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MALUR SRI BALAMBIKA TEMPLE Address: Maruthi Extension 2nd stage, Kasaba Hobli, Malur Taluk, Kolar District, Karnataka - India Website : http://malurbalambikatemple.com Email : contactus@malurbalambikatemple.org Instagram: balambikadivyasangam
Issue 9 | Volume 15 | January 2026 Balavin Kural
Kshetra Varalaru series: "Sri Vaishno Devi temple - Shakthi Peetam at Jammu", by Smt. Indumathi OM Gurubyo Namah Sri Balambika charanam We are going to see the temple, Vaishno Devi. This is also a Shakthi peetam. The sanctum sanctorum, which is inside a cave, has 3 stones, Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswathi. Their Kreedam is kept and worshipped there. Devotees have to crawl to reach the sanctum sanctorum to take darshan. The temple is on top of a mountain which can be reached on foot or by pony. Helicopters are also used. Katra is the name of the town at the foothills. Devotees buy small red cloth, called chuniri, and offer it to the Goddess. It is draped on Her and returned to the Devotees as prasad. Everyday thousands of devotees visit this temple Image courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishno_Devi
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Cultural Connect: "Prashna Upanishad" The Prashna Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit text, embedded inside Atharva Veda, a Mukhya (primary) Upanishad, and is listed as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads of Hinduism. The Prashna Upanishad is estimated to be composed in the second half of 1st millennium BCE, likely after other Atharva Veda texts such as the Mundaka Upanishad. The Prashna Upanishad has six questions posed by six students and answered by the sage Pippalada. The first three questions are about the origins of life, and the universe while the last three questions relate to Vedantic philosophy. It contains three Prashnams (parts), each with two sections. The first Prashnam defines the science of “Higher Knowledge” and “Lower Knowledge”, and then asserts that acts of oblations and pious gifts are foolish, and do nothing to reduce unhappiness in current life or next, rather it is knowledge that frees. The second Prashnam describes the nature of the Brahman, the Self, the relation between the empirical world and the Brahman, and the path to know Brahman. The third Prashnam expands the ideas in the second Prashnam and then asserts that the state of knowing Brahman is one of freedom, fearlessness, complete liberation, self-sufficiency and bliss. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prashna_Upanishad https://shlokam.org/prashna/ https://goldcoasthindu.wordpress.com/2021/09/04/ prashna-upanishad/
Below is the integration of Agasthiar’s Pancha Bhūta with Bālā Tripurā Sundarī, how the five elements dissolve into the ever young Goddess within. Agasthiar says: “Aindhum avalē; avalē aindhum”. The five are She; She alone is the five. Bālā is not above the five elements, but Bala is the secret harmony of all five elements. We see all the five elements with Bala. PṚTHVĪ (Earth) BĀLĀ AS STABILITY OF INNOCENCE. Siddhar insights are Earth is weight, memory, karma. When an unrefined earth element brings heaviness, depression, and inertia. Bālā’ in Action. Bālā lightens Earth. She removes karmic heaviness, brings childlike trust, softens rigid self-identity. Hence it brings out our Inner recognition: “I am held by the Mother.” Result: Safety without fear JALA (Water) BĀLĀ AS SWEET FLOW. Siddhar Insight: Water is emotion, attachment, and longing. Bālā’s Action: She purifies emotion without suppression. Turns grief into tenderness. Desire into devotion. Loneliness into intimacy. Inner recognition: “What I feel is allowed by Goddess”. Result: Emotional healing. AGNI (Fire) BĀLĀ AS GENTLE TRANSFORMATION. Siddhar Insight: Fire wrongly used creates anger, and burning thoughts. Bālā’s Action: She cools the fire without extinguishing it. Our Ego in fire becomes inner light. Effort becomes effortless clarity. Inner recognition: “I don’t need to fight to know.” Result: Peaceful intelligence. VĀYU (Air) BĀLĀ AS RHYTHM OF PRĀṆA. Siddhar Insight: Air governs thought speed and anxiety. Bālā’s Action. She slows the breath naturally. Thoughts lose urgency. The mind becomes playful, not restless. Inner recognition: “Life breathes me.” Result: Mental lightness ĀKĀŚA (Ether) BĀLĀ AS EVER-PRESENT AWARENESS Siddhar Insight: Ether is space, silence, consciousness. Bālā’s Action: She reveals awareness as sweetness, not void. Silence becomes loving, Emptiness becomes fullness. Inner recognition: “I am not empty—I am being held.” Result: Non-dual bliss. AGASTHIAR’S SECRET: BĀLĀ AS THE SIXTH ELEMENT Agasthiar reveals: The five elements dissolve into a sixth state, called Sukshma Chaitanya that is BĀLĀ. Bala is Consciousness before division, joy before desire, Knowledge before thought. BĀLĀ MANTRA AS PANCHA BHŪTA KEY AIM KLIM SOW Agasthiar’s inner mapping: AIM comprise Ether + Air (Awareness & movement), KLĪM comprise Fire + Water (Transformation & devotion) SAUḤ comprise Earth dissolving into bliss. FINAL REALISATION (Agasthiar’s Essence): “When the elements rest in love, the Goddess appears as youth. When effort ends, Bālā remains.” Bālā is not attained. She is remembered. Balambika Charanam Image courtesy https://malurbalambikatemple.com/
