Dear Sangom Uncle
Superb Explanations. Some more additions.
Devi Varahi is considered as one of the Senapathi of shri matha Lalitha Thripurasundari. She is famely known as "Thandini". She has her own chakra for invokation and is called "giri Chakra". The colour to please varahi is yellow. Sadhaka should wear yellow colour dress and apply turmeric to devi varahi to please her. Its is not simple to get the grace of devi varahi, but one who gets her grace has nothing to get in this 14 lokas.
Devi Akilandeswari is believed to be the amsa devatha of Shri Varahi matha.
Pranams
dear Durgadasan!Respected Guruvayurappan sir
Devi Akilandeswari is the amsa devatha of shri Thandini sakthi. Similarly Devi Meenakshi is the amsa devatha of shri Manthrini shakti. Thandini uses her body power to control the enemies, whereas the manthrini uses her mind power. Both are essential energies.
Since you quoted that your ishta devatha is devi akilandeswari, you might be knowing this. But for some readers' sake, am posting this. Most of the devotees who comes to Thiruvanaikoil temple thinks this also as a normal temple considering Devi Akilandeswari as wife and Jambukeswara as her consort. But is not true here actually. Devi Akila is a student in this temple, where she is still learning vedas and agamas from her guru Jambukeswara. For that guruvandhanam only, she is performing daily poojas to jambukeswara.
For the sake of Palliyarai pooja (Artha jama pooja), separate idols of meenakshi and sundareswara is there and they are only taken into the palliyarai everyday.
This shows the clear sambandham of devi akilandeswari and meenakshi.
For devi akilandeswari, her "thadangam" is of special importance. (It is made of shiva chakra and sakthi chakra); For devi Meenakshi, her nose stud is of importance. Why is it so??? For the person, who strongly believes in his own power has to lend his ears always, it should be open always to hear the problems of other poor people and to help them with his power. So, devi akilandeswari is well-known always with her earrings. Whereas, for the person who can solve all other's remedies simply by his speech and using his mental power, his crystal clear mind is necessary. This can be achieved by "pranayama" and other breathing exercises. Without breathing we cannot even live. The nose stud clears all the dust from the air and purifies it and send it into the nasal cavity, which in turn sends purified oxygen into blood, which circulates into brain and keeps it healthy. So, here "nasabharanam" is important.
Also in devi akilandeswari temple, the special function of "Pancha prakara Ula" is very peculiar and you cannot see it in anyother temples. In this function, swami will be disguised as ambal and devi will be decorated as swami. To teach a lesson to brahmadeva, they act like this actually.
Salutations to devi akilandeswari...
Pranams
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