page_title: Bhadrakali
section_title: Maharashtra
hierarchical_section_title: Bhadrakali / Famous Bhadrakali Temples / Maharashtra
caption_attribution_description: English: This idol is used for Purathezhunnallippu on Festival time.
context_page_description: Bhadrakālī is a Hindu goddess popular in Southern India. She is one of the fierce forms of the Great Goddess Shakti or Adi Parashakti mentioned in the Devi Mahatmyam. Bhadrakali is a popular form of the Great Goddess, worshipped in Kerala as Bhadrakali, Mahakali, Chamunda and Kariam Kali Murti. In Kerala she is seen as the auspicious and fortunate form of Mahakali who protects the good.
  This goddess is represented with three eyes, and four, sixteen, or eighteen hands. She carries a number of weapons, with flames flowing from her head, and a small tusk protruding from her mouth. Her worship is also associated with the Tantric tradition of the Matrikas as well as the tradition of the ten Mahavidyas and falls under the broader umbrella of Shaktism. Sarkara, Kodungalloor, Aattukal, Chettikulangara, Thirumandhamkunnu and Chottanikkara are famous Bhadrakali temples in Kerala.Mandaikadu, Kollencode are famous temples in Tamil Nadu
  Bhadrakali is primarily worshipped in 4 forms: Darukajit, Dakshajit, Rurujit and as Mahishajit.
context_section_description: Shree Sateri Bhadrakali Temple, Aronda Savantwadi Taluka, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra.  Himachal Pradesh, Basohli, now placed in LACMA Museum (M.72.53.7)
  Maharashtra
  (Shree Bhadrakali Temple of Revandi), Taluka-Malvan,
  District-sindhudurga.
  State-Maharashtra
caption: Idol of Pathiyanadu Sree Bhadrakali
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