Bhagavati

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,

Bhagavati Devi Sansthan Deosari, Umarkhed, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra.
Bhagavati temple at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
Bhagawati Temple at Reotipur, 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

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
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
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 dist
Thechikkotukavu temple, peramangalam, thrissur district
Thachanaathukaavu temple, parlikad, wadakanchery, trichur district
Tiruvaanikkaavu bhagawati temple, machaad, wadakanchery, trichur district
Tirumandaamkunnu temple, angaadipuram, perinthalmana, malappuram

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)

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

External links

[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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