Goddess Bagalamukhi is one of the eighth Mahavidhya’s. She is mainly worshipped by the sadhaks and tantriks. She is considered as the Goddess of protection and the remover of enemies. She is believed to remove all the illusions, enemies, confusion from the life of devotees. Devotees, who worship her with devotion get blessed with inner strength and power. Goddess Bagalamukhi is also known as Goddess Pitambara. Goddess Bagalamukhi represents the Stambhana shakti that neutralizes the negative energies and negative powers.
Symbolism of Goddess Bagalamukhi:
Yellow Color
Yellow color is deeply associated with Goddess Baglamukhi. Yellow color represents the solar energy as Sun symbolizes the energy, power and life force. This is the spiritual radiance and Sun rays can remove darkness from the environment and similarly Goddess Bagalmukhi also removes darkness and negative forces. She illuminates the world with the light and positive energy. Yellow is the color of knowledge and wisdom. This color brings clarity and cleanse your aura. Yellow color spice (Turmeric or haldi) represents purification and it is also offered to Maa Bagalamukhi.
Controlling Tongue
You must have seen the idol of Maa Bagalamukhi in which she is depicted as holding the tongue of a demon. This means that Maa Bagalmukhi is the controller of enemies and demons. This represents the control over your speech, gossip and negativity. You should never do anything wrong to anyone and do something harmful to innocent people. She stops the verbal attack done by the enemies on her devotees.
Club (Mudagar)
This weapon symbolizes the authority, leadership and power. Goddess Bagalamukhi is one of the fiercest forms of Maa Durga. This represents that she holds weapon for the protection of her devotees and she can destroy the enemies and negative energies with that weapon. She also teaches to follow the righteousness otherwise she can use her power to make you disciplined.
Stambhana Power
She holds the spiritual power to stop the harmful energies, conflicts and negativity. She helps to control your overthinking, anxiety and depression. She can remove all your inner conflicts and negative thoughts. Maa Bagalamukhi has a power to control your mind and your thoughts. She freezes the harmful actions done by the enemies. She also gives spiritual protection to her devotees and works as a protective shield around their body.