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- A gramadevata (Sanskrit: ग्रामदेवता, romanized: Grāmadevatā, lit. 'village deity') is the tutelary deity of a given locality in Hinduism, primarily worshipped...
- misfortune. This is distinct from an ishta-devata (personal tutelar) and a grāmadevatā (village deities). Male kuladevatas are sometimes referred to as a kuladeva...
- regarded as a form of Vishnu by his adherents. He is considered to be a gramadevata in some rural regions of Maharashtra and South India, and sometimes considered...
- consecrated at this temple has been regarded as the presiding deity (Gramadevata) of the city. Pune changed hands between the Mughals and the Marathas...
- ishta-devata, while family tutelary deities are known as Kuladevata. Gramadevata are guardian deities of villages or regions. Devas can also be seen as...
- temple built around the murti. The Kasba Ganapati is the presiding deity (gramadevata) of Pune. Kasba Ganpati is considered the first Manacha Ganpati, or most...
- Lakshmi, Parvati, and Tripurasundari. Also worshipped are the various Gramadevatas across the Indian villages. Shaktism also encomp****es various tantric...
- the worship of a gramadevata (gram means village and devta means deity) in many forms at different places. One form of gramadevata po****r in villages...
- waste-to-energy electricity plant in Maharashtra is situated in Solapur. The Gramadevata (Chief deity) of the city is Shri Shivyogi Siddheshwar. The "Nandi-dhawaj"...
- (November 2013). Vicissitudes of the Goddess: Reconstructions of the Gramadevata in India's Religious Traditions. OUP USA. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-19-932503-0...