It is rather a dichotomy that millions worship Women as a Goddess and in the same breadth discount them socially and economically.
Today being women's day we need to remember Women as the Goddess who is worshiped by many cultures around the globe.
In India it is Devi worship, the mother goddess, the protector, the destroyer, the enlightened one , the caring mother, the benevolent goddess, the one who is one with nature, her roles and representations are multitude,
The Buddhists have Tara and the Jainism its Padmavathi as their goddesses.
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In Peru is Pachamama the mother goddess the one who is one with nature, transformed into her various avatars into Catholic deities when Spain conquered Peru and the whole population was converted into Catholics. But Pachamama still reigns supreme in the minds of the people of Andes.
The Greeks had their mother goddess Rhea, who was honored and worshiped with fervor.
The Romans dedicated Ceres as a constellation in the sky in honor of their mother goddess.
The Europeans in various regions have their own mother goddess with several names.
The official mother goddess of the Roman Catholic Church is the Virgin Mary who grants favors for the devout and the church conducts Novena's every week to pray for deliverance in many parts of the world.
Then there are the real goddesses those who have touched our lives, the mother who brought us into the world, the sisters who taught you to be kind and patient, the teachers in school who taught you how to tie your laces and grammar with tonnes of love and affection and finally our wives, daughters, granddaughters grandmothers and many more women in our life at work , society and elsewhere.
Without Women we would not be around, so pause a moment and salute the ancients who embodied Women as the Goddess to celebrate her existence, may we learn from the wisdom of our ancestors and bring back Women to their rightful role in our society and culture.
Wiki Reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess
