# Yogeshvari

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{{Short description|Epithet of Durga}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
thumb|Sculpture of Durga, the primary bearer of this epithet
'''Yogeshvari''' ([Sanskrit](/source/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 [Hindu goddess](/source/Devi) [Durga](/source/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](/source/Ambejogai) in [Beed](/source/Beed) district of Maharashtra. Other prominent temples are [Jogeshwari](/source/Jogeshwari) Mandir in Pune, where she is revered as the Gramadevi or the protector deity of the city.

== Veneration ==
Many [Brahmins](/source/Brahmin) of Western India, such as Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, revere Yogeshvari as their [kuladevi](/source/Kuladevata).

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](/source/Shiva).

==References==
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Category:Durga
Category:Hindu goddesses
Category:Yoga

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