Dhumavati
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Tara Stotram sadhana of 43 days: only after diksha
Asked what to do on the last day of a 43-day Tara Ma Stotram, the speaker says he always tells people that all such sadhana of Tara Ma is to be done after taking Diksha. He has never discussed a 43- or 41-day sadhana on this channel, so learn the complete vidhi from wherever you took it — from your guru or guide. Tara is not a game; Bhagavati Tara, the tantric form of Kamakhya Mai, Bhagavati Dhumavati and Tripura Bhairavi are no joke.
Dhoomavati alone among the Mahavidyas has no consort: the widow-form of Alakshmi, avoided by married women yet invoked to end extreme misfortune.
Dhoomavati, depicted as a widow without a male consort — unique among the Mahavidyas — is the tantric form of Alakshmi (opposite to Lakshmi), representing misfortune and desolation; the author notes her worship is traditionally avoided by married women or in households, though her prayogas are said to liberate one from extreme misfortune.
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