Mahalasa
Sign in to saveMhalsa (Marathi: म्हाळसा IAST: Mhāḷasā), also spelled as Mhalasa or Mahalasa, महालसा is a Hindu goddess. As an independent goddess, she is worshipped as a form of Mohini, the avatar of Vishnu. Meanwhile in the Khandoba sect of Maharashtra, she is worshipped as the consort of the folk deity Khandoba, a form of Shiva. In this tradition, she is associated with Parvati, Shiva's wife.
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It sits within the topics Forms of Parvati, Forms of Vishnu and Hindu goddesses.
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Mhalsa (Marathi: म्हाळसा IAST: Mhāḷasā), also spelled as Mhalasa or Mahalasa, महालसा is a Hindu goddess. As an independent goddess, she is worshipped as a form of Mohini, the avatar of Vishnu. Meanwhile in the Khandoba sect of Maharashtra, she is worshipped as the consort of the folk deity Khandoba, a form of Shiva. In this tradition, she is associated with Parvati, Shiva's wife.
Mhalsa's chief temple is at Mardol in Mardol, Goa, where she is worshipped as a form of Vishnu revered as Mahalasa Narayani. She is worshipped as the Kuladevi (family goddess) of different castes and communities in the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahalasa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.