Religion:Bhagavati

Short description: Honorific title for female deities in Hinduism

For the film, see Bagavathi. For the town, see Bhagavathi, Nepal. For the Jain Prakrit work, see Vyākhyāprajñapti.

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.

The male equivalent of Bhagavatī is Bhagavān. 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

Attukal temple

Kerala

Shrines of these goddesses are referred to as Bhagavati Kshetram in Kerala. Some popular Bhagavati temples in Kerala are,

1. Attukal Temple
2. Kalluvettu Kuzhikkal Bhagavati Kshetram at Karaparamba, Calicut
3. Chakkulathukavu Temple
4. Chottanikkara Temple
5. Chettikulangara Devi Temple
6. Madayi Kavu
7. Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple
8. Paramekkavu Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
9. Sankarankulangara Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
10. Olarikkara Bhagavathi Temple, Thrissur
11. Sree Kattukulangara Bagavathy Temple, Mampad, Palakkad
12. Meenkulathi Bagavathy Temple, Pallasena, Palakkad
13. Peroor Kavu Bhagavathi
14. Kadampuzha Devi Temple
15. Pisharikavu
16. Kavaserry Bhagavathi Temple
17. Mangottu Bhagavathi Temple
18. Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple in Kolachal, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
19. Lokanarkavu (Lokamalayar kavu) temple in Vatakara, Kozhikode District
20. Kalayamvelli temple, Kozhikode District
21. Uthralikkavu Bhagavati Temple, Thrissur District
22. Shree Sasihithulu Bhagavathee Temple, Haleyangadi, Karnataka
23. Kuttiyankavu Bhagavati Temple, Minalur, Athani, Thrissur District
24. Thechikkotukavu temple, Peramangalam, Thrissur District
25. Thachanaathukaavu temple, Parlikad, Wadakanchery, Trichur District
26. Tiruvaanikkaavu bhagawati temple, Machaad, Wadakanchery, Trichur District
27. Tirumandaamkunnu temple, Angaadipuram, Perinthalmana, Malappuram
28. Kottuvally Kavu Bhagavathy temple, Koonammavu, Ernakulam
29. Sree Emur Bhagavathy Hemambika temple (http://www.sreeemoorbhagavathy.org/about.php), Kallekulangara, Palakkad
30. 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

• Ishvari
• Bhagavan
• Devi