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Mother
Bhavani, the personification of ferocious wrath taking her abode in the hill
temple of Tulajapur is jagrit - living deity. and is ever alert to' taking
reprisal against the offenders. She tolerates not injustice meted out to any, by
any at anytime and in any place. Legends embody numerous accounts, of her taking
revenge upon the iconocasts and wicked invaders through her, human agency This
mother animated the ordinary. sublime. simple men into roaring lions by igniting
virtuous wrash embedded in their hearts and became' instrumental 'n founding
empires. is it her permanent aspect? Not at all. She is Kamadhenu too. She is
the family deity of almost all the Maharastrians and
was the first among the adorable Sakti devatas to receiving honours from her
votaries. The peshwas, for example, did noth,ng without visiting this Sakti
Pitha and praying for inspiration and benediction. Although there are many
Sanktipithas in the land of Maharastra, like Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur, Mahamaya
Renuka at Maliur. Jagadamba at Saptshring and Ambejogki at Osmanabad, this
Bhavani is popular as a powerful Goddess, who ignites heroism in men and
advocates righteous indication in dealing with savages in royal robes, and blood
- suckers on the saddle with torch in one hand and sword in another.
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