Historical PeriodEra
varies by tradition
3000 BCEvaries by traditionPresent
Sacred Facts · At a Glance
Mantra
None
- Gender
- male
- Vahana
- None
- Weapon
- Sacred Colours
- redsaffron
- Sacred Offerings
- flowers · incense · oil lamps
Primary Scriptures
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Palghāṭa
Palghāṭa is the supreme goddess of the Warli tribe of the Sahyadri-Konkan region. Warli wall-painting art depicts her as a geometric tri-angle form; she is invoked at marriage, childbirth, and agricultural cycle.
Warli painting, now globally famous, is fundamentally religious art — the white-rice-paste drawings on mud walls narrate Palghāṭa's mythology, the cosmic tree, the tarpa-dance circle, and the marriage-union of earth and sky. Every Warli tribal marriage produces one Palghāṭa painting in the bride's home. UNESCO declared Warli art a protected intangible heritage tradition.
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraNone
- Vāhana
- None
- Offerings
- flowersincenseoil lamps
- Sacred colours
- redsaffron
🛕 Principal Temples
- Palghāṭa Temple📍 Palghar (Warli heartland), Maharashtra, IndiaWarli mother-goddess — fertility and harvest
🎊 Festivals
- Tarpa NachKārttikaTarpa (bamboo pipe) dance in spiral form honouring Palghāṭa
Sources & provenance
📖 1 Tertiary
- 📖Supporting referenceOtherRegional gazetteer of Maharashtra