Vajreshvari Devi
deity earth Śakti cult single tradition · 1
A goddess associated with the Śakti cult, worshipped at a prominent temple where extreme acts of devotion including self-mutilation and ritual suicide were performed as blood offerings to ensure fertility.
When
- First attested
- 1600 CE
- Attested period
- 1600 – 1700
- Historical notes
- Described in 17th-century European travel accounts and Mughal records.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Seventeenth-century European travel accounts and Mughal records describe the temple as a prominent centre of the Śakti cult where extreme acts of devotion, including self-mutilation and occasional ritual suicide, were performed as offerings of blood to ensure fertility.”
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