{"id":418,"date":"2023-07-10T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2023-07-10T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:20:27","slug":"a-little-tilak-tiny-yet-mighty-mukhachandra-kalankabha-mriganaabhi-visheshaka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/a-little-tilak-tiny-yet-mighty-mukhachandra-kalankabha-mriganaabhi-visheshaka","title":{"rendered":"A little tilak, tiny yet mighty! (Mukhachandra kalankabha mriganaabhi visheshaka)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">In the realm of divine grace, behold,\r\nMother Lalitha, with her radiance untold.\r\nUpon her forehead, a tilak divine,\r\nA mark of kast\u016bri, a fragrance in line.\r\n\r\nA tiny dot, made with fragrant paste,\r\nAdorning her brow with elegance and taste.\r\nWith colored earths and sandalwood combined,\r\nThis tilak, a jewel, in beauty enshrined.\r\n\r\nLike a dark spot on the moon, it rests,\r\nEnhancing her glow, by the gods blessed.\r\nThough small in size, it holds great might,\r\nAmplifying her radiance, a celestial light.\r\n\r\nThis mark, so humble, yet holds a key,\r\nGuiding our gaze, where focus shall be.\r\nAt the center of concentration, it leads,\r\nA gateway to wisdom, where the spirit feeds.\r\n\r\nThe forehead's glow, this tilak does enhance,\r\nDrawing our attention, like a sacred dance.\r\nWith every glance, our reverence it provokes,\r\nImmersed in devotion, our souls it invokes.\r\n\r\nA mark of devotion, of beauty and grace,\r\nIt mirrors the divine, on Mother's sacred face.\r\nIt beckons us closer, to witness her might,\r\nIn this little mark, a world infinite.\r\n\r\nOh, fragrant tilak on Lalitha's brow,\r\nA symbol of devotion, both then and now.\r\nIn its presence, we find solace and peace,\r\nOur hearts and minds, in divine release.\r\n\r\nLet us marvel at this celestial art,\r\nAs it adorns Mother's forehead, a precious part.\r\nFor in this tilak, we find a sacred connection,\r\nAnd journey closer to spiritual perfection.\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the realm of divine grace, behold, Mother Lalitha, with her radiance untold. Upon her forehead, a tilak divine, A mark of kast\u016bri, a fragrance in line. A tiny dot, made with fragrant paste, Adorning her brow with elegance and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/a-little-tilak-tiny-yet-mighty-mukhachandra-kalankabha-mriganaabhi-visheshaka\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":378,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions\/419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}