Religion:Hara Hara Mahadeva

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Short description: Hindu invocation to Shiva
Painting of Shiva and his family, Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.

Hara Hara Mahadeva (Sanskrit: हर हर महादेव, romanized: hara hara mahādēva) is a Sanskrit invocation in praise of the Hindu deity Shiva.[1][2] The invocation consists of two epithets of Shiva, hara and mahadeva. It is generally chanted by adherents during auspicious occasions, such as prayer and entering a Shiva temple.[3]

The invocation was chanted by the legendary queen Padmini and tens of thousands of women when they performed the practice of jauhar to save their honour from Alauddin Khalji.[4]

See also

  • Hare Krishna
  • Hari Om
  • Jai Shri Ram
  • Jai Shri Krishna
  • Om Namah Shivaya

References

  1. Madan, T. N. (1988) (in en). Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer : Essays in Honour of Louis Dumont. Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. pp. 360. ISBN 978-81-208-0527-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=1_qMH9PY9fQC&pg=PA360. 
  2. Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1978) (in en). Reflections on the Tantras. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. pp. 75. ISBN 978-81-208-0691-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=CmaewdodLZQC&pg=PA75. 
  3. Eck, Diana L. (2013-06-05) (in en). Banaras: CITY OF LIGHT. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 188. ISBN 978-0-307-83295-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=2LgO6TJhFDwC&pg=PT188. 
  4. CK, Saji Narayanan (2022-12-05) (in en). Indian Woman, Feminism and Women's Liberation. Indus Scrolls Press. pp. 119. https://books.google.com/books?id=1KmiEAAAQBAJ&dq=hara+hara+mahadeva&pg=PA119.