Shakta

Ādi-Shakti form at Kollur Mookambika

Mookambika as Sri-Chakra-pīṭha of Kerala-Karnataka border

Ambaji

Ambājī Mātā — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Ambājī of Arāsur

Ambājī — the supreme Gujarati Mother

Amman

Mother Goddess

Annapūrṇā of Vizag

Annapūrṇā — the food-giving goddess of the Andhra coast

Bagalamukhi

Bagalāmukhī — Mahavidya, the Stopper of Enemies' Speech

Bahuchara Mata

Fertility Goddess

Bahucharā Mātā

Bahucharā — goddess of fertility, transgender-rites

Banaśaṅkarī of Badami

Banaśaṅkarī — Chalukya-era mother

Banashankari

Forest Goddess

Śītalā Devi — the cool goddess

Śītalā — smallpox-and-cool mother of eastern India

Banni Mata

Forest Goddess of Chamba

Basara Sarasvatī

Basara — only Sarasvatī shrine in South India

Bhadrakali Mahur

Reṇukā-Bhadrakālī of Mahūr — full Śakti Pīṭha of Maharashtra

Kottiyoor Bhagavathy

Kōttiyūr Bhagavatī — Dakshina Kashi Shiva-Shakti

Bhānu Pratāppur Danteśvari

Danteśvari satellite shrine of Bastar

Biraja

Birajā Devī — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Brahmacharini

Brahmacharini — The Ascetic — Day 2 of Navratri

Brahmani

Brahmani — First of Ashta Matrika

Brajeshwari Devi

Brajeśvarī Devī / Kangra Devī — Himachal Śakti Pīṭha

Chāmuṇḍā Devī

Chāmuṇḍā — the mother-goddess of Kangra valley

Chamunda Devi

Fierce Form of Durga

Chamunda (Matrika)

Chamunda (Matrika) — Eighth Matrika — fierce-slayer form

Chamundeshwari

Goddess of Chamundi Hill — royal deity of Mysuru

Chandi Devi Haridwar

Chaṇḍī Devī — triumvirate with Mansa and Maya

Chandraghanta

Chandraghanta — Moon-Bell — Day 3 of Navratri

Kātyāyanī of Chhattarpur

Chhattarpur — 2nd largest temple complex in India

Kaṇṇagi Amman

Kaṇṇagi — Silappatikāram heroine deified

Chinnamastā at Chintpurnī

Chintpurnī — Chinnamastā's Himachal shrine

Chintpurni

Cintapūrṇī Devī — goddess who fulfils all wishes

Dakshineśvara Kālī

Dakshineswar — where Ramakrishna saw Kāli

Dakshineswar Kali

Kali of Dakshineswar

Danteshwari of Bastar

Dantēśvarī Māī — clan-goddess of the Bastar Raj

Danteśvari Mā of Dantewada

Danteśvari — the kul-devī of Bastar

Maa Danteshwari

Goddess of Dantewada

Devi Kushmeshwar

Kushmeshwar — the wish-fulfilling goddess of Balaghat

Dhumavati

Dhumavati — Mahavidya, the Widow Goddess of the Void

Dongargarh

Goddess of Dongargarh

Draupadi

Queen of Indraprastha

Durga Puja of Kolkata — the pandal tradition

Durga Puja — Kolkata's UNESCO-listed urban religious pilgrimage

Ekvira Devi

Ekvira of Karla — Kuladevata of the Koli and Agri Communities

Gaṅgā at Daśāśvamedha Ghāṭ

Gaṅgā at Daśāśvamedha — Varanasi's supreme ghāṭ

Gaṅgā at Gangotri

Gaṅgā — the heavenly river descending to earth

Goddess Sri Lanka

Feminine Divine

Guhyeshwari

Guhyeśvarī Mātā — the Secret Goddess, Śakti Pīṭha of Kathmandu

Gulikan

Gulikan — god of inauspicious moments, kāla-siddha

Hidimba Devi

Royal Goddess of Manali

Hinglaj Mata

Hiṅglāj Mātā — Pakistan Śakti Pīṭha

Huligemma

Huligemmā of Huligi — fierce Shakta of Koppal

Indrani

Indrani — Seventh Matrika — Indra's shakti

Jagaddhātrī of Chandannagar

Jagaddhātrī — the bearer of the universe

Jagaddhatri

Universal Mother

Jwalamukhi

Jwālāmukhī — the Flaming-Mouth Goddess

Jwalamukhi (Shakti Pitha)

