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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Epithet of Durga}}<br />
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[[File:MET 1990 15.jpg|thumb|Sculpture of Durga, the primary bearer of this epithet]]<br />
'''Yogeshvari''' ([[Sanskrit]]: योगेश्वरी), also rendered '''Jogeshvari''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambejogaidevi.com/ |title=श्री अंबेजोगाई भक्त निवास न्यास, पुणे |access-date=25 July 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908141517/http://ambejogaidevi.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an epithet of the [[Devi|Hindu goddess]] [[Durga]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2021-04-13 |title=Greatness of Yogeśvarī (Yoga-īśvarī) [Chapter 83] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc626871.html |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> a contraction of Yoga-īśvarī, meaning "goddess of yoga". Her most prominent temple is situated in the town of [[Ambejogai]] in [[Beed]] district of Maharashtra. Other prominent temples are [[Jogeshwari]] Mandir in Pune, where she is revered as the Gramadevi or the protector deity of the city.<br />
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== Veneration ==<br />
Many [[Brahmin|Brahmins]] of Western India, such as Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, revere Yogeshvari as their [[Kuladevata|kuladevi]].<br />
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Yogeshvari is the kuladevi of many Chitpavan Brahmin families and 96 kuli Maratha families in Maharashtra. Yogeshvari Aai is the feminine shakti of the deity [[Shiva]].<br />
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[[Category:Durga]]<br />
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[[Category:Yoga]]</div>Marinaupu