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Sri Renuka Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Sri Renuka Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Sri Renuka Ashtottara Shatanamavali

1. om jagadambaayai namah' 
2. om jagadvandyaayai namah' 
3. om mahaashaktyai namah' 
4. om maheshvaryai namah' 
5. om mahaadevyai namah' 
6. om mahaakaalyai namah' 
7. om mahaalakshmyai namah' 
8. om sarasvatyai namah' 
9. om mahaaveeraayai namah' 
10. om mahaaraatryai namah' 
11. om kaalaraatryai namah' 
12. om kaalikaayai namah' 
13. om siddhavidyaayai namah' 
14. om raamamaataayai namah' 
15. om shivaayai namah' 
16. om shaantaayai namah' 
17. om ri'shipriyaayai namah' 
18. om naaraayanyai namah' 
19. om jaganmaataayai namah' 
20. om jagadbeejaayai namah' 
21. om jagatprabhaayai namah' 
22. om chandrikaayai namah' 
23. om chandrachood'aayai namah' 
24. om chandraayudhadharaayai namah' 
25. om shubhaayai namah' 
26. om bhramaraambaayai namah' 
27. om aanandaayai namah' 
28. om renukaayai namah' 
29. om mri'tyunaashinyai namah' 
30. om durgamaayai namah' 
31. om durlabhaayai namah' 
32. om gauryai namah' 
33. om durgaayai namah' 
34. om bhargakut'umbinyai namah' 
35. om kaatyaayanyai namah' 
36. om mahaamaataayai namah' 
37. om rudraanyai namah' 
38. om ambikaayai namah' 
39. om satyai namah' 
40. om kalpavri'kshaayai namah' 
41. om kaamadhenave namah' 
42. om chintaamaniroopadhaarinyai namah' 
43. om siddhaachalavaasinyai namah' 
44. om siddhabri'ndasushobhinyai namah' 
45. om jvaalaamukhyai namah' 
46. om jvalatkaantaayai namah' 
47. om jvaalaayai namah' 
48. om prajvalaroopinyai namah' 
49. om ajaayai namah' 
50. om pinaakinyai namah' 
51. om bhadraayai namah' 
52. om vijayaayai namah' 
53. om vijayotsavaayai namah' 
54. om kusht'harogaharaayai namah' 
55. om deeptaayai namah' 
56. om dusht'aasuragarvamardinyai namah' 
57. om siddhidaayai namah' 
58. om buddhidaayai namah' 
59. om shuddhaayai namah' 
60. om nityaayai namah' 
61. om anityaayai namah' 
62. om tapah'priyaayai namah' 
63. om niraadhaaraayai namah' 
64. om niraakaaraayai namah' 
65. om nirmaayaayai namah' 
66. om shubhapradaayai namah' 
67. om aparnaayai namah' 
68. om annapoornaayai namah' 
69. om poornachandranibhaananaayai namah' 
70. om kri'paakaraayai namah' 
71. om khad'gahastaayai namah' 
72. om chhinnahastaayai namah' 
73. om chidambaraayai namah' 
74. om chaamund'yai namah' 
75. om chand'ikaayai namah' 
76. om anantaayai namah' 
77. om ratnaabharanabhooshitaayai namah' 
78. om vishaalaakshyai namah' 
79. om kaamaakshyai namah' 
80. om meenaakshyai namah' 
81. om mokshadaayinyai namah' 
82. om saavitryai namah' 
83. om saumitryai namah' 
84. om sudhaayai namah' 
85. om sadbhaktarakshinyai namah' 
86. om shaantyai namah' 
87. om shaantyateetaayai namah' 
88. om shaantaateetataraayai namah' 
89. om jamadagnitamohantryai namah' 
90. om dharmadaayai namah' 
91. om arthadaayai namah' 
92. om kaamadaayai namah' 
93. om mokshadaayai namah' 
94. om kaamadaayai namah' 
95. om kaamajananyai namah' 
96. om maatri'kaayai namah' 
97. om sooryakaantinyai namah' 
98. om mantrasiddhyai namah' 
99. om mahaatejaayai namah' 
100. om maatri'mand'alavallabhaayai namah' 
101. om lokapriyaayai namah' 
102. om renutanayaayai namah' 
103. om bhavaanyai namah' 
104. om raudraroopinyai namah' 
105. om tusht'idaayai namah' 
106. om pusht'idaayai namah' 
107. om shaambhavyai namah' 
108. om sarvamangalaayai namah'

