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BagalamukhiorBagala(Devnagari:
)isone
ofthetenmahavidyas(greatwisdomgoddesses)in
Hinduism.BagalamukhiDevismashesthedevotee's
misconceptionsanddelusions(orthedevotee'senemies)
withhercudgel.SheisalsoknownasPitambaraMaain
NorthIndia.

Bagalamukhi
StandstillorWhocantakecontrolover
enemiesphysicalandmentalaction.

Bagalamukhiisoneofthetenformsofthewisdom
goddesses,symbolisingthepotentfemaleprimevalforce.

Contents
1 Iconography
2 Legend
3 Worship
4 Seealso
5 References

Affiliation Mahavidya
Mantra

Omhlreembaglamukhisarvadustanaam
vachammukhampadamstambhaya
jihvaamkeelayabudheemvinashaya
hlreemomswaha

Weapon

Mace

Consort

Shiva

Mount

CorpseorGhost.

6 Bibliography
7 Externallinks

Iconography

"Bagalamukhi"isderivedfrom"Bagala"(distortionof
theoriginalSanskritroot"valg")and"mukha",meaning"bridle"and"face",respectively.Thus,thename
meansonewhosefacehasthepowertocaptureorcontrol.Shethusrepresentsthehypnoticpowerofthe
Goddess.[1]Anotherinterpretationtranslateshernameascranefaced.
Bagalamukhihasagoldencomplexionandherdressisyellow.Shesitsinagoldenthroneinthemidstofan
oceanofnectarfullofyellowlotuses.Acrescentmoonadornsherhead.Twodescriptionsofthegoddess
arefoundinvarioustextsTheDwiBhuja(twohanded),andtheChaturbhuja(Fourhanded).
TheDwiBhujadepictionisthemorecommon,andisdescribedastheSoumyaormilderform.Sheholdsa
clubinherrighthandwithwhichshebeatsademon,whilepullinghistongueoutwithherlefthand.This
imageissometimesinterpretedasanexhibitionofstambhana,thepowertostunorparalyseanenemyinto
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silence.ThisisoneoftheboonsforwhichBagalamukhisdevoteesworshipher.OtherMahavidya
goddessesarealsosaidtorepresentsimilarpowersusefulfordefeatingenemies,tobeinvokedbytheir
worshippersthroughvariousrituals.
BagalamukhiisalsocalledPitambaradeviorBrahmastraRoopiniandsheturnseachthingintoitsopposite.
Sheturnsspeechintosilence,knowledgeintoignorance,powerintoimpotence,defeatintovictory.She
representstheknowledgewherebyeachthingmustintimebecomeitsopposite.Asthestillpointbetween
dualitiessheallowsustomasterthem.Toseethefailurehiddeninsuccess,thedeathhiddeninlife,orthe
joyhiddeninsorrowarewaysofcontactingherreality.Bagalamukhiisthesecretpresenceoftheopposite
whereineachthingisdissolvedbackintotheUnbornandtheUncreated.

Legend
Onceuponatime,ahugestormeruptedovertheEarth.Asitthreatenedtodestroywholeofthecreation,all
thegodsassembledintheSaurashtraregion.GoddessBagalamukhiemergedfromthe'HaridraSarovara',
andappeasedbytheprayersofthegods,calmeddownthestorm.Youcanseereplicaof'HaridraSarovara',
asdescribedinscriptures,atPeetambaraPeetham,Datia,MadhyaPradesh,India.

Worship
KamakhyaTempleinGuwahatiisconsideredtobethe
centerofTantricism,wherethereisthepresenceof
templesdedictedtothetenMahavidyas.Afewmiles
awayfromtheKamakhyaTempleisthetemple
dedicatedtotheGoddessBagalamukhi.Majortemples
tothegoddessaresituatedintheBankhandiHimachal
Pradeshinthenorth,andatNalkhedaatAgarMalwa
districtinMadhyaPradeshandPitambaraPeethin
DatiaMadhyaPradesh.InSouthIndiathereisatemple
atKallidaikurichi,PapankulamvillageinTirunelveli
districtinTamilNadu.[2]

AnimageofBagalamukhidepictedinaPatachitra
fromPingla,WestBengal

Nepal,wheretheworshipoftantricgoddesseshad
Royalpatronage,alsohasalargetempledevotedto
BagalamukhiintheNewarcityofPataninNepalnear
Kathmandu.TheterritoryoftheBagalamukhitemplein
Patanalsohasseveralothertemplesdedicatedto
Ganesha,Shiva,Saraswati,Guheswar,Bhairavaetc.
Themaindifferencebetweenanyothertempleanda
Bagalamukhitempleisthatifsomeoneworshipsallthe
godsinthistemple,theywouldactuallyworshipall330

milliongodsandgoddessesatoneplace.

Seealso
Devi
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Mahavidya

References
1. Frawley,p.130
2. http://sreebagalamukhidevitemple.org/home.php

Bibliography
DavidR.Kinsley(1998).TantricVisionsoftheDivineFeminine:TheTenMahvidys.Motilal
BanarsidassPubl.pp.196207.ISBN9788120815223.
DavidR.Kinsley(1988).HinduGoddesses:VisionsoftheDivineFeminineintheHinduReligious
Tradition.UniversityofCaliforniaPress.pp.161164.ISBN9780520908833.
DavidFrawley(1996).TantricYogaandtheWisdomGoddesses:SpiritualSecretsofAyurveda.
MotilalBanarsidassPubl.pp.130135.ISBN9788120813571.

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