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Historical PeriodEra
Varies
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Deities
Banaśaṅkarī of Badami
Banaśaṅkarī — Chalukya-era mother
Banaśaṅkarī — Chalukya-era mother
Hindu / Shakta
Banaśaṅkarī — the "forest-Shaṅkarī" — is a 7th-c. Chālukya-era goddess. Temple at Cholachagud. Principal festival: Banaśaṅkarī jatre in Māgha (January), when 7 lakh pilgrims gather. The deity is depicted seated on a lion (in Karnataka, the 'lion' vahana is the tiger / vyāghra — the actual apex predator of the Deccan); 8-armed.