Devotee Speaks: "Pancha bhuta Bala Tripura Sundari", by Smt. Roopa V Rajan
Below is the integration of Agasthiar’s Pancha Bhūta with Bālā Tripurā Sundarī, how the five elements dissolve into the ever young Goddess within. Agasthiar says: “Aindhum avalē; avalē aindhum”. The five are She; She alone is the five. Bālā is not above the five elements, but Bala is the secret harmony of all five elements. We see all the five elements with Bala. PṚTHVĪ (Earth) BĀLĀ AS STABILITY OF INNOCENCE. Siddhar insights are Earth is weight, memory, karma. When an unrefined earth element brings heaviness, depression, and inertia. Bālā’ in Action. Bālā lightens Earth. She removes karmic heaviness, brings childlike trust, softens rigid self-identity. Hence it brings out our Inner recognition: “I am held by the Mother.” Result: Safety without fear JALA (Water) BĀLĀ AS SWEET FLOW. Siddha Insight: Water is emotion, attachment, and longing. Bālā’s Action: She purifies emotion without suppression. Turns grief into tenderness. Desire into devotion. Loneliness into intimacy. Inner recognition: “What I feel is allowed by Goddess”. Result: Emotional healing. AGNI (Fire) BĀLĀ AS GENTLE TRANSFORMATION. Siddha Insight: Fire wrongly used creates anger, and burning thoughts. Bālā’s Action: She cools the fire without extinguishing it. Our Ego in fire becomes inner light. Effort becomes effortless clarity. Inner recognition: “I don’t need to fight to know.” Result: Peaceful intelligence. VĀYU (Air) BĀLĀ AS RHYTHM OF PRĀṆA. Siddha Insight: Air governs thought speed and anxiety. Bālā’s Action. She slows the breath naturally. Thoughts lose urgency. The mind becomes playful, not restless. Inner recognition:“Life breathes me.” Result: Mental lightness ĀKĀŚA (Ether) BĀLĀ AS EVER-PRESENT AWARENESS Siddha Insight: Ether is space, silence, consciousness. Bālā’s Action: She reveals awareness as sweetness, not void. Silence becomes loving, Emptiness becomes fullness. Inner recognition: “I am not empty—I am being held.” Result: Non-dual bliss. AGASTHIAR’S SECRET: BĀLĀ AS THE SIXTH ELEMENT Agasthiar reveals: The five elements dissolve into a sixth state, called Sukshma Chaitanya that is BĀLĀ. Bala is Consciousness before division, joy before desire, Knowledge before thought. BĀLĀ MANTRA AS PANCHA BHŪTA KEY ॐ ऐं क्लीं सौः Agasthiar’s inner mapping: AIM comprise Ether + Air (Awareness & movement), KLĪM comprise Fire + Water (Transformation & devotion) SAUḤ comprise Earth dissolving into bliss. FINAL REALISATION (Agasthiar’s Essence): “When the elements rest in love, the Goddess appears as youth. When effort ends, Bālā remains.” Bālā is not attained. She is remembered. Balambika Charanam
Know your Mythology: "When Pride Met Shani's Gaze: The Fall of Ravana", by Thulasinathan Kandasamy Om Sri Ganeshaya Namaha. We all know Ravana—the ten-headed scholar, Shiva's devotee, and Lanka's unyielding ruler. His dominion stretched beyond demons and mortals; he had captured the Navagrahas themselves, the nine celestial planets that weave the threads of destiny for every soul. In the heart of his opulent throne room, Ravana commanded Surya the Sun, Chandra the Moon, Mangala, Budha, Guru, Shukra, Shani, Rahu, and Ketu to lie prostrate on the steps leading to his golden seat—with their faces pressed firmly into the earth. A brilliant astrologer, Ravana understood the peril of Shani's drishti, the piercing gaze of Saturn that could shatter even divine realms. By treading only on their backs, he shielded himself from those fateful eyes, convinced he had conquered the stars. One auspicious day, the wandering sage Narada Muni arrived in Lanka, his veena resonating with praises of Lord Narayana. Beholding the groaning planets under Ravana's feet, Narada bowed deeply. "O mighty Lankesh," he exclaimed, "your power humbles the cosmos! Yet I wonder—why step upon the backs of your vanquished foes like one who fears their faces? A true conqueror plants his feet on their chests, locking eyes in ultimate triumph!" Ravana's pride surged like a tempest. "Afraid? I, lord of the worlds?" he thundered. "Flip them at once!" The