Mhasoba

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Mhasoba, pronounced "MUH-SO-BAA", is a horned

Gawlis (tribes making their living cow-herding and by selling milk and milk products) have been worshipping this deity for hundreds of years.[3]

Marathas in the 19th century to Mhasoba as follows:

You will not find a single family among the Marathas who do not set up in the grounds around their village some stone or other in the name of Mhasoba, smear it with red lead, and offer incense to it; who without taking Mhasoba's name will not put his hand to the seed-box of the plough, will not put the harrow to the field, and will not put the measure to the heap of threshed corn on the threshing floor.[4][5]

Mhasoba is also worshiped by the

Bhonsles. There is a shrine of Mhasoba at the Purandar Fort and there is also a beautiful water reservoir nearby that is named after him i.e. 'Mhasoba Taki'.[6][7][8]

Mhasoba's shrines are not Brahminical and there is nothing written about him in Sanskrit literature. He is considered a "kshetrapal" i.e. guardian deity worshiped by farmers. He is also considered a "guardian brother of the seven river goddesses termed as Sati-Asara"[9][10]

Mhasoba is sometime connected with

Hindu culture. In the Mhasoba cult of Maharashtra, Mhasoba (Mahisha/Mahesha, which is another name for Shiva/Shankar) is worshipped with his wife Jogubai (Durga).[11][12]

References

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    ISBN 978-81-208-1989-4
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  5. ^ "Professor Rosalind O'Hanlon | St Cross College". Archived from the original on 2013-06-19.
  6. ISBN 9788184751826
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  7. ^ J. N. Kamalapur (1961). The Deccan Forts: A Study in the Art of Fortification in Mediaeval India. Popular Book Depot. p. 37. A little further is a beautiful reservoir called Mhasoba Taki, a source of constant supply of water
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  9. ^ "Devdutt Pattanaik: The forgotten Buffalo King". 9 June 2018.
  10. ^ "The riddle of Mhatoba, Mhaskoba and Mahishasura". 28 March 2016.
  11. ^ Berkson; pg. xiii
  12. ISBN 978-81-7154-870-5
    . Maharastra durga.

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