Khoḍiyār Mātā is the principal kuladevī of many Saurashtra (western Gujarat) communities — especially pastoralists (Ahir, Gadhavi, Rabari, Patel). The goddess is worshipped as a lame woman (khoḍā = lame) on a crocodile vāhana. Her 7 sisters and 2 brothers constitute a local pantheon. Principal shrine at Rajpara; secondary at Matel and Galdhara. The temple has been modernized — the Śrī Khoḍiyār Dhām complex expanded 2010s onward. Annual Jātra draws ~half a million Gujarati devotees in
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraJai Khoḍal Mā
