Meldī Mātā
Deities

Meldī Mātā

Meldī — goddess of Gujarati Pāraḍī and Vaghri communities

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Hindu
Period · Oral / medieval / documented history

Meldī Mātā

Tradition

Hindu / Gujarati / Folk

The Place

  • Location: Jamnagar region, Jamnagar, Gujarat (22.47°N, 70.07°E)

Sacred Narrative

Meldī Mātā is the kuldevī of many traditional Gujarati pastoralist and trader communities (Paradi, Vaghri, Rabari). She protects cattle and grants wealth; her shrines sit at the boundary of villages. Iconography: a tall goddess on a he-goat (vāhana), holding a sword. The annual Meldī Mātā Jātrā in Bhādra (August–September) draws devotees from Gujarat diaspora worldwide.

Why This Entry Matters

India's sacred landscape embraces Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk traditions — each with its own cosmology and priestly lineage. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraTradition-specific invocations
Offerings
tradition-specific
Sacred colours
tradition-specific

📖 Stories

  • The sacred narrative of Meldī Mātā
    Meldī Mātā is the kuldevī of many traditional Gujarati pastoralist and trader communities (Paradi, Vaghri, Rabari). She protects cattle and grants wealth; her shrines sit at the boundary of villages. Iconography: a tall goddess on a he-goat (vāhana), holding a sword. The annual Meldī Mātā Jātrā in Bhādra (August–September) draws devotees from Gujarat diaspora worldwide.
    — Community tradition + scholarly sources

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific daily observances
Puja sequence
  1. tradition-specific

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Annual Meldī Mātā festival
    Seasonally determined · 1–15 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Primary texts of Hinduscriptural / devotional / folk