Who is veerabhadra

Once, Daksha performed a grand yagna, by inviting all the demigods and excluded Lord Shiva. But his wife Sati, attended the yagna due to the affection on her father. Daksha insulted her by speaking badly about Lord Shiva.

When Shiva came to know about the incidents, he created Lord Veerabhadra and Bhadrakalifrom his hair. Veerabhadra appeared in a ferocious form along with his consort Bhadra Kali.

Shiva ordered Veerabhadra to destroy the Yagna of Daksha. He attacked all the demi gods and other devas with his powerful weapons and destroyed the entire place with the help of Bhadra Kali. He was a great avatar of Lord Shiva, who was worshipped all over India. Veerabhadraswamy temple, Kothakonda, Telangana. Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home Users' questions How did veerabhadra die? Users' questions. Esther Fleming December 10, Table of Contents.

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Daksha insulted her in front of others. Unable to bear further trauma she ran into the sacrificial fire. The site where Sati had died later on became famous as "Jwalamukhi devi".

Then Shiva came to know about this and with deep sorrow and anger, plucked a lock of hair and thrashed on the ground. Lord Veerabhadra, and Rudrakali was born. Virabhadra is believed to be the destroyer of Agnana, his tall body reached the high heavens, he was dark as the clouds, three burning eyes, and fiery hair; he wore a garland of skulls and carried terrible weapons. To provide him the power, arrived Bhadrakali , a wrathful incarnation on Devi.

Shiva directed Virabhadra: "Lead my army against Daksha and destroy his sacrifice". On this direction of Shiva, Virabhadra appeared with Shiva's ganas in the midst of Daksha's assembly like a storm and broke the sacrificial vessels, polluted the offerings, insulted the Brahmin priests and finally cut off Daksha's head, trampled on Indra , broke the staff of Yama , scattered the gods on every side; then he returned to Kailash.

After the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, the defeated gods sought Brahma and asked his counsel. Brahma advised the gods to make their peace with Shiva. Brahma himself went with them to Mount Kailash.

Brahma prayed to lord Shiva to pardon Daksha and to mend the broken limbs of gods and rishis. The compassionate lord Shiva took pity on Daksha and restored the burnt head of Daksha with that of a goat's head, and the broken limbs were made whole. Then the devas including Brahma asked the forgiveness of lord Shiva and invited him to the yagna. There Daksha looked on him with reverence, the rite was duly performed, and then all the gods and rishis saluted Shiva and departed to their places.

After that, Daksha became a great devotee of Lord Shiva. Nandagiri and Kotla Narsimhulapalle are the twin villages lying side by side about 30 km to the north of Karimnagar. These villages can be reached from Karimnagar via Ramadugu and from Jagityala via Gangadhara by bus. There are various testimonials to state the historical and religious importance of this place.

It is said that King Satakarni BC , the son of King Sreemukha of Satavahana dynasty, while going on Jaithra Yathra victory lap from Paithan Prathistanapuram, present Aurangabad in Maharashtra state , made a halt at Nandagiri village and very much enjoyed the natural beauty of the place and constructed a Gagana Mandiram Sky palace on the top of the hillock.

Its ruins are visible even now. Even though the Satavahana kings practiced Jainism and Buddhism, they also patronized Vedic religions. They constructed temples as per the Advaitha culture on the advice of vedic scholars. The Veerabhadra, Mallikarjuna and Nanchareesvara Somanatha temples of Narasimhulapalle village reflect the Kakatiya temple architecture.

Therefore, they can be said to belong to the 12th century.