA PRAVARTTAYA. HUM

    Om Saha Nau-Avatu |
    Saha Nau Bhunaktu |
    Saha Viiryam Karava-Avahai |
    Tejasvi Nau-Adhii-Tam-Astu Maa Vidviss-Aavahai |
    Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||


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    Re: A murti without equal?

    Namaste and many thanks to those that enjoyed the post-

    Somewhat related (and on the largest of scales!) this is a quote from a recent cosmology story that caught my eye and made me smile; perhaps you may enjoy it too... of course the emphasis in bold is mine

    "I think time in our universe started with the Big Bang, but I think we were a fluctuation from a predecessor, a mother universe," Filippenko said.

    JAI MATA DI

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