She is believed to be the Goddess of Nature itself. She created the trinity of Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva along with Goddess Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. She is the original creator, observer and the destroyer of the Universe.
Goddess Adi Parashakti is considered as the “Supreme Being”. The official website of the Kolhapur Mahalakshmi Temple is:Īs per the beliefs of the Shaktism sect, in the Srimad Devi Bhagwat Purana, Adi Parashakti addresses herself as the “owner of the universe, absolute reality, dynamic in feminine form and static in the masculine form”.
