Worship Nava gunjara and attain victory in all aspects of life

 Worship  Nava gunjara   and attain victory  in all aspects of life

 

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

(I was not   aware  of this form of Krishna , though I  have visited Puri Temple  .My friend  Smt Pushkala Ravindran drew my attention to it  .Thanks to her)

 

You  have seen  Ganesa and Narasimha  both   having  human body and a animal head

You have  seen God Sarabha which is a combination of  man lion and bird  but  have you seen  a combination  of nine animals called  Navagunjara a combination  of nine animals

    It seems came across  this animal with head of a rooster the neck of a peacock, the waist of a lion, the hump of a bull, the tail of a serpent, the leg of an elephant, another leg of a tiger, yet another leg of an antelope and a human hand holding a lotus.

Arjuna   was about to shoot  but seein g the lotus flower it holds, he desists and   watches it

 Krishna then appears to him and says that the navagunjara is another of his forms, similar to the Viratsvarupa of the Bhagwad Gita. In the navagunjara, Krishna expresses the plurality of approaches to and the understanding of reality.

  This Navagunjara   is worshipped by  Vaishnavites in Orissa  and you can see its huge painting in side  the famous Pui Jagannatha temple. ,It is believed   that  those who are   able to see  this form will get victory in life .