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 Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Parvati. In Buddhism, it is used to refer to several Mahayana Buddhist female deities, like Cundā.
The male equivalent of Bhagavatī is Bhagavān. 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,
- Bhagavati Devi Sansthan Deosari, Umarkhed, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra.
- Bhagavati temple at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
- 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
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
- Punnasseri Bhagavati Kshetram at Athanikkal, Kozhikode.
- Areekulangara Devi Kshetram at Kattangal-Mavoor Rd., Kozhikode.
- 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
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
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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
- Rana Ujeshwori Bhagwati Temple, Tansen, Palpa
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
