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Honorific title for female deities in Hinduism
Statue of Lakshmi, one of the primary bearers of the epithet Bhagavati, Kashmir
Bhagavatī (
Devanagari : भगवती,
IAST : Bhagavatī), is an Indian epithet of
Sanskrit origin, used as an honorific title for goddesses in
Hinduism and
Buddhism . In Hinduism, it is primarily used to address the goddesses
Durga and
Lakshmi . In Buddhism, it is used to refer to several Mahayana Buddhist female deities, like
Cundā .
[1]
The male equivalent of Bhagavatī is
Bhagavān .
[2]
[3] The term is an equivalent of
Devi and
Ishvari .
Bhagavati Temples in Indian subcontinent
Maharashtra
Bhagavati temples can also be found all over Mumbai, for example,
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
Attukal temple
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 Bhagavati 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
Kechery Parappukkavu Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
Naxal Bhagwati, Kathmandu
Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple
Goa
Many Bhagavati temples are found in
Goa , where the deity is mainly worshipped in the form of
Mahishasuramardini by the
Goud Saraswat Brahmin ,
Daivadnya Brahmin ,
Bhandari communities. Bhagavati is also worshipped 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 )
Dhavali,Bhagavati temple
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
^ Gimello, Robert (2004). ″Icon and Incantation: The Goddess Zhunti and the Role of Images in the Occult Buddhism of China." In Images in Asian Religions: Texts and Contexts ed. Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara: pp. 71-85.
^ 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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