|| iti shree renukaa asht'ottara shatanaamaaval'i sampoornam'  ||

Meaning

This is the archana list of a hundred and eight numbered names of Renuka Devi, worshipped across north Karnataka as Yellamma. It begins om jagadambayai namah and ends om sarvamangalayai namah. Her principal kshetra is Yellamma Gudda at Saundatti in Belagavi district, where the hill fills with devotees calling Udho, Udho Yellamma and the air is yellow with bhandara.

Significance

Notice where the list starts and where it ends. It opens not with Renuka but with Jagadamba, mother of the world, and closes on Sarvamangala, the wholly auspicious - a village and lineage goddess placed without apology among the great names of the Devi. That is the claim of the namavali, and anyone from Belagavi or Bagalkot will tell you it matches how she is actually held. The story behind her is well known: Renuka, wife of the rishi Jamadagni and mother of Parashurama, who carried water home in a pot of unbaked sand held together by nothing but her own steadiness of mind, and one morning it dissolved. What follows - the husband's command, Parashurama's axe, the restoration - is told in several versions and the folk telling in Karnataka is not the same as the puranic one. Tradition also identifies her with Ekaveera of Mahur. The namavali carries no phala-shruti; devotees recite it for the health of the house, for children, and to keep a vow made at Saundatti.

How and when to chant

Tuesday and Friday are her days, and the full-moon jatre at Saundatti, Bharata Hunnime, is when her people go to the hill in the largest numbers. Bhandara - turmeric powder - is her offering above all, with kumkuma, neem leaves and a lamp. Many women carry the deepa in a basket on the head and walk up. The jogati who serve her sing her songs to the chowdike, the little two-headed drum, and that sound is inseparable from her worship in the northern districts. At home the archana is plain: a lamp, a sankalpa, then the 108 names with bhandara or kumkuma offered at each. No initiation is needed. Where your family keeps a harake to Yellamma, that vow governs the details.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Renuka Devi, and why is she called Yellamma?
Renuka is the wife of the rishi Jamadagni and the mother of Parashurama. Across north Karnataka she is worshipped as Yellamma, the mother of all, and the two names are used for the same goddess. Saundatti in Belagavi district is where devotees go to her.
Where is the main Renuka Yellamma temple?
Yellamma Gudda at Saundatti, in Belagavi district, is the principal kshetra, and devotees come to it from across north Karnataka and the neighbouring districts of Maharashtra. Renuka of Mahur in Maharashtra, worshipped as Ekaveera, is identified with her in the same tradition.
Why is turmeric offered to her?
Bhandara, turmeric powder, is her offering above all others - thrown in handfuls at the hill, smeared on the face, carried home. Turmeric is auspiciousness and protection in Kannada household usage generally, and with Yellamma it has become the visible mark of her worship.
What is the story of the water pot?
Renuka carried water home in a pot of unbaked sand, which held together only by the steadiness of her mind, and one day it dissolved. What follows - Jamadagni's command, Parashurama's axe, and her restoration - is told in more than one version, and the Kannada folk telling differs from the puranic one.
When is the Saundatti jatre held?
The largest gathering is at Bharata Hunnime, a full moon, when the hill fills for days. There are other full-moon observances through the year as well. Since the date shifts with the lunar calendar, check the year's panchanga or the temple's own announcement before travelling.
Which day should the archana be done at home?
Tuesday and Friday. Light a lamp, offer bhandara or kumkuma at each of the 108 names, and keep a few neem leaves before the image. It takes about ten minutes. Families with a standing harake to Yellamma should follow the terms of that vow first.
Is Yellamma the same as Mariamma?
They are distinct goddesses, though both are village mothers and their worship shares much - turmeric, neem, the jatre, the Tuesday and Friday. Some folk tellings link their stories, others keep them apart. In practice the temples, the songs and the devotees are separate.
Who are the jogati?
Devotees dedicated to the service of Yellamma, known across the northern districts for singing her songs to the chowdike, a small two-headed drum, and carrying her jaga and bhandara at the jatre. Their singing is how most people in those districts first hear her story.

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