19-05-2025
Ambal Pattabhishekham
Two pattabhishekhams are spiritually very renowned. The first one is the ever popular Rama Pattabhishekham and the second one is Ambal Pattabhishekham at Ambaji in Gujarat, said Damodara Dikshidhar.
Ambal is an embodiment of Sakti and Her power is limitless. In the first sloka of Soundarya Lahari, Acharya says, 'From Brahma, Vishnu everyone did puja for you and became gods of the universe.' This ability to rise above all is obtained only by praying to Her. Ambal is the only one who shines as the powerful one, even Bhagavan gets His prime position only after joining Her, say our scriptures. She is worshipped in various places as a different deity: as Kamakshi, Karpagambal, Katyayini, Gomathi, Visalakshi, to name a few. There are many Sakti pitams and the swayambu Sakti kshetras are of the highest order.
The 51 swayambu kshetras are the places where She let go of pieces of Herself in various locations. Our scriptures say this happened when Daksha troubled and humiliated Siva. Unbale to countenance it, Sakti decided to shed her mortal flesh, be born again and join with Siva, for fruition of which, She surrendered to Him and shed Her parts. Her waist is said to have fallen on earth where Kanchipuram is, Her tongue in Kolkata, while Her heart fell in Ambaji, Gujarat. Her shrine is the most sought after one by both devotees and evolved souls. Numerous ascetics and others who have prayed to Her steadfastly at her shrine on a hillock there, have spoken of Her having appeared to them, as a vision.
Ambal's (Sri Raja Rajeswari) Pattabhishekham falls between June 26 and July 8 this year.
