Bahuchara Mata
deity earth hijra single tradition · 2
Bahuchara Mata is a goddess venerated by some thirunangai and the hijra community (both Muslim/syncretic majority and Hindu minority). She is considered a distant figure only associated with nirvan (gender affirming surgery) rather than day-to-day spiritual life.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Venerated by hijra and thirunangai communities in connection with gender affirming surgery.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- pey, Angalamman, Aravan, Ardhanari
- aspect of
- Hinglaj
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“some thirunangai also venerate Bahuchara Mata, but she is considered a distant figure only associated with the nirvan (gender affirming surgery)”
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“Bahuchara Mata is shown as a woman who carries a sword on her bottom left, a text of scriptures on her top left, the abhayamudra ("showering of blessings") on her bottom right, and a trident on her top right.”
#30146 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat