page_title: Bhuvaneshvari
section_title: Temples
hierarchical_section_title: Bhuvaneshvari / Temples
caption_attribution_description: English: Shreekshetra Audumbar river bank
context_page_description: Bhuvaneshvari is the fourth amongst the ten Mahavidya or Shivasakthi goddesses in Hinduism, and an aspect of Devi as elements of the physical cosmos in giving shape to the creation of the World.
  She is also known as Adi Parashakti or Parvati, i.e. one of the earliest forms of Shakti. Her consort is Shiva as Triyambak.
context_section_description: There are several temples dedicated to Bhuvaneshwari across India. In South India most of the Srividhya tradition upasaka worship her. In Kerala she is also popular among Shaktas. 
  A Shakti Peetha is located in Nainativu (Manipallavam) – off the shore of the Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka.
  She is worshipped as the patron goddess of Bhubaneswar and by Utkala Brahmins of Odisha. 
  A Natmandir dedicated to the goddess can be found in Hatkhola Chandannagar where the goddess is worshipped annually for a month in the month of Sravan. Here the image of the goddess is built in traditional Bengali style flanked by Shiva and other gods.
  Another temple dedicated to Bhuvaneshwari is located in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu.
  A small shrine is also dedicated to her inside Jagannath Temple, Puri and Devi Subhadra is worshipped as Bhuvaneshwari.
  The Samaleswari shrine and Cuttack Chandi Temple in Odisha two are dedicated to her.
  The oldest temple of Maa Bhuvaneshwari devi is located at Gunja, ta: visnagar, dist: mehsana, north gujarat . Where the function of Mataji’s palli held on the auspicious occasion ( Aatham of Navratri).
  A dedicated temple of Bhuvaneshwari Devi is located at Gondal in Gujarat which was established in 1946.
  Nochipra Bhagavathy-Kshetram temple located at Westhill, Calicut in Kerala is a 900+ years old temple where the main deity is Bhuvaneshwari Amma, the divine mother. Bhuvana Iśwari, meaning "Goddess of the worlds" or "Queen of the universe" where the worlds are the tri-bhuvana or three regions of bhūḥ (earth), bhuvaḥ (atmosphere) and svaḥ (heavens). In this most loved form Bhuvaneshwari Amma becomes the provider and grants everything in abundance to her devotees and is capable of turning any situations per her wishes.
  The Kamakhya Temple houses a Bhuvaneshwari shrine.
  Bhuvaneshvari Amma is also known to be the devate of Karnataka or the kannadamma and the Bhuvaneshvari temple at Historical city of Badami is one of the oldest temple.
  There is a temple dedicated to Bhubaneshwari Devi, situated in the small town of Jamshedpur, at a place called Telco. Locals believe the temple to be quite powerful, and the temple sees devotees making promises of sarees to the Goddess, in return for granting their prayers. A powerful temple of Bhuvaneshwari Amma is situated in choorakkodu, Adoor near Vellakulangara.
  There is a temple dedicated to Bhubaneshwari Devi, situated at the bank of the river Krishna at Bhilawadi in Sangli district of Maharashtra.
  In Northern India, Mathura the city of Krishna also has a centuries-old "Bhuvneshwari MahaVidhya" temple just opposite to Krishna Janmbhoomi.
  One more Temple in Maharashtra, Shri shetra Audumber, sangli district.
  In Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, there is a dedicated temple to devi Bhuvneshwari where she is known as Mata Bhuvneshwari Jagannathi and fairs are held there in respect to the deity twice a year.
  At Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, there is a small temple dedicated to Maa Bhuvaneshwari.
  In North America, Bhuvaneshwari is worshipped at Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan.
  In Sydney, Australia, Bhuvaneshwari is worrshipped at Shri Shiva Mandir in Minto, NSW.
caption: Bhubaneshwari Devi at river bank
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