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Banashankari wooden Ratha, a photo taken in 1855 by Thomas Biggs (car or chariot) The Rath Yatra or chariot festival of the goddess held every year starts on the full moon day of the Hindu month Pausha (January) in which the temple goddess Parvati is taken in the chariot (a movable shrine) in a procession along the streets of the Cholachagudd ...
Shakambhari Mata Temple in Sambhar, Rajasthan. After the asura Durgamasura sought to plunge the earth in drought and scarcity, a century of suffering endured on earth, when the sages finally remembered the goddess Parvati after the asura had made them forget about the Vedas, she appeared upon the worlds in a dark-hued blue form, casting her hundred eyes on the sages.
Ashapura Mata is an aspect of Devi, a Hindu goddess. She is one of the kuldevis of Kutch and Rajasthan , and the Jadeja clan of Gujarat, Chauhans and Patiyats inhabiting the western Indian provinces.
Siddhpeeth Shri Shakumbhari Devi Temple is an important and ancient Hindu temple. [1] [2] It is situated in the Shivalik hills in Behat tehsil, 40 km from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple is one of the 64 and 108 Maha (Major) Shakta pithas and is also the most visited among all. It attracts more than 15 million people annually. [4] Legends abound about how the Shakta pithas came into existence.
Kshemkari Mata temple [1] is an old temple of Mother Goddess Kshemkari, also known as Khimaj Mata [2] situated on a mountain, located at Latitude 24.998°N and Longitude 72.239°E, in Bhinmal, Jalore District of Rajasthan. It is 25 km from Sundha Mata Temple. Khimaj Mata was a Kuldevi of Solanki Rajput. [3] [4]
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A yogini. The temple contains stone images of the yoginis; among them are Kamada ("Giver of Sexual Love"), whose image includes a yonipuja, worship of the yoni. [10] [12] The 81 images include 8 Matrikas, Mother goddesses, from an earlier time; [13] one of them is Chandika, who is depicted riding a human corpse in a cremation ground. [14]