Jwālāmukhī — tongue-pītha of Satī

Jwalamukhi

Goddess of Flames

Kadampuzha Bhagavathy

Kadampuzha — Durgā as archer of the forest

Kalaratri

Kalaratri — Dark Night — Day 7 of Navratri

Kali

The Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation

Kalighat Kali

Kali of Kalighat — Shakti Peetha of Sati's Right Toe

Kalimath

Goddess of Power

Kālkājī Mandir of Delhi

Kālkājī — ancient Delhi Kālī shrine

Kāli-gambāḷ of Chennai

Kāli-gambāḷ — Shiva's consort in Chennai

Kamakhya

Goddess of Desire — Shakti Peetha of the Yoni

Ambubāchī Melā — Kāmākhyā

Kāmākhyā — additional: the rare 3-day Ambubāchī

Kamala (Mahavidya)

Kamalā — tenth Mahavidya, Lotus Goddess

Kanchi Kamakshi

Goddess of Kanchipuram

Kanyakā Parameshwari

Kanyakā Parameshwari — virgin-goddess of the Komati community

Kanyā Kumārī — the virgin goddess at India's tip

Kanyakumari — where India ends and the ocean begins

Kanyakumari Devi

Kanyākumārī — goddess of the southernmost cape

Kasar Devi

Goddess of Wealth

Kathivanur Veeran

Hero-deity of Kathivanur — deified warrior

Katteri Amman

Fire Goddess

Katyayani at Gokul

Katyayani — the goddess Gopis worshipped to win Krishna

Katyayani

Katyayani — Born of Sage Kātyāyana — Day 6 of Navratri

Kaumari

Kaumari — Third Matrika — Kartikeya's shakti

Kāverī source — Talakāverī

Kāverī — the sacred Tamil-Kannada river source

Kedar-Gaurī of Bhubaneshwar

Kedar-Gaurī — Shiva-Shakti jointly

Kheer Bhawani / Ragnya Devi

Kheer Bhawani — Kashmiri Hindu tutelary goddess

Khoḍiyār Mātā

Khoḍiyār — the lame goddess, patron of Saurashtra cattle-rearers

Kushmanda

Kushmanda — Cosmic-Egg Creator — Day 4 of Navratri

Meenakshi Amman Temple

Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism

The Madurai Nayak Pantheon

The Eight Temples — unified royal-ritual geography of Nayak Madurai

Mahagauri

Mahagauri — Great Fair One — Day 8 of Navratri

Ambabai / Mahalakshmi

Karvir Nivasini — The Great Goddess of Kolhapur

Ratangarh Mata

Ratangarh Mātā — Shakti shrine of Datia

Mahamaya

Mahāmāyā of Raipur — 18-armed form of Durga

Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur

Mahāmāyā — ancient Chhattisgarhi mother-goddess

Maheshwari

Maheshwari — Second Matrika — Shiva's shakti

Manakamana

Manakāmanā Devī — the Wish-Fulfilling Goddess of Nepal

Mansa Devi Haridwar

Mansā Devī of Haridwar — atop Bilwa Parvat

Manasa Devi

Manasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal

Mandapam Amman

Mandapam Amman — goddess of the Rameswaram port

Mangala

Maṅgaḷā Devī — the auspicious presiding goddess of Kakatpur

Mansā Devī of Haridwar

Mansā — wish-granting goddess above Haridwar

Mari Amman

Disease Goddess

Mariai Aai

Māriāi Āī — Maharashtrian village-goddess

Māriyamman — Punnaināllūr

Māriyamman of the four-marble seats

Mata Shyama Kali

Dark Goddess

Matangi

Mātaṅgī — Mahavidya, the Outcaste Goddess

Meenakshi

Fish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

Muchilottu Bhagavathi

Goddess of the Vāṇiyans of North Malabar

Muthappan

Parassinikkadavu Muthappan — the non-Brahminical forest-god of North Malabar

Mutharamman

Goddess of Rain

Nainativu Nagapooshani

Nāgapūṣaṇī — Śakti Pīṭha in Sri Lanka

Naina Devi

Naiṇā Devī — Punjab Śakti Pīṭha

Naina Devi

Goddess of Eyes

Nanda Devī

Nanda Devī — patron goddess of Kumaon

Nanda Devi

Goddess of Nanda Peak

Nachiyar Koil Thirunaraiyur

Tiru-nāraiyūr — Vanjulavalli Tāyār temple

Narasimhi

Narasimhi — Sixth Matrika — Narasimha's shakti

Parvati

The Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva

Pechi Amman

Guardian Goddess of Graves

Periyachi

Grandmother Goddess

Piḍāri Amman

Piḍāri — the boundary-mother

Piḍāri of Moodakaranai

Piḍāri — guardian mother

Pottan Theyyam

Lord of the Downtrodden — Shiva as the Outcaste

Puthiya Bhagavathy

Malappuram village-mother

Chhinnamasta of Rajrappa

