Tuḷjā Bhavānī — "Bhavānī who descends quickly" — is the fierce warrior-goddess of Tuljapur (Dharashiv district, Maharashtra). She is classed as one of the three-and-a-half śakti pīṭhas of Maharashtra (along with Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur, Renuka of Mahur, and the "half" pīṭha of Saptashringi). Tulja Bhavani is most famous as the kuladevī of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1630–1680), founder of the Maratha empire. The foundational myth of the Maratha state holds that Bhavani appeared to S
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
- Vāhana
- lion (Shakta vāhana)
