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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Regional form of Hindu goddess Jambavati}}<br />
{{other uses|Rahi (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Hindu<br />
| name = Rahi<br />
| consort = [[Vithoba]]<br />
| Sanskrit_transliteration = Rāhi<br />
| Devanagari = राही<br />
| gender = Female<br />
| other_names = Rahimai<br />
| region = [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| image = Raja Ravi Varma, Radha Waiting for Krishna.jpg<br />
| caption = Painting of Radha by [[Raja Ravi Verma]]<br />
| venerated_in = [[Warkari|Warkari tradition]]<br />
| temple = [[Vithoba Temple]]<br />
| abode = [[Pandharpur]]<br />
| affiliation = [[Radha]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Vaishnavism}}<br />
'''Rahi''' ({{IAST3|Rāhi}}), also called '''Rahimai''', is a regional form of the Hindu goddess [[Radha]] in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. She is associated with [[Vithoba]] (Vitthal), the local form of [[Krishna]]. <br />
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According to local legends, Rahi is the wife of Vithoba.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pande |first=Dr Suruchi |date=2008 |title=Vithoba of Pandharpur |url=http://www.advaitaashrama.org/pb_archive/2008/PB_2008_August.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Prabuddha Bharat |volume=113 |pages=447 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221081306/http://www.advaitaashrama.org/pb_archive/2008/PB_2008_August.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2008 |quote="Rahi is Radha. In the stories and legends of Maharashtra, Rahi is the wife of Vitthala."}}</ref> Indian sociologist [[G. S. Ghurye]] states that the regional form "Rahi" is derived from "Radhika", another name of Radha.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pillai |first=S. Devdasa |title=Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1997 |isbn=81-7154-807-5 |location=India |pages=367 |quote="The other two consorts of Vithoba - Satyabhama and Rahi, (the latter derived from Radha or Radhika) are also deified in the temple"}}</ref><br />
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== Worship ==<br />
Rahi ([[Radha]]) is worshipped in the [[Vithoba Temple]] complex, [[Pandharpur]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&q=Radha+nila |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=294 |language=en}}</ref> Her shrine, along with that of another consort of Krishna, [[Satyabhama]], is close to the south of the temple of his chief consort, [[Rukmini|Rakhumai]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-30 |title=The Gazetteers Department - Pandharpur |url=http://maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Solapur/places_Pandharpur.html |access-date=2022-01-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330010558/http://maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Solapur/places_Pandharpur.html |archive-date=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lokmat |date=2021-07-17 |title=Ashadhi Ekadashi 2021 : समस्त देवतांपैकी एकमेव पांडुरंगाची मूर्तीच नि:शस्त्र का? हे आहे कारण... |url=https://www.lokmat.com/bhakti/ashadhi-ekadashi-2021-why-only-idol-panduranga-unarmed-among-all-deities-because-a679/ |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=Lokmat |language=mr-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shima|first=Iwao|date=1988-05-01|title=The Vithobā faith of Mahārāsastra: The Vithobā Temple of Pandharpūr and its mythological structure|journal=Japanese Journal of Religious Studies|volume=15|issue=2–3|doi=10.18874/jjrs.15.2-3.1988.183-197|issn=0304-1042|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Vithoba]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Regional Hindu goddesses]]<br />
[[Category:Consorts of Krishna]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu given names]]</div>MalissaHoskins