Bhagavati
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Bhagavatī (Devanagari: भगवती, IAST: Bhagavatī), is a Hindu epithet of Sanskrit origin, used as an honorific title for female deities in Hinduism. It is primarily used to address one of the Tridevi: Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati.
The male equivalent of Bhagavatī is Bhagavān.[1][2] The term is an equivalent of Devi and Ishvari.
Bhagavati Temples
India
Bhagavati temples can also be found all over Mumbai, for example,
- Bhagavati Devi Sansthan Deosari, Umarkhed, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra.
- Bhagavati temple at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
- Bhagawati Temple at Reotipur, Uttar Pradesh.
- Bhagawati Temple at Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.
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
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Kerala
Shrines of these goddesses are referred to as Bhagavati Kshetram in Kerala. Some popular Bhagavati temples in Kerala are,
- Attukal Temple
- Kalluvettu Kuzhikkal Bhagavati Kshetram at Karaparamba, Calicut
- Chakkulathukavu Temple
- Chottanikkara Temple
- Chettikulangara Devi Temple
- Madayi Kavu
- Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple
- Paramekkavu Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
- Sankarankulangara Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
- Olarikkara Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
- Sree Kattukulangara Bagavathy Temple, Mampad,Palakkad
- Meenkulathi Bagavathy Temple, Pallasena, Palakkad
- Peroor Kavu Bhagavathi
- Kadampuzha Devi Temple
- Pisharikavu
- Kavaserry Bhagavathi Temple
- Mangottu Bhagavathi Temple
- Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple in Kolachal, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
- Lokanarkavu (Lokamalayar kavu) temple in Vatakara, Kozhikode District
- Kalayamvelli temple, Kozhikode District
- Uthralikkavu Bhagavati Temple, Thrissur District
- Shree Sasihithulu Bhagavathee Temple, Haleyangadi, Karnataka
- Kuttiyankavu temple, Minalur, Athani, Thrissur District
- Thechikkotukavu temple, Peramangalam, Thrissur District
- Thachanaathukaavu temple, Parlikad, Wadakanchery, Trichur District
- Tiruvaanikkaavu bhagawati temple, Machaad, Wadakanchery, Trichur District
- Tirumandaamkunnu temple, Angaadipuram, Perinthalmana, Malappuram
- Kottuvally Kavu Bhagavathy temple, Koonammavu, Ernakulam
- Sree Emur Bhagavathy Hemambika temple (http://www.sreeemoorbhagavathy.org/about.php), Kallekulangara, Palakkad
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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:
- Bhagavati (Pernem)
- Bhagavati Haldonknarin (Khandola, Goa)
- Bhagavati Chimulakarin (Marcela, Goa)
- Bhagavati (Parse, Goa)
- Bhagavati (Mulgao, Goa)
Chinnamasta Bhagawati Temple, Nepal
Nepal
- Shobha Bhagawati(शोभा भगवती मन्दिर), Kathmandu
- Naxal Bhagawati Temple, Kathmandu
- Chinnamasta Bhagawati Temple, Saptari District, Nepal
- Palanchok Bhagawati Temple, Kavrepalanchok District
- Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple, Kalinchowk Rural Municipality
- Bhagwati Bahal Temple (भगवती बाहल मन्दिर), Thamel, Kathmandu
- Bindhyabasini Temple, Pokhara
- Argha Bhagwati temple, Arghakhanchi District
- Taleju, Hanumand Dhokha, Kathmandu
- Taleju, Patan
- Taleju, Bhaktapur
- Bhadrakali
- Palpa Bhagawati
See also
References
- ^ Friedhelm Hardy (1990), The World's Religions: The Religions of Asia, Routledge, ISBN 978-0415058155, page 84
- ^ 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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