Bhagavati

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Bhagavati
Goddess of War
Kodungallur Bhagavathy.jpg
Kodungallur Bhagavati
AffiliationBhadrakali,Devi, Adi Parashakti
MantraOm namo bhagavathi raktam peetham namaha ll
WeaponScimitar, Sword, Trishula (Trident)
GenderFemale
FestivalsKali Puja, Navaratri

Bhagavatī (Devanagari: भगवती, IAST: Bhagavatī), is a word of Sanskrit origin, used in India as a polite form to address or as an honorific title for female deities in Hinduism.

The male equivalent of Bhagavatī is Bhagavān.[1][2] The term "Bhagavati" can be used instead of Devi or Ishvari.

Bhagavati Temples[]

In India[]

Bhagavati temples can also be found all over India, for example,

Karnataka[]

Bagavathi temple Sasihitlu Mangalore. Famous temple in Karnataka on the bank of Arabian sea. Guliga is the main Daiva here. Bhagavathi temple in Ullal, Mangalore

Kerala[]

Shrines of these goddesses are referred to as Bhagavati Kshetram in Kerala. Some popular Bhagavati temples in Kerala are,

Attukal temple
  1. Attukal Temple
  2. Kalluvettu Kuzhikkal Bhagavati Kshetram at Karaparamba, Calicut
  3. Chakkulathukavu Temple
  4. Chottanikkara Temple
  5. Chettikulangara Devi Temple
  6. Madayi Kavu
  7. Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple
  8. Paramekkavu Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
  9. Sankarankulangara Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
  10. Olarikkara Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
  11. Sree Kattukulangara Bagavathy Temple, Mampad,Palakkad
  12. Peroor Kavu Bhagavathi
  13. Kadampuzha Devi Temple
  14. Pisharikavu
  15. Kavaserry Bhagavathi Temple
  16. Mangottu Bhagavathi Temple
  17. Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple in Kolachal, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
  18. Lokanarkavu (Lokamalayar kavu) temple in Vatakara, Kozhikode District
  19. Kalayamvelli temple, Kozhikode District
  20. Uthralikkavu Bhagavati Temple, Thrissur District
  21. Shree Sasihithulu Bhagavathee Temple, Haleyangadi, Karnataka
  22. Kuttiyankavu temple, Minalur, Athani, Thrissur District
  23. Thechikkotukavu temple, Peramangalam, Thrissur District
  24. Thachanaathukaavu temple, Parlikad, Wadakanchery, Trichur District
  25. Tiruvaanikkaavu bhagawati temple, Machaad, Wadakanchery, Trichur District
  26. Tirumandaamkunnu temple, Angaadipuram, Perinthalmana, Malappuram
  27. Kottuvally Kavu Bhagavathy temple, Koonammavu, Ernakulam
  28. Sree Emur Bhagavathy Hemambika temple (http://www.sreeemoorbhagavathy.org/about.php), Kallekulangara, Palakkad
Naxal Bhagwati, Kathmandu
Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple

Goa[]

Many Bhagavati temples are found in Goa, where the deity is mainly worshiped in the form of Mahishasuramardini by the Goud Saraswat Brahmin, Daivadnya Brahmin, Bhandari communities. Bhagavati is also worshiped as one of the Panchayatana deity in most of the Goan temples. Shrines specially dedicated to Bhagavati are:

In Nepal[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Friedhelm Hardy (1990), The World's Religions: The Religions of Asia, Routledge, ISBN 978-0415058155, page 84
  2. ^ Sarah Caldwell (1998), Bhagavati, in Devi: Goddesses of India (Editors: John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814912, pages 195-198

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