Parveen Sharma Explains Maa Annapurna's Sacred Significance: The Divine Essence of Nourishment

In a very deep spiritual reflection, astrologer Parveen Sharma shares her timeless wisdom surrounding Maa Annapurna, the goddess who embodies nourishment in its highly purest form.

Derived from the words Anna (food) and Purna (fullness), Maa Annapurna is not just the provider of food only, but the energy that fully sustains all of the existence— both the physical and spiritual.

"Even Mahadev, the ascetic god beyond all our needs, once stood before Her— signifying that even knowledge cannot thrive without proper nourishment."

In Kashi, the city of liberation, Maa Annapurna remains a much silent force— ensuring that life flows on with full abundance. Each grain of food is considered as her blessing, and every meal becomes Prasad when consumed with full awareness and gratitude.

Parveen also reveals a beautiful wedding ritual which is still followed in Maharashtra, where the bride is gifted as an idol of Maa Annapurna, highly symbolizing her role as the bringer of abundance in the new home. 

The belief is very simple and intense— where Maa resides, there will always never be a lack of food.

As a spiritual form of Maa Parvati, Annapurna represents the divine balance between the knowledge (Shiva) and nourishment (Shakti). 

Before every meal, Parveen suggests for thanking the goddess and chanting a mantra to invoke her divine blessings— a very sacred practice to reconnect with the soul of sustenance.

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Key Points:

• Maa Annapurna is not just a goddess of food, but also the divine force of nourishment and wholeness.
• Even Lord Shiva had acknowledged that without food, nothing— including wisdom can really exist.
• In Maharashtra, brides are still given her idol, symbolizing that the home should always be full of grain and grace.
• She is a spiritual form of Maa Parvati, residing in Kashi, and every act of eating with awareness is indeed a divine offering.

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