Chinnamastā — one of 10 Mahāvidyās, self-decapitated goddess

Rakkayi Amman

Midnight Mother — Tamil gramadevata of sudden afflictions

Renuka / Yellamma

Renuka of Matrusthan — Mother of Parashurama, Third Sister of Maharashtra

Samaleshwari

Samaleśvarī — presiding goddess of western Odisha

Samaleśvarī Devī

Samaleśvarī — tutelary goddess of western Odisha

Samayapuram Mariamman

The Rain and Pox Mother at Samayapuram

Santeri

Sāntērī — anthill-goddess of the Konkan villages

Saptashrungi Nivasini

Goddess of the Seven Peaks — the Half Shakti Peetha of Vani

Sarasvatī + Bhīmaśaṅkara

Sarasvatī at the Bhīmaśaṅkar sacred sources

Shailaputri

Shailaputri — Daughter of Mountain — Day 1 of Navratri

Śāntā-Durgā of Quela

Śāntā-Durgā — Konkani Shakti-pitha

Sharda Mata of Maihar

Śāradā Mātā — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Shyama Shastri — Kanchi Kamakoti and the Carnatic Trinity

Shyama Shastri — The Third Trinity Composer of Kanchipuram

Siddhidatri

Siddhidatri — Giver of Siddhis — Day 9 of Navratri

Skandamata

Skandamata — Mother of Skanda — Day 5 of Navratri

Sreekurumba Kodungallur

Kodungallūr Bhagavatī / Kāḷī

Sri Maha Bhuvaneshwari

Goddess of the World

Śāradā Pīṭha of Sringeri

Śāradā — Saraswati as divine patron of Advaita

Bhramaramba Srisailam

Bhramarāmbā — Śakti Pīṭha paired with Mallikarjuna

Subhadra

Subhadrā Devī — sister of Jagannath and Balabhadra

Tanot Mātā of Jaisalmer

Tanot Mātā — the goddess who saved India in 1965

Tara (Mahavidya)

Ugra Tārā — second of the 10 Mahavidyas

Tarapith

Tārāpīṭh — 51 Śakti Pīṭha, Bamakhepa's seat

Tārā of Tārāpīṭh

Tārā — the fierce Tantric mother of the Birbhum grove

Tara Tarini

Tārā Tāriṇī — twin sister-goddesses, one of 4 Ādi Śakti Pīṭhas

Thrissur Pooram

Festival of Kerala

Tripura Sundari

Tripurā Sundarī / Ṣoḍaśī — third Mahavidya, Supreme Beauty

Tuḷjā Bhavānī

Tuḷjā Bhavānī — the sword-giver of Shivaji

Tulja Bhavani

Tuḷjā Bhavānī — Kuladevī of Chhatrapati Shivaji

Tuljabhavani

Bhavani of Tuljapur — Kuladevata of the Maratha Empire

Harsiddhi Mātā of Ujjain

Harsiddhi — Vikramāditya's ista-devi

Vaishnavi

Vaishnavi — Fourth Matrika — Vishnu's shakti

Vaiṣṇo Devī

Vaiṣṇo Devī — the Triguṇa goddess of Trikuṭa

Vaishno Devi

Mata Rani — Mother of the Cave

Varahi

Varahi — Fifth Matrika — Varaha's shakti

Vijayawada Kanaka

Goddess of Vijayawada

Vindhyavasini

Vindhyavāsinī Devī — Goddess of the Vindhyas

Vishnumoorthi (Theyyam form)

Theyyam form of Narasimha — Vaishnava Theyyam of North Malabar

Yamunā at Yamunotri

Yamunā — sister of Yama, the cleansing river

Angala Parameswari

Aṅgala Parameśvarī — Queen of the Six Abodes (Arupadaiveedu)

Ashta-Matrika

Eight Mothers

Bhairavi

Bhairavī — fifth Mahavidya, the Terrifying One

Bhuvaneshvari

Bhuvaneśvarī — Mahavidya, Ruler of the Worlds

Karṇī Mātā — additional

See main karni-mata-deshnoke

Rajrappa Chhinnamasta (full)

Chinnamastā of Rajrappa

Dakshineswar

Dakshineswar Temple Complex

Maa Mahamaya

Great Goddess

Mundeshwari

Lord of the Munda

Purnagiri

Pūrṇagirī — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Shree Bhagwati

Goan Goddess

Uttara Kamakshi

Northern Goddess

Yamunā source — see Yamunotri

See yamunotri-yamuna main entry

Yellamma-Saundatti (Detail 2)

Yellammā / Reṇukā of Saundatti

Vyāghra (Tiger)

Tiger — Mount of the Amman Goddesses

Puja Vidhi: The Complete Worship Procedure

Durga Puja: Bengal's Celebration of the Divine Mother

Shaktism

Shakta Dharma

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai

The Fish-Eyed Goddess — Living Heart of Madurai

Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

The Fish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

Nachiyar Koil Thirunaraiyur

Tiru-nāraiyūr — Vanjulavalli Tāyār temple

Shakti Peethas — 51 Sacred Sites of Goddess

Shakti Peethas — Goddess Shrines Where Sati's Parts Fell