Shitala-Jvarasura
deity Bengali culture single tradition · 1
Shitala-Jvarasura is widely worshipped by village folk in whole of North India, as a protector of pox and fever diseases. The cult of Shitala-Jvarasura is widely popular in Bengali culture. Jvarasura is disguised as a young servant.
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“The cult of Shitala-Jvarasura is widely popular in Bengali culture. Incidentally, in Bengali, Oriya, Kannada and Hindi languages, fever is referred to as Jvara. and Asura means demon. The name Jvarasura is combination of these two words - Jvara (meaning fever) and Asura (meaning demon) - Jvarasura. Thus, Jvarasura means”
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