Cosmic Mother Worship — Keeping the Traditions Alive

 “One of the very powerful, very important, highly practice tradition in India is mother worship tradition. Seeing god as mother. Every village in India, you will find one Devi temple. You may, may not find Shiva temple. Around 6 Lakh villages exist in India, in all 6 lakh villages. Ganesha temple you may find in 2 Lakh, Shiva temple you may find 4 Lakh, but Devi temple, almost 6 lakh you will find.

Whether it is North or South, or East or West in India, connecting with god as mother is very strong way of life. Every village will have the village deity. Gramina Devata, which will be usually mother. Usually it will be in the form of mother. Basically, Sanatana Hindu Dharma is mother worshiping tradition.” -The SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam

Cosmic mother worship is foremost important and inherent in Hinduism and is kept alive by the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism. One such tradition is the Jnana Paal.

It is a sacred ritual, the Thirujnanasambandar Puja which is offered by The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam, His Divine Holiness, Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam.

This Puja celebrates Jnana Paal, the Enlightening Milk of the Cosmic Mother and is a unique offering from Madurai Aadheenam, whose patron saint is the child-incarnation Thiru Jnanasambandar. The unique tradition of ‘Jnana Paal’ is kept alive, and a living happening at the Madurai Aadheenam even today by the direct blessings of the Guru Mahasannidhanams, the pontiffs of the Aadheenam. The scriptures say that as a baby at the innocent age of just 3, Thiru Jnanasambandar was once nourished by the ‘milk of Enlightenment’ from the Cosmic Mother herself.