guards obeyed swiftly, turning the planets one by one. At the seventh step, stern Lord Shani rolled over—his dark, unblinking eyes rising in vakra drishti to meet Ravana's gaze head-on. In that eternal instant, Saturn's karmic weight descended, igniting Ravana's Shani Dosh. The throne room grew heavy with unseen doom; the demon king's fortunes reversed forever. As Ravana claimed his seat, a subtle poison clouded his once-razor intellect. The apsaras dancing in his court, familiar attendants of grace, now bloomed with intoxicating beauty—lust veiling his wisdom under Shani's spell. Moments later, his sister Surpanakha stormed in, her face scarred from Rama and Lakshmana's rebuke in Dandakaranya. In his fogged rage, Ravana sought no truth, only revenge—vowing to seize Sita, unleashing the chain of events that summoned Rama's fiery arrows to Lanka's gates. Ravana commanded planets, yet pride commanded him. This timeless Ramayana folklore whispers to us: humility alone deflects karma's stare. Let us tread life's steps with devotion, devotees, for Shani ever watches with justice unyielding. Image courtesy: https://picryl.com/media/ravana-in-lanka-74bfbe
Devotee Speaks: "Pancha bhuta Bala Tripura Sundari", by Smt. Roopa V Rajan Below is the integration of Agasthiar’s Pancha Bhūta with Bālā Tripurā Sundarī, how the five elements dissolve into the ever young Goddess within. Agasthiar says: “Aindhum avalē; avalē aindhum”. The five are She; She alone is the five. Bālā is not above the five elements, but Bala is the secret harmony of all five elements. We see all the five elements with Bala. PṚTHVĪ (Earth) BĀLĀ AS STABILITY OF INNOCENCE. Siddhar insights are Earth is weight, memory, karma. When an unrefined earth element brings heaviness, depression, and inertia. Bālā’ in Action. Bālā lightens Earth. She removes karmic heaviness, brings childlike trust, softens rigid self-identity. Hence it brings out our Inner recognition: “I am held by the Mother.” Result: Safety without fear JALA (Water) BĀLĀ AS SWEET FLOW. Siddhar Insight: Water is emotion, attachment, and longing. Bālā’s Action: She purifies emotion without suppression. Turns grief into tenderness. Desire into devotion. Loneliness into intimacy. Inner recognition: “What I feel is allowed by Goddess”. Result: Emotional healing. AGNI (Fire) BĀLĀ AS GENTLE TRANSFORMATION. Siddhar Insight: Fire wrongly used creates anger, and burning thoughts. Bālā’s Action: She cools the fire without extinguishing it. Our Ego in fire becomes inner light. Effort becomes effortless clarity. Inner recognition: “I don’t need to fight to know.” Result: Peaceful intelligence. VĀYU (Air) BĀLĀ AS RHYTHM OF PRĀṆA. Siddhar Insight: Air governs thought speed and anxiety. Bālā’s Action. She slows the breath naturally. Thoughts lose urgency. The mind becomes playful, not restless. Inner recognition: “Life breathes me.” Result: Mental lightness ĀKĀŚA (Ether) BĀLĀ AS EVER-PRESENT AWARENESS Siddhar Insight: Ether is space, silence, consciousness. Bālā’s Action: She reveals awareness as sweetness, not void. Silence becomes loving, Emptiness becomes fullness. Inner recognition: “I am not empty—I am being held.” Result: Non-dual bliss. AGASTHIAR’S SECRET: BĀLĀ AS THE SIXTH ELEMENT Agasthiar reveals: The five elements dissolve into a sixth state, called Sukshma Chaitanya that is BĀLĀ. Bala is Consciousness before division, joy before desire, Knowledge before thought. BĀLĀ MANTRA AS PANCHA BHŪTA KEY AIM KLIM SOW Agasthiar’s inner mapping: AIM comprise Ether + Air (Awareness & movement), KLĪM comprise Fire + Water (Transformation & devotion) SAUḤ comprise Earth dissolving into bliss. FINAL REALISATION (Agasthiar’s Essence): “When the elements rest in love, the Goddess appears as youth. When effort ends, Bālā remains.” Bālā is not attained. She is remembered. Balambika Charanam Image courtesy: https://malurbalambikatemple.com/
Kshetra Varalaru series: "Sri Vaishno Devi temple - Shakthi Peetam at Jammu", by Smt. Indumathi OM Gurubyo Namah Sri Balambika charanam We are going to see the temple, Vaishno Devi. This is also a Shakthi peetam. The sanctum sanctorum, which is inside a cave, has 3 stones, Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswathi. Their Kreedam is kept and worshipped there. Devotees have to crawl to reach the sanctum sanctorum to take darshan. The temple is on top of a mountain which can be reached on foot or by pony. Helicopters are also used. Katra is the name of the town at the foothills. Devotees buy small red cloth, called chuniri, and offer it to the Goddess. It is draped on Her and returned to the Devotees as prasad. Everyday thousands of devotees visit this temple Image courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishno_Devi