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Bharat Mata
Bharat Mata, that is, the Mother India
(Bharat - India, Mata - Mother) is a personification of India, and
relatively seen by some as a mother goddess of fertility. She is usually
depicted as a lady, clad in a saree holding a flag.
Prayer of Bharat Mata
Ratnakaradhautapadam
Himalyakirtitinim I
Brahmarajarsiratnamdhyam vande Bharatamataram II
Meaning
:
I pay my
obeisance to mother Bharat, whose feet are being a washed by the ocean,
who wears the mighty Himalaya as her crown, and who is exuberantly
adorned with the gems of traditions set by Brahmarsis and Rajarsis.
Bharat Mata Temples
Varanasi
It is
located in the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus. The Bharat Mata temple was
built by Babu Shiv Prasad Gupt and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936. The statute
of Bharat Mata is built in marble and is a model of undivided India, depicting the
mountains, plains and oceans.
Haridwar
Bharat
Mata temple in Haridwar, built by Swami Satyamitranand Giri. Consecration of this
temple took place on 15 May 1983. Here, Bharat Mata holds a milk urn in one hand
and sheaves of grain in the other, which signify the nurture provided by the mother
as a baby and as an adult.
Others
There are many other smaller shrines of Bharat Mata for example at Vrindavan,
Daulatabad Fort etc.
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