Bahucharā Mātā of Bahucharaji is one of the 51 Shakti Pīṭhas and the primary divine patron of Hijra (transgender / intersex) communities across India. The goddess herself was a girl who chose self-mutilation over sexual violence and thereafter grants blessings of fertility, childbirth, and protection from ill-intentioned men. Hijras from all India converge annually for her Chaitra Sud Pūrṇimā festival. Temple sits on a hillock; the deity is a svayam-bhū rock. The goddess's vāhana is a co
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraOm Hrīm Bahucharā Mātā namaḥ
