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Varies by tradition
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Deities
Sāteri — Konkan village-mother
Sāteri (Śāntā-durgā) — the village-mother of Konkan
Sāteri (Śāntā-durgā) — the village-mother of Konkan
Hindu / Konkani
Sāteri is the principal village-mother across coastal Konkan (Goa, Karnataka, Konkan-Maharashtra). She is not a carved idol — her shrine is usually a sacred anthill (rohul) where the goddess is said to reside. The Konkan village is built AROUND her shrine; the entire village's land-rights, water-rights, and social conduct are regulated by Sāteri-related customs. The annual Zatra (temple-festival) includes the dhalo dance (Goa), pot-carrying procession, and gam-dehi tradition of caste-inclusive feeding. Portuguese colonialism drove much Sāteri worship underground (1510–1961); it is resurgent today.
India's sacred landscape embraces all faith-traditions — Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk — each with its own cosmology. This entry honors Hindu on its own